Fare hike for transport early next year?

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1990: BUS FARE REVISION[i]

• 10 cents increase in non air-con fares generally.
• 5 to 10 cents increase in air-con fares with no change to the minimum (60 cents) and maximum fares ($1.20).

• Extension of the maximum bus fare by another fare stage (over 14.4 km), to $1.00 and $1.30 for non air-con and air-con services respectively (equivalent to a 10 cents increase)

• Extension of the maximum bus fare by another fare stage (over 18.4 km) to $1.10 and $1.40 for non air-con and air-con services respectively (equivalent to a 10 cents increase).
• 5 cents increase in feeder fares and industrial fares to 30 cents and 45 cents respectively, with the corresponding introduction of a 5 cents transfer rebate for feeder buses.
• $2 increase in concession stamps prices for tertiary students, NS men and SBS shareholders.

• 5 cents increase across the board for non air-con services on farecard fares. No change for air-con farecard fares.
• 10 cents increase across the board for air-con and non air-con services on cash fares.
• Conversion of flat fare to distance-related fares for industrial bus services.
• $3- $5 increase in non air-con bus concession stamp prices.

• Similar to fares on existing RTS lines, distance-related fares were adopted for Bukit Panjang LRT.

• 10 cents increase in adult feeder bus fares (cash and farecard) with a corresponding increase in the feeder transfer rebate by 10 cents (from 5 cents to 15 cents).
• 5 cents increase in child/student feeder bus fares (cash and farecard) with a 10 cents increase in the feeder transfer rebate (from 5 cents to 15 cents).
• Extension of the maximum fare by another fare band (over 23.5 km) to $1.30 and $1.60 for non air-con and air-con services respectively for cash fares, and $1.25 and $1.50 for non air-con and air-con services respectively for farecard fares.
• Addition of 2 fare bands to the fare structure of Jurong industrial bus services (maximum fare was increased by 20 cents).

• 10 cents increase in the LRT Single Trip Ticket adult fares (the new minimum became 80 cents while new maximum was $1.00). No change in adult farecard fares (minimum was 60 cents and maximum was 80 cents).

• 10 cents increase in feeder bus fares with corresponding increase in transfer rebates by 10 cents (feeder bus transfer rebate became 25 cents, the same as the transfer rebate involving non-feeder bus services).

• 3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
• 5 cents increase in adult farecard fares.
• 10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
• 50 cents increase in concession stamp prices for primary/secondary students.
• $2 increase in concession stamp prices for tertiary students.
• $3 increase in concession stamp prices for NS men.

• Differentiated fares for the NEL at 5 cents to 25 cents higher than the existing RTS fares, or an average of 16.5 cents more.
• Fares for child/student/NS men concessions remained the same as that for the existing RTS lines.

• 1-2 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
• 10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
• 1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizen cash fares.

• 1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
• 1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.

• 1.8% fare adjustment on bus fares only. Bus fares go up by 1 to 2 cents

•  An average 0.6% fare adjustment on bus and train fares

• Government grants concessions and rebates on transport-related taxes and fees, including 30% road-tax rebates[v]
• Public Transport operators decided to pass on some savings to commuters and did not apply for fare adjustments
• Fare rebate and an increase in transfer rebate of up to 4.6%[vi]

• Fares increase by 0.5% – 1%
• Trips with transfers cheaper than single trips[vii]

• Fares increase by 1%[viii]

• Government budgets $1.1 billion – $280 million budgeted for the purchase of the 550 buses over next 5 years, and $820 million to cover the net operating costs of public transport operators over 10 years[x]

• Public Transport Operators to apply for fare hike [xi] by 19 Dec 2013

This article was first published in Ravi’s blog, http://www.raviphilemon.net/2013/12/fare-hike-for-transport-early-next-year.html