Fares for buses and trains to go up from Oct 8

[gosu_smurf]

SINGAPORE: Public transport fares will increase from October 8 - concurrent with the full opening of the Circle Line.

The Public Transport Council (PTC) has decided to grant an overall adjustment of one per cent.

The amount is significantly less than the maximum fare adjustment of 2.8 per cent the public transport operators (SBS Transit and SMRT) wanted.

Adults using ezlink cards for buses and trains will see a two cents increase per journey.

Fares for senior concession card holders will increase by one cent per journey. But concession hours for senior citizens will be extended to the full-day throughout the week. Their fares on the North East Line and Circle Line will also be adjusted downwards. An estimated four in 10 senior citizens will see fare savings.

There will be no change to child or student concession card fares.

As for those paying in cash, adult commuters will see their fares increase by 10 cents per trip across the board.
There will be no change to senior citizen and child or student cash fares.

Overall, the average increase translates to about 15 cents more, per week, for the 85 per cent of commuters who will be affected.


Fares for buses and trains to go up - inSing.com

 

[MalcolmX]

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where is the dislike button??

 

[gosu_smurf]

LLST

 

[shutupandplay]

Hey guys this is one of the comments I found on yahoo news regarding this:

Hi guys, please dun be smoke by them ... they have told you fare has been increased only by 1 percent.

But in actual fact is not.

By using cash, fare has been increased by 10 cent. Which mean now the minimum fare to take a bus is $1.10 instead of $1.00. This is consider 10% increase.

By using ezlink card, from 0.71cent, now has been increase to 0.73 cent (2 cent increase).

If you go and calculate this 2 cent increase, it is actually 2.8% increase which is the maximum increase that SMRT and SBS is asking.

Please go and do the calculation urself and you will see the hard truth ...

 

[shutupandplay]

I've always known and predicted PAP's every action. To date there is not a single thing that I'd said about PAP that's wrong. I have never said anything that did not come to pass. Am I psychic? No. But I do possess keen judgement and I'm able discern what's right and what's wrong.

 

[MalcolmX]

I've always known and predicted PAP's every action. To date there is not a single thing that I'd said about PAP that's wrong. I have never said anything that did not come to pass. Am I psychic? No. But I do possess keen judgement and I'm able discern what's right and what's wrong.

*kudos

 

[shutupandplay]

I said that the ministerial pay review was all a show and prices will all increase before we even hear a fart's news about the long overdue and god-justified decreases in ministerial pay. I also told my friends what THEY would do and that all their promises are lies. So far I've not been wrong about even one thing. And many netizens aren't either. But 60% of Singaporeans have been proven to be true blue idiots despite nearly a decade of being lied to and oppressed.

 

[MalcolmX]

well... its only a small increase. take a chill pill bro

 

[clan_NEt]

well... its only a small increase. take a chill pill bro

big difference in long term.

10cents x 2-3 trips a day x one month worth of transport x etc etc

 

[sinful]