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Public transport fare review: Changes "a good balance", says Lui Tuck Yew
Published on Jan 16, 2014
By Joanna Seow
The Public Transport Council (PTC) "has struck a good balance" in the new fare adjustment and overall public transport will be kept affordable for Singaporeans, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
"The PTC has struck a good balance by keeping the fare increase a few notches below the average wage increase in 2013," he wrote, "while enhancing concessions for a significant segment of commuters like the students...and providing new products like the unlimited travel monthly passes for senior citizens and for other adults.
"Overall, I believe this will continue to keep public transport affordable for Singaporeans."
Public Transport fare review at a glance
The Public Transport Council has announced a slew of changes to bus and train fares and concessionary schemes that will come into effect on April 6.
The council has also lifted the daily limits on train rides for train and hybrid monthly passes, which means users of these passes can take an unlimited number of rides per day.
From April 6
All commuters
Fares will go up by 3.2%.
Adult card fares will go up by 4-6 cents per trip, depending on distance.
Children below 7
Free travel for all.
Currently, only those below 0.9m in height can travel for free.
Students
Cheaper monthly concession passes.
Primary pupil: $42.50 → $41 for hybrid pass
Secondary student: $52.50 → $51 for hybrid pass
Polytechnic student: $52 → $27.50 for bus pass;
$45 → $25 for train pass; $97.50 → $51 for hybrid pass
University student: $97 → $85 for hybrid pass
Full-time National Servicemen
Cheaper monthly concession passes
$61 → $52 for bus pass; $50 → $45 for train pass; $111 → $85 for hybrid pass
Adults
New hybrid concession pass available at $120 a month.
Senior Citizens
New hybrid concession pass available at $60 a month.
From July 6
Low-wage workers
New concession of 15% off adult fares.
Applicable to Workfare Income Supplement recipients below 60 years old.
People with disabilities
New concession of 25% off adult fares.
Fares capped at that for travel under 7.2km.
New monthly hybrid passes available at $60 a month.
Source: Public Transport Council