Re: (Syd) Airport Station ticket prices

[Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

How do travelpasses apply to Olympic Park and how will they apply to the
Airport line stations?
I think they would have to be treated the same as any other station in
the same zone. But this would mean that the company running the stations
would not get any money when people with travelpasses use the stations.
Perhaps Cityrail is paying a fee for this usage?

Ben Munro

Hubert Lam wrote:
> 
> The stations are operated by a private consortium and attracts a "station
> usage fee" of $1 per adult for any ticket. This also applies to Olympic Park
> station, where there is literally no "off peak return" price on all of the
> tickets issued to go to OLP
> 
> "Greg Cantori" <greg@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
> news:8ao04h$oip$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > I had a letter published in the local paper a few weeks ago, asking
> > CitiRail for an explanation as to why ticket prices for the new
> > Airport stations are much higher than tickets elsewhere. There has
> > been no repsonse so far.
> >
> > Aren't these just ordinary new stations? Why will a weekly ticket
> > between Sutherland and the International terminal cost $34, when
> > a weekly from Sutherland to the city only costs $27?  How are
> > these prices suppose to encourage people who drive to work at
> > the airport (and there are thousands of them) to leave their
> > cars at home and catch trains?
> >
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