Archive for July 4th, 2008

Mountains train fares to increase?

Friday, July 4th, 2008

There have been some stirrings following the release of the IPART discussion paper for train fares. The recommendation is for the fare structure to be a ‘flag-fall’ charge then a per kilometre fee. Initial media reports suggested this could see Blue Mountains users paying up to 50% higher fares. The paper also calls into question the discounts available for weekly tickets.

In response, the government stressed this was a discussion paper only, but recently reports are appearing that link the IPART fare structure to a revived Tcard electronic ticketing system:

ZDNet, SMH, ABC

IPART are calling for submissions to ipart@ipart.nsw.gov.au, so if you have a view, it would be a good time to share it.