Public transport fares will rise for the second year running, going up by 2.9 per cent, with bus and train rides costing four to five cents more from Dec 26 for adults.
Concessionary fares for seniors, students, people with disabilities and low-wage workers will go up by one cent per trip, said the Public Transport Council (PTC) on Wednesday following its annual fare review exercise. There are about two million commuters in this group, or half of Singaporeans.
Cash fares and the fees for monthly passes are unchanged.
From Dec 26, adult commuters paying by card will spend four cents more for journeys of up to 8.2km, and five cents more for journeys longer than 8.2km.
A trip between Boon Lay and Clementi MRT stations on the East-West Line, which is 8.2km in distance, will cost $1.45 for adult commuters using travel cards, up from $1.41.
An 11.5km trip from HarbourFront to Paya Lebar will cost $1.64, up from $1.59.
The PTC said the fare hike could have been much higher.
Citing a significant rise in costs from 2020 to 2021, the PTC said the current fare formula would have actually allowed for a maximum fare increase of 13.5 percent.
This is the highest since 1998, when the PTC started using formulas to set a cap on fare changes.
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