Originally Posted by
AlanB
Only problem is that the entire monorail, including the extension to the rail station, was paid for by an airport use ticket fee of 3 bucks tacked onto every ticket of every passenger flying out of EWR for a period of 10 years. And I seem to recall that they got an extension for another 5 years. Originally when this was being planned and built, there was supposed to be no extra charge.
By the way in the light of day, I realize that I should have mentioned that the above $3 fee isn't exclusively for the monorail. It was also granted to the airport for the purpose of funding some needed improvements to the access roads at EWR.
But even then I'd bet that the monorail has been well paid for over the course of the last 11 years or so that they've been collecting the fee. And that still doesn't change the fact that those arriving via train are still the only ones being charged twice to use the monorail.