If you’ve only taken the Monorail when your relatives were in town, and wondered at the time why they didn’t accept an ORCA card, those days are over.
The ORCA Joint Board just approved an agreement with the Seattle Center Monorail, and so beginning around September, you’ll be able to use the ORCA cards as payment for the two-minute, one-mile ride that heads a few blocks over to Westlake Center.
Passes and transfers will be accepted, and fares will increase to $2.75 for regular payers, $1.50 for youth ages 6-18, and stay $1.25 for seniors 65 and over, reports Seattle Transit Blog.
Planned changes for the Monorail include roomier passenger-waiting zones at Westlake, upgraded fare payment systems, and renovations that would adjust to the light-rail expansion in 2024, when Lynnwood, Federal Way, and Redmond would increase the flow to Westlake.
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