SMRT greedy?

Y_Shun SG

Not sure if I am wols.

I was flipping the Transitlink Book and saw the page "Senior Citizen ez-link card fares".
I noticed the difference of how SMRT and SBS Transit charges Senior Citizens.

Screenshot taken from TransitLink website.

SBST charges the concession hours for Senior Citizens from 9am to the end of their operations including both Buses, MRT(NEL) and LRT(SKLRT & PGLRT).

How come SMRT charges normal adult fares to Senior Citizens from 4.30pm to 7.00pm?
This includes their buses, MRT and LRT.

nightzip SG

ofcuz lah...remember SMRT promises to install CCD camera and have recording facilities for the cameras for all MRT stations? due to the suicides?

now, where got? all bul1shit one lah, until now also no sound on video recording of their CCD camera, nor anything about installing of fences etc for the MRT...

SMRT is evil lah....esp. their managment, all money hungry crocodiles. Mad

Y_Shun SG

dun know if this should go inside Speakers' Corner.

Sure have alot of things to say... Laughing

sbst275 SG

SMRT will say will affect earning...

Actually could well be Temasek controlling this

Manager433 SG

So wat if you are senior citizens? You still die die have to work till 65 yrs old b4 you can tink of collecting your cpf. Laughing

sbst275 SG

SBS allows senior citizen to pay 65c for bus fare regardless of dist during afternoon peak hours

SMRT one is die die must pay full fare... Like this, SMRT earn extra... So SMRT should be in a better position to replace all those old buses faster what Laughing Twisted Evil

iveco SG

Bus and train fares should not be deregulated. End of story.

<Precious> SG

Aren't all large corporations greedy? Nothing new ma Evil or Very Mad

SBS3688Y SG

it can be seen like a 2-sided coin. either SMRT is greedy or SBST wants to "spoil the market" (zoh pai hang zeng - in hokkien).

btw, our govt intends to raise the official retirement age to 62, then 67 and even 70! note our PM NDP speech. so, i think SMRT isn't greedy on this issue.

Lets say with less subsidiaries on Senior Citizens travel fares and adult full fare paying gets to enjoy lower fares (or fares are not increased higher than expected)???

105090 SG

SMRT applied for the senior citizen's fares to match SBST's, ie. after 9am on weekdays.

and, which company not greedy? Laughing

SBS9889U SG

When theres competition, the commuter stands to gain most of the times Razz