[PRCo] Re: Fares in Pittsburgh

[James B. Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:

> You could get on a car in the west end and pay a fare, obtain a free 
> transfer and ride on that transfer to any point in the west end or any 
> point in the downtown zone. ....... If, however, you wanted to go 
> beyond the downtown zone, PRC sold Special transfers and Round-Trip 
> Special Transfers, which allowed rides from one city sector to the 
> full extent of another city sector. A "Special" for example, would 
> allow a ride from East Liberty to Carnegie. To give relative expense, 
> I think when the base fare was 17 cents, the one-way special was 25 cents.


Maybe another way to state this is that a Transfer was free and for use 
only within the  *-Division // Immediate-Area;-*  i.e., South Hills 
transfer for South Hills lines  --  West End Transfer for West End etc.

A Special allowed movement between Divisions and involved an extra fee 
beyond the base fare  --  i.e., A Special was needed to  *-transfer-*  
from South Hills to North Side, etc.

A  Throat  was a  Special  which was issued when one boarded close to 
downtown  --  don't remember the boundaries for this  --  can't remember 
if it involved an additional fare.

There was a time limit on Transfers, Specials, and Throats  --  don't 
remember what that was  (here in SF transfer is cut for minimum 
1.5-hours, maximum 3-hours.)

Since it is an ImPerfect World, exceptions etc.  *-may-*  apply!!!!!!!



Jim__Holland


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