Transport Fare Reduction: Promise Kept

In August, then Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew announced a fare reduction of up to 1.9 per cent at the end of the year. 

Mr Lui might have stepped down but that promise is kept. 

Public transport fares will be reduced by 1.9 per cent from Dec 27 this year.

With the revision, adult card fares will be lowered by 1 to 4 cents, depending on travel distance. Student and senior citizen concessionary card fares will go down by 1 to 2 cents.

However, the prices of all monthly concession passes, monthly travel passes, cash fares and single trip ticket fares, will remain unchanged.

Separately, the Transport Ministry announced it will reduce concessionary card fares for lower wage workers by 1 to 4 cents, depending on the distance travelled.

Concessionary card fares for people with disabilities will also be reduced, by 1 to 2 cents, also depending on the travel distance.