Thanks for Using Metro Clean, Modern, Safe and Easy to use. No wonder Metro is considered the nation’s finest transit system. This guide tells how to use Metro, and the color-coded map on the inside will help you use Metro to get all around the Nation’s Capital. Metro-rail fares · Each passenger needs a fare-card. (Up to two children under 5 may travel free with a paying customer.) ·Fares are based on when and how far you ride. Pay regular fares on weekdays 5: 30— 9: 30 a.m. and 3: 00—7: 00 p. m.. Pay reduced fares at all other times. ·Large maps in each station show fares and travel times. Please ask the station manager if you have any questions. ·Fare-card machines are in every station. Bring small banknotes because there are no change machines in the stations and fare-card machines only provide up to $ 5 in change (in coins). Some machines accept credit cards. A Transit System Metro Features of the system: 1) (1) 2) Modern 3) Safe 4) (2) Fares for weekends: (3) fares Place showing fares and travel time: large maps in (4) . Change provided by fare-card machines: up to $ (5) .