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Metro-North Hikes Fares 1% In CT Starting On New Year's Day Metro-North Hikes Fares 1% In CT Starting On New Year's Day
Metro-North Hikes Fares 1% In CT Starting On New Year's Day FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — A 1 percent fare hike went into effect for all passengers on the New Haven Line in Connecticut on New Year's Day, Metro-North reminds train riders. This is the seventh year in a row that Connecticut train riders on Metro-North are paying more in fares. But here's the good news: It's the last in this series of fare hikes.    The seven consecutive annual increases were requested by the Connecticut Department of Transportation to help pay for the (now-not-so) new M-8 train cars used on the New Haven Line in the state. Here's how the fare hike will affect Connecticut …