Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 30, 2010

Metro expands sales office hours at headquarters

Downtown sales office to open an hour earlier to improve customer service

The Metro sales office at Metro Headquarters, 600 Fifth Street, NW, will open one hour earlier to improve customer service and convenience starting Monday, August 2.

The new hours of operation will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday to allow customers to purchase Metrorail farecards and passes, SmarTrip® cards, Metrobus passes and student farecards.

Metro operates five sales offices. In addition to Metro headquarters, sales offices are located at the Metro Center and Anacostia Metrorail stations, the Pentagon Transit Center just outside the Pentagon Metrorail station, and the Northern Metrobus Garage. Hours vary by location. For more information, please visit http://www.wmata.com/fares/purchase/where.cfm.

Metro has 446 Passes/Farecards vending machines throughout the Metrorail system that allow customers to purchase single or multiple fare cards along with the One Day Pass, 7-Day Short Trip Pass and 7-Day Fast Pass. Customers also can add value to SmarTrip® cards at the Passes/Farecards machines.

SmarTrip® cards are available for purchase through vending machines at all Metrorail stations where Metro-operated daily parking is available and at Metro sales offices. They also can be purchased online, at retail outlets (such as Giant and CVS/pharmacy) and commuter stores.

News release issued at 11:00 am, July 30, 2010.