Singapore Defers This Years Fare Review To 2011
The Public Transport Council has decided to defer this year’s fare review exercise to the fourth quarter of 20111, to coincide with the opening of Phases 4 and 5 of the Circle Line from Marymount to HarbourFront.
The exact opening date will be announced later.
The CCL is an orbital line that connects all the existing rail lines into the city.
With the opening of the CCL from Marymount to HarbourFront in the fourth quarter of 2011, rail fares may change for many commuters who are able to use the CCL to bypass MRT interchanges like City Hall and Raffles Place MRT stations.
By timing the fare review exercise with the opening of Phases 4 and 5 of the CCL, commuters will see at most one round of fare changes this year.
The intent of the deferment is to minimize changes for commuters, and will also eliminate the need to conduct separate rounds of fare system reconfiguration, testing and fare publication.
Mr Gerard Ee, Chairman of the PTC said, “The deferment of this year’s fare review exercise to coincide with the full opening of the CCL is done with the interest of the commuters in mind. This is to minimise any inconvenience and confusion as they will experience at most one round of fare adjustments if the PTC decides to adjust the public transport fares this year. Apart from the timeframe, there are no other changes to the fare review mechanism. The Council’s consideration of any fare revision applications made by the public transport operators will continue to be guided by the recommendations of the Fare Review Mechanism Committee, the same as in previous fare review exercises.”
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