Possibility of higher fares next year

• gohby

  30 Oct 04, 19:54

  SMRT will submit the application for higher fares in May next year, from the news @ 6.30.
  
  They claimed it has been hard for them due to the rising cost of oil (Pure crap)
  
  The authorities said that it would be hard for them to reject their application. [Then you are absolutely useless, arent you, not even making the slightest attempt to save anything]
  
  So, most probably, the bus/MRT fares will rise again next year...
  
  I personally think SMRT is horrendous, Buses/MRT packed with people, Bad frequencies for Buses and Trains and extremely rude service officers.
  
  Given their revenues, I believe that they could easily bear with the rising costs of oil [Can you not provide such crappy reasons for higher fares?]
  
  What do you guys think?
• monkeybusiness

  30 Oct 04, 19:58

  i hate the way SMRT does things... dey are not serving the public... in fact, they are robbing
• shade343

  30 Oct 04, 20:00

  Oh great!! EVERYONE!!! GO BUY SMRT SHARES!!!!!!!!. The dividend BETTER BE GOOD. At least got dividend can pay for your next bus trip..
• shade343

  30 Oct 04, 20:01

  Originally posted by monkeybusiness:

  i hate the way SMRT does things... dey are not serving the public... in fact, they are robbing

  Since when does a transport company serves the public based purely on altruistic reasons?
• gohby

  30 Oct 04, 20:07

  Originally posted by shade343:

  Oh great!! EVERYONE!!! GO BUY SMRT SHARES!!!!!!!!. The dividend BETTER BE GOOD. At least got dividend can pay for your next bus trip..

  Hope that SMRT's stock crash due to people destructing SMRT by various means cos they are so fed up with SMRT. Then say byebye to all your money invested on that idiotic SMRT =P
• chunyong

  30 Oct 04, 20:40

  dats y i wanna buy a motorised bicyle to ride to ntu....
• MooKu

  30 Oct 04, 20:56

  
  
  Another excuse for people to get their own private transport and add to the pollution...
• monkeybusiness

  30 Oct 04, 21:01

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  
  
  Another excuse for people to get their own private transport and add to the pollution...

  yeah...me planning to go 4 driving lessons and get my own transport rather dan rely on the buses...
• kuekj

  30 Oct 04, 21:44

  IF oil prices go down next year, i think we commuters may have to petition for a DECREASE in fares or even reverse the PTC's decision to increase fares..
  
  oil prices may be volatile but can't exactly blame everything on oil prices.
  
  from my years of riding buses and mrts since i was young, i have been paying 25 cents for that feeder and 35 cents for the trunk route, then it became 30 cent/40 cent, next it shot up to both 45 cents.
  
  i'll be the first few people to experience the pinch because i'm leaving school this year, and heading into the army camps.. the 1 dollar plus per trip isn't a thing to kid about..
• service_238

  30 Oct 04, 22:20

  Originally posted by kuekj:

  IF oil prices go down next year, i think we commuters may have to petition for a DECREASE in fares or even reverse the PTC's decision to increase fares..
  
  oil prices may be volatile but can't exactly blame everything on oil prices.

  get the oil price to US$25/barrel like it was 8 years ago then maybe we can consider the petition
• Zilchster

  31 Oct 04, 00:03

  Too bad lor...if ur fares increase...c'est la vie...
  
  I mean...kids always complain they wanna be an adult...then now u r paying adult fares signifies that you are adult...also complain.
  
  I've been paying adult fares since 17yo :p
• chunyong

  31 Oct 04, 01:08

  still remeber last time is 45cents per trip on bus/mrt...from boon lay to pasir ris also 45cents...those were the days
• BrUtUs

  31 Oct 04, 01:39

  AGAIN?
• iveco

  31 Oct 04, 13:13

  What about SBS/NEL fares? Will they jump on the bandwagon?
  
  I still remember the good old days when we had only 5 fare zones. Now there are 8.
• Medicated Oil

  31 Oct 04, 13:19

  Please loh.
  
  This is a GOOD time to get a fee hike when the price is HIGH.
  
  Not possible when the oil price drops.
  
  The Transport Ministry cannot stop the MRT/SBS for increasing their profit or else the Ministry have to pay themselves.
  
  So, it is a WIN WIN for SBS MRT and LTA.
  
  We have to sustain the stupid decision and loss incurred by the NE line and the circle line.
• iveco

  31 Oct 04, 14:00

  Public Transport = Public Utility.
  
  Meaning: LTA/MOT should subsidise at least 50%.
• sbst275

  31 Oct 04, 14:15

  Just because SMRT actual profit went down to $9M from $20M, it does not mean that they + fares.
• poon cho tang

  31 Oct 04, 14:16

  no matter wat, commuters will always be the losers
• SBS3688Y

  9 Nov 04, 22:20

  oridinary folks : salary down, job losses.. BUT basic n essential transport $ up.
  
  i thought EZ-link cards had greatly reduced the problem of fare evasion, hence increasing profit??
  
  unclaimed EZ-link and former farecards for remaining $$ balance amounted to $$$$$$$$$ ????