Re: Sydney Metro Bus Changes

[chapmanken@aol.comspamspam (Ken)]

>There is also the matter of reimbursement for free school travel which
>private operators get and State Transit doesn't. Private operators are also
>reimbursed for pensioner fares (that is why the ticket machines have
>seperate "Pensioner" and "concession" buttons. The private operators are
>just as heavily subsidised as State Transit is, it is just that is a bit
>more transparent with State TRansit.

Actually, school student travel is about the only area where STA and the
private operators are treated equally - they are both reimbursed by the
government for students travelling to/from school.

Pensioners travelling on private buses pay half the adult fare for each
journey, with the other half reimbursed by the goverment to the bus company.

Bring on a full integrated ticketing system to resolve these differences....