How does smrt mrt and sbs calculate the rebates?
When I tapped the card on the bus ezlink reader, I dont remember
seeing a 50cent rebate before. It was 25cents and recently, i saw
40 cents. (I looked at the number in the brackets)
I'm not sure about the rebates on mrt trains. Its very hard to
see, compared to the bus card readers.
I'm using an adult ezlink card, not a concession one.
it means changing to any bus/MRT/LRT within 45 minutes from the
last bus/MRT/LRT station you tapped out from.
from 1st April all rebates are now 50 cents regardless of
anything.
Here is an
example. All fares by ez-link card.
Mr. A is travelling from Bedok North St 3 to Nanyang Drive at
NTU.
Mr. A boards a bus 225W at 8am at Bedok
North St 3 and takes it to Bedok Int. He reaches Bedok
Int and taps his card at 8.05am upon alighting and walks
to the MRT.
He transfers to the MRT at 8.10am where he will get a
transfer rebate which means a deduction of 50 cents from his
full fare as long as he transfers to the MRT within 45 minutes from the
time he alighted from the earlier bus.
He boards the MRT all the way to Boon Lay and reaches there at
9am. He then alights. He then decides to have breakfast at
McDonalds in Jurong Point that stretched to 9.25am and
walks to Boon Lay Interchange and boards a bus 179 at 9.35am. As it
has been only 35 minutes, he will still be given a transfer rebate
of 50 cents from the 179 fare also. He then reaches NTU Library 1
at 9.50am, and walks to his lecture venue right on time
to attend a 10am lecture.
Fare
calculation
Trip #1
Service 225
Bedok North St 3 - Bedok Int
69 cents
Boarded: 8am, alighted 8:05am
Trip #2
MRT Train
Bedok MRT - Boon Lay MRT
$1.77 (-50cents transfer rebate)
$1.27
Boarded 8.10am, alighted 9am
Trip #3
Service 179
Boon Lay Int - NTU
91 cents (-50 cents transfer rebate)
41 cents
Boarded 9.35am, alighted 9.50am
Transfer rebates are not applicable for MRT to MRT transfers but
MRT to LRT transfers are applicable. Alsom transfers from a bus to
another bus of the same service number or subsidisary service, i.e
sv 179 to 179A does not qualify for transfer rebate.
The transfer rebate applies for up to 3 transfers made. Means
you can take 4 buses in a row with 3 having
transfer rebates but you must take the 4th
bus/MRT within 2 hours from the start of your first trip.
Hope this helps.
