Look at the data after the jump..
1 October 1990
BUS FARE REVISION
*10 cents increase in non air-con fares generally.
*5 to 10 cents increase in air-con fares with no change to the minimum (60 cents) and maximum fares ($1.20).
RTS FARE REVISION
*10 cents increase for all distance-related fares.
*Commensurate adjustments in concession ticket prices.
January 1991
Introduction of Transfer Rebate
*25 cents rebate for adults & senior citizens.
*10 cents rebate for school concession fares.
*Applies to trunk-to-trunk bus transfers and trunk bus to RTS transfers, and vice versa.
1 June 1994
BUS FARE REVISION
*Extension of the maximum bus fare by another fare stage (over 14.4 km), to $1.00 and $1.30 for non air-con and air-con services respectively (equivalent to a 10 cents increase).
RTS FARE REVISION
Adjustment of RTS fare structure, resulting in a 10 cents increase affecting 28% of the RTS trips.
1 October 1995
BUS FARE REVISION
*Extension of the maximum bus fare by another fare stage (over 18.4 km) to $1.10 and $1.40 for non air-con and air-con services respectively (equivalent to a 10 cents increase).
*5 cents increase in feeder fares and industrial fares to 30 cents and 45 cents respectively, with the corresponding introduction of a 5 cents transfer rebate for feeder buses.
*$2 increase in concession stamps prices for tertiary students, NS men and SBS shareholders.
RTS FARE REVISION
*Change in the distance-related fare structure to charge more for mid to long distance trips.
*Adjustment of the fare structure to allow for differential pricing between farecard fares and Single Trip Ticket fares.
*Overall average fare increase of 5.15 cents.
7 July 1996
INTRODUCTION OF INTRA-TOWN FARES
*Fares for Intra-town bus services for journeys up to the bus interchange were made similar to non air-con feeder (residential services) fares. Intra-town fares beyond the interchange were set at the minimum fares of trunk services, at $0.50 and $0.60 for non air-con and air-con services respectively.
1 June 1997
BUS FARE REVISION
*5 cents increase across the board for non air-con services on farecard fares. No change for air-con farecard fares.
*10 cents increase across the board for air-con and non air-con services on cash fares.
*Conversion of flat fare to distance-related fares for industrial bus services.
*$3- $5 increase in non air-con bus concession stamp prices.
RTS FARE REVISION
*10 cents increase for all Single Trip Ticket fares but with no change in the maximum fare of $1.60.
*10 cents discount on adult farecard fares before 7:30am on Mondays to Saturdays except public holidays. This was to encourage morning off-peak RTS travel into the CBD area.
*$2 to $5 increase in RTS concession ticket prices.
1 January 1999
BONUS REBATES GIVEN ON FARES
In response to the recommendations from the Committee on Singapore’s Competitiveness, the PTOs gave a 5% bonus rebate on all ticket types for 1 year (till 31 December 1999), except Single Trip Tickets and corporate advertiser tickets, to help reduce the cost of using public transport. The rebate was given by way of an additional 50 cents for every $10 travel value of an adult farecard purchased or topped up. Concession tickets also received varying rebate values.
6 November 1999
NEW FARES FOR BUKIT PANJANG LRT
Similar to fares on existing RTS lines, distance-related fares were adopted for Bukit Panjang LRT.
1 June 2000
BUS FARE REVISION
*10 cents increase in adult feeder bus fares (cash and farecard) with a corresponding increase in the feeder transfer rebate by 10 cents (from 5 cents to 15 cents).
*5 cents increase in child/student feeder bus fares (cash and farecard) with a 5 cents increase in the feeder transfer rebate (from 5 cents to 10 cents).
*Extension of the maximum fare by another fare band (over 23.5 km) to $1.30 and $1.60 for non air-con and air-con services respectively for cash fares, and $1.25 and $1.50 for non air-con and air-con services respectively for farecard fares.
*Addition of 2 fare bands to the fare structure of Jurong industrial bus services (maximum fare was increased by 20 cents).
RTS FARE REVISION
*Introduction of intermediate band for child/student RTS fares, which increased fares by 5 cents for journeys between 5.6km and 14.4km.
*Between 5 cents and 10 cents increase in adult fares. Maximum distance fare band extended, resulting in 15 cents increase for that band.
*Between 10 cents and 20 cents increase in Single Trip Ticket fares.
1 December 2000
LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT (LRT) SINGLE TRIP FARE
10 cents increase in the LRT Single Trip Ticket adult fares (the new minimum became 80 cents while new maximum was $1.00). No change in adult farecard fares (minimum was 60 cents and maximum was 80 cents).
1 July 2001
BUS FARE REVISION
*10 cents increase in feeder bus fares with corresponding increase in transfer rebates by 10 cents (feeder bus transfer rebate became 25 cents, the same as the transfer rebate involving non-feeder bus services).
No RTS Fare Revision
1 July 2002
BUS FARE REVISION
*3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
*5 cents increase in adult farecard fares.
*10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
*50 cents increase in concession stamp prices for primary/secondary students.
*$2 increase in concession stamp prices for tertiary students.
*$3 increase in concession stamp prices for NS men.
RTS FARE REVISION
*4 cents increase in adult and senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
*5 cents increase in adult and senior citizen magnetic farecard fares.
18 January 2003
NEW FARES FOR SENGKANG LRT
*Distance-related fares similar to those for Bukit Panjang LRT were adopted for Sengkang LRT.
20 June 2003
NEW FARES FOR NORTH EAST LINE (NEL)
*Differentiated fares for the NEL at 5 cents to 25 cents higher than the existing RTS fares, or an average of 16.5 cents more.
*Fares for child/student/NS men concessions remained the same as that for the existing RTS lines.
29 January 2005
NEW FARES FOR PUNGGOL LRT SYSTEM
Similar to fares on existing LRT systems, distance-related fares were adopted for Punggol LRT system.
1 July 2005
BUS FARE REVISION
*1-2 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
*10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
*1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizen cash fares.
RTS FARE REVISION
*1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-Link card fares.
*10 cents increase for all adult cash fares.
*1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
1 October 2006
BUS FARE REVISION
*1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
*1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
RTS FARE REVISION
*1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-Link card fares.
*1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
1 October 2007
BUS FARE REVISION
*1-2 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
*2 cents increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
NO RTS FARE REVISION
1 October 2008
BUS FARE REVISION
*15 cents increase in in transfer rebate for adult EZ-Link fares.
*4 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
*10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
*4 cents increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizens cash fares
*Extension of the maximum EZ-Link fare by another fare band (over 35 fare stages) to $1.42 and $1.67 for non-aircon and aircon services respectively. Cash fare for the new fare band is $1.60 and $1.90 for non-aircon and aircon services respectively.
RTS FARE REVISION
*15 cents increase in in transfer rebate for adult EZ-Link fares.
*4 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
*10 cents increase in Single Trip Ticket fares.
*4 cents increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizens cash fares
*Extension of the maximum fare by another fare band (over 32 km) to $1.84 and $2.00 for EZ-Link card fare and Single Trip Ticket fare respectively.
[from Public Transport Council]
There are only 2 words here that we see that is repeated throughout.
INCREASE and REBATE.
There is no DECREASE but only INCREASE in price of fares. That’s one.
There is always “temporary” REBATE and never “permanent” DECREASE in fares. That’s two.
And these two is more than enough.
I do agree that fares should increase due to inflation and rising standard of living.
But if fares were increased due to rampant increase in price of a certain commodity, then, it should be reduced or even taken away when the price of that commodity has dropped to a level HALF of what it was when it peaked.(I understand that refined oil is not dropping as much, but still, it’s dropping.)
It’s looks to be always the case that there are always no follow up actions taken to justify a previous fare increment, when the situation has changed for the better. If it changes for the worst, then we will probably just foresee another price increase.
It’s not really affecting me much, but i am just wondering if such price increases are justified.
We will see in times to come if the supposed increase in fare due to oil prices, will ever come down.
From a historical point of view though, there was never a decrease eh?
