No public transport fare
increase proposed for next year
Greater Wellington
Regional Council is proposing not to increase public
transport fares next financial year.
“Low
inflation, low petrol prices and healthy rail patronage have
all combined to make a fare increase unnecessary this year,
“ says Paul Swain, Greater Wellington Regional Council’s
public transport portfolio leader. “Public transport
users will be pleased to hear that this is now the third
year in a row that a fare increase hasn’t been needed.
“The rail patronage figures continue to be a great
return on the substantial investment that we and the
government have put into Wellington’s rail network over
several years. We’re now planning to do the same for bus
services, with a range of major improvements planned over
the next few years to make bus travel more reliable,
convenient and
enjoyable.”
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