Can anyone shed some light on how the transit transfer free program work in practice these days? Interesting It appears conductors/ticket attendants no longer issue transfer slips as they done in the past and many personnel these days dont even know the details of the free transit program when asked.
Another interesting thing is it appears while most transit agencies along the rail line are included in the program, LAMTA and San Diego transit, the two largest transit agencies which passengers are most likely to connect to, appears to be not included in the free transfer program, as they mention there is a $2 discount for buying a day pass for those agencies in the cafe car. On the flip side Metrolink offers free transfers to LAMTA almost like a day pass but only requiring a upgrade payment for express buses. Turnstiles on the red/purple lines will open for Metrolink tickets including smart device e tickets. Which is sad as people pay twice as much for Pacific Surfliner tickets compared to Metrolink on the same city pairs.
Another interesting thing is it appears while most transit agencies along the rail line are included in the program, LAMTA and San Diego transit, the two largest transit agencies which passengers are most likely to connect to, appears to be not included in the free transfer program, as they mention there is a $2 discount for buying a day pass for those agencies in the cafe car. On the flip side Metrolink offers free transfers to LAMTA almost like a day pass but only requiring a upgrade payment for express buses. Turnstiles on the red/purple lines will open for Metrolink tickets including smart device e tickets. Which is sad as people pay twice as much for Pacific Surfliner tickets compared to Metrolink on the same city pairs.