February 5, 2012

How to Calculate Fares

Four Fare Zones

PanTran fares are very easy to calculate if you are aware of the four fare zones and the two simple rules for calculating the fare.  

The four fare zones are:*  

Two Rules for Calculating the Fare
[For Any One Continuous Bus Trip]  

1. PanTran’s base boarding fare is $2.00. This is the fare for any bus trip that starts and ends in the same zone with no crossing of a boundary into another zone to reach a destination.
2. 50 cents is added to the base boarding fare for each time that another zone boundary is crossed, even if the same zone is crossed more than one time.  
   
   [See Example 4 below of bus crossing into same zone more than one time to reach a destination.]  
   Rates effective March 1, 2009.

Three Fare Calculations (Examples)

1. Passenger boards at Martinsburg Mall and travels to City Hospital
   Both the starting and ending points are in Zone 1 (Martinsburg). No zone boundary crossed. [Base Fare - $2.00] Total Bus Fare -  $2.00 [Effective 6/1/04 - Holders of a PanTran Half-Fare Card receive a 50% Discount]
2. Passenger boards at Caperton Train Station and travels to VA Medical Center
   The starting point is in Zone 1 (Martinsburg). The ending point is in Zone 2 (Berkeley County). A zone boundary is crossed. [Base Fare $2.00 + 50 cents] Total Bus Fare $2.50     [Effective 6/1/04 - Holders of a PanTran Half-Fare Card receive a 50% Discount]
3. Passenger boards at Harpers Ferry and travels to Martinsburg
   The starting point is in Zone 4. Bus crosses into Zone 3 (Jefferson), Zone 2 (Berkeley), and Zone 1 (Martinsburg) to reach destination. Three zone boundaries are crossed. [Base Fare $2.00 + 1.50 (0.50 cents x 3)] Total Bus Fare $3.50 [Effective 6/1/04 - Holders of a PanTran Half-Fare Card receive a 50% Discount]

Fare Zone Detail  

Zone 1 - Martinsburg
This zone includes the city of Martinsburg east of [I-81] and several adjacent and surrounding areas, as follows:   Bounded on the west by [I-81]; on the north (beginning at intersection of Rock Cliff Drive and Hedgesville Road) by [WV 9], Mid-Atlantic Parkway, [US Rt 11], Eagle School Road, Shepherdstown Road [WV 45] to Blairton Road/Opequon Creek; on the east by Blairton Road, Golf Course Road, and Grapevine Road to Apple Harvest Drive; and on the south by Apple Harvest Drive [WV 9/45] to [I-81].  

Zone 2 - Berkeley County
This zone includes all routes traveled within Berkeley County that are not included in Zone 1.  

Zone 3 - Jefferson County
This zone includes all areas routes traveled within Jefferson County that are not included in Zone 4.  

Zone 4 - Bolivar/Harpers Ferry
This zone includes the towns of Bolivar and Harpers Ferry.  Zone 4 starts at the Bolivar town line.

Schedule of PanTran Fares