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Hello, gentle reader.
We just wanted to remind you that you should plan to take the bus into downtown tomorrow in preparation to cab it home after our 2nd Annual Light Rail Pub Crawl. Our evening of casual adventure will open at 5:30 in the PM at Flying Saucer. Our friends there have reserved us some space so we'll be easy to spot.
Feel free to stop by and say hi even if you can't crawl down the rail with us. We will be saucing there for about an hour before we ramble to the Southbound Preston Station for the ride to our next destination, which rhymes with Leon's.
If you show up early, Houstonist will front your first beverage and METRORail ticket. If not, it’s only a few bucks to ride all night. Think of the dollar fares as a cover charge for our mobile party unit.
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Houstonist 2nd Annual Light Rail Pub Crawl
Friday, February 29th @ 5:30 PM
Rally Point: Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
705 Main St @ Capitol
(713) 228-7468
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Note that a "Day Pass" can be purchased from the railstop ticket vending machines for a paltry $2. I'm not sure if it expires at midnight or 24 hours after you buy it, though.
Jim, the Day Passes were axed by METRO last month. Check out today's post on the Q Card.
Whether you use your Q-Card, or buy a one-way paper ticket on the platform, the $1 trip 'fare item' purchased is good for up to 2 hours in the same direction of travel.
Thus, if you buy your ticket at the Preston Station at 6:30 (to get to Leon's at the McGowen stop), as long as you are back on the train at McGowen (heading in the Fannin South direction) before 8:30, you can 'reuse' your one-way ticket (or not re-'tap' your Q-Card). If you head back towards downtown (i.e. the UofH-Downtown direction), you'll need to purchase a new ticket (or re-'tap' your Q-card) to have a valid fare item.
The long/short of all this is that, depending on when the stops are along the pub crawl, you'll likely pay a total of $2-5 to ride the rail. Pretty cheap as there is zero-risk of a DWI.