Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Pentagon Bus
Fare Cuts. Go in
Effect Sunday
Ticket Sales Begin
Tomorrow; Transfer
Points Are Listed

ton and Government institutions
across the Potomac in Virginia will
go into effect on Sunday. and the
lines involved will begin the sale of
tickets at the reduced rates at II
am. tomorrow.
This fare reduction thus finally
will carry out the order of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission first
made in January, 1914, and upheld
by the Supreme Court last May %.
The new fares will mean a saving
from penny and a fraction up to
cents for regular travellers between
Washington residential areas and
Virginia destinations.
They apply between all points in
the District and the Pentagon, the
Arlington Navy Annex Building, the
Army Air Forces Annex at Gravelly
Point, the Washington National Air.
port and intermediate points.
Interline Tickets.
Interline tickets will be sold for
joint rides on the Capital Transit
Co. of the District and the following
three Virginia lines: Alexandria,
Bancroft & Washington Transporta-
ton Co., the Arlington & Fairfax
Motor Transportation Co. and the
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. (Arnold lines.
These interline tickets will. be sold
in books of tickets good for u one
way rides and will cost 81 go. Off,
Gals stressed that the interline tick
cts are good only for the combina-
ton lines named in the books. They
are not interchangeable on the Vir-
ginia lines.
The Virginia companies also will
sell three tickets for Is cents to
the Virginia destinations. If the
Washington resident uses Capital
Transit facilities for trips other
than between his home and work,
he likely will find it cheaper to get
a SIPS weekly pass on Capital Tran
sit and the three tickets for quar-
ter on the Virginia lines, rather
than buy the books of tickets for
$3.50.
Some May Pay More.
It also is conceivable the new fare
structure will mean more travel
costs to a few persons. Those who
live within walking distance of the
Capital Transit lines to the Penta-
gon, instead of paying S cents per
trip as now, will pay the regular
Capital Transit Washington rates in
the future: Either 10 cents cash, a
token at 81s cents or weekly pass
at SIPS.
The tickets will be sold by super
visors and starters of the Virginia
bus companies at the following
places:
A., B. g. W.-The Pentagon, Ar
lington Navy Annex Building, Army
Air Forces Annex at Gravelly Point,
the Washington National Airport,
and, in Washington, the Office in
front of the old Post Office Building
at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, and, in Alexandria,
at the company's general Offices at
900 North Royal street.
A. g. F.-Pentagon Building, Ar
lington Navy Annex Building, the
stand on Twelfth street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution ave-
nues NV, and at the general offices
at 1905 North Glebe road, Arlington.
Arnold Lines-The Pentagon, which
it serves in rush hours, stand at
Eleventh and E streets NV, and
the company's general Offices at TOT
Randolph street. Arlington.
Capital Transit Co.-Offlce at l416
F street NV, at the treasurer
Office at Thirty-sixth and M streets
NV.
Transit Bus Transfers.
On the Virginia lines the fare be-
tween the District terminals and
the Government installations men,
toned which they serve has been 10
cents, with one exception. The
A., B. g. w. sold 26 tickets for $1.95
for the trip between Washington and
the Army Air Forces Annex at
Gravelly Point: otherwise a 10-cent
cash fare applied.
On Capital Transit buses operated
between Washington and the Pen
tagon during rush hours the fare
has been 5 cents.
Beginning Sunday, a resident of
the District working in the Penta-
gon may transfer between city bus
lines and the o. and Re- lines to
the Pentagon without paying an
additional fare. If the worker uses
a weekly pass, he or she will show
the pass on the o. or R-2 lines.
If a 10-cent fare is paid, or If the
worker uses a token at three for Is
cents, a transfer must be obtained
to present to the operator of the
o. or R-2 bus.
However, If a District resident
wants to go to the Pentagon out.