Re: New Fares in NSW

["David Proctor" <daproc@sd4.mailbank.com>]

Peter R K wrote in message <7gejsa$njb$1@toto.tig.com.au>...
>Good to see that the N.S.W. Government announced today that rail and
>government bus fars are going to rise by anything up to 35%. Isn't it
>strange how they didn't announce it before the election a month ago??
>
>They had all the 'usual' excuses on the news - there are some very
expensive
>improvements coming up, but of course the minister didn't bother to say
what
>those improvements might be.
>
>As usual, the government on one hand tries to tell us to use public
>transport, yet increases the fares and, as is more often the case,
decreases
>the service.

Fares in NSW are ridiculously cheap anyway - they need to rise to reduce the
loss, and to pay for the service. The all-day $1 pensioner tickets is an
absolute joke.

DaveP