PRTC to Introduce Electronic Passes

Potomac Rappahannock Transportation Commission will have two new ways to pay for your fare starting Nov. 14. 

From PRTC: 

Electronic Weekly Pass – Using a SmarTrip® rechargeable fare card, pay $11 and get unlimited local travel for one week.  

Electronic Day Pass – Using a SmarTrip® card, pay $2.50 and get unlimited local travel for one day.  The existing paper Day Pass will be eliminated as of November 14.

The new electronic passes will provide a discount for frequent travelers and are expected to help to keep OmniLink and Cross County Connector local buses on schedule by reducing the time needed for passengers to board and pay their fares.  Passengers also will be able to use the new passes when traveling locally on a PRTC OmniRide commuter bus or Metro Direct bus.

Initially, the new Weekly Pass and Day Pass will be sold only on PRTC buses.  In the future, passengers will be able to buy passes at the PRTC Transit Center and other locations.  Passengers may load value to their SmarTrip® cards on board buses, at the PRTC Transit Center, online at SmarTrip.com and various locations in the community listed on PRTC’s website, PRTCtransit.org.

Also on November 14, PRTC will no longer issue paper transfers to passengers who are transferring from one type of PRTC bus service to another.  Instead, the transfer benefit will be available only to those who pay their fares with a SmarTrip® card.  For example, a passenger who transfers from an OmniLink local