. Electric railway journal . ticism. Tickets Have Replaced Cash Fares The new system provides for the use of tickets inplace of cash fares. The lines have been divided intoa series of fare zones of as nearly equal length aspossible (see accompanying map). The ticket fare foreach zone is 2 cents, and the minimum fare in everycase is 6 cents whether the passenger rides throughone zone or three zones. The new fare limits arepractically the same as the old ones, with the modifica-tion that the 6-cent central zone is subdivided into threefare zones and all 6-cent and 4-cent zones outside of theold
. Electric railway journal . ticism. Tickets Have Replaced Cash Fares The new system provides for the use of tickets inplace of cash fares. The lines have been divided intoa series of fare zones of as nearly equal length aspossible (see accompanying map). The ticket fare foreach zone is 2 cents, and the minimum fare in everycase is 6 cents whether the passenger rides throughone zone or three zones. The new fare limits arepractically the same as the old ones, with the modifica-tion that the 6-cent central zone is subdivided into threefare zones and all 6-cent and 4-cent zones outside of theold central zone are also subdivided into three or twofare zones respectively. There are several kinds of tickets, as illustratedherewith, to insure maximum convenience to the are all transferable. Those designated as or-dinary tickets are for 6-cent fares A zone ticketis used in conjunction with the 6-cent fare ticket topay fares which are more than 6 cents. Throughtickets are used to accommodate those who ride fre-. indicates Central Transfer ZoneM ILE5 2 3 4-5 NEW TICKET ZONE SYSTEM OP PORTLAND (ME.) RAILROAD April 12, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 729 quently between points where the fare is 8, 10, 12, 18,22 or 30 cents. The ticket chiefly used is based on the 6-cent ride,five rides being- sold in a block for 30 cents. No ticketfor a single ride is sold. Each 6-cent coupon entitlesthe holder to ride through three fare zones. Thesetickets may be purchased from the conductors and atthe Monument Square waiting room (the traffic centerof the system). The zone ticket is provided for change. It hasfifteen 2-cent coupons and sells for 30 cents. It isused with the ordinary 6-cent coupon in paying faresabove 6 cents where the passenger does not regularlypay such fares; or with the 6-cent fare ticket to paya fare through an odd number of zones, such as seven,where the fare would be 14 cents. In the latter casethe conductor punches one of the coupons in the 6-centticket, which
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