CHRONOLOGY OF FARE ADJUSTMENTS (1990-2009)

Date Fare Adjustment

1 October 1990

BUS FARE REVISION

      

  • 10 cents increase in non air-con fares generally.
  • 5 to 10 cents increase in air-con fares with no change to the minimum (60 cents) and maximum fares ($1.20).

  • RTS FARE REVISION

  • 10 cents increase for all distance-related fares.
  • Commensurate adjustments in concession ticket prices.
  • January 1991

    Introduction of Transfer Rebate

             

  • 25 cents rebate for adults & senior citizens.
  • 10 cents rebate for school concession fares.
  • Applies to trunk-to-trunk bus transfers and trunk bus to RTS transfers, and vice versa.
  • 1 June 1994

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • Extension of the maximum bus fare by another fare stage (over 14.4 km), to $1.00 and $1.30 for non air-con and air-con services respectively (equivalent to a 10 cents increase).
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    RTS FARE REVISION

  • Adjustment of RTS fare structure, resulting in a 10 cents increase affecting 28% of the RTS trips.
  • 1 October 1995

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • Extension of the maximum bus fare by another fare stage (over 18.4 km) to $1.10 and $1.40 for non air-con and air-con services respectively (equivalent to a 10 cents increase).
  • 5 cents increase in feeder fares and industrial fares to 30 cents and 45 cents respectively, with the corresponding introduction of a 5 cents transfer rebate for feeder buses.
  • $2 increase in concession stamps prices for tertiary students, NS men and SBS shareholders.
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    RTS FARE REVISION

             

  • Change in the distance-related fare structure to charge more for mid to long distance trips.
  • Adjustment of the fare structure to allow for differential pricing between farecard fares and Single Trip Ticket fares.
  • Overall average fare increase of 5.15 cents.
  • 7 July 1996

    INTRODUCTION OF INTRA-TOWN FARES

             

  • Fares for Intra-town bus services for journeys up to the bus interchange were made similar to non air-con feeder (residential services) fares.
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  • Intra-town fares beyond the interchange were set at the minimum fares of trunk services, at $0.50 and $0.60 for non air-con and air-con services respectively.
  • 1 June 1997

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • 5 cents increase across the board for non air-con services on farecard
  • fares. 
  • No change for air-con farecard fares.
  • 10 cents increase across the board for air-con and non air-con services on cash fares.
  • Conversion of flat fare to distance-related fares for industrial bus services.
  • $3- $5 increase in non air-con bus concession stamp prices.
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    RTS FARE REVISION

             

  • 10 cents increase for all Single Trip Ticket fares but with no change in the maximum fare of $1.60.
  • 10 cents discount on adult farecard fares before 7:30am on Mondays to Saturdays except public holidays. This was to encourage morning off-peak RTS travel into the CBD area.
  • $2 to $5 increase in RTS concession ticket prices.
  • 1 January 1999

    BONUS REBATES GIVEN ON FARES

  • In response to the recommendations from the Committee on Singapore?s Competitiveness, the PTOs gave a 5% bonus rebate on all ticket types for 1 year (till 31 December 1999), except Single Trip Tickets and corporate advertiser tickets, to help reduce the cost of using public transport.
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  • The rebate was given by way of an additional 50 cents for every $10 travel value of an adult farecard purchased or topped up.
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  • Concession tickets also received varying rebate values.
  • 6 November  1999

    NEW FARES FOR BUKIT PANJANG LRT

  • Similar to fares on existing RTS lines, distance-related fares were adopted for Bukit Panjang LRT.
  • 1 June 2000

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • 10 cents increase in adult feeder bus fares (cash and farecard) with a corresponding increase in the feeder transfer rebate by 10 cents (from 5 cents to 15 cents).
  • 5 cents increase in child/student feeder bus fares (cash and farecard) with a 5 cents increase in the feeder transfer rebate (from 5 cents to 10 cents).
  • Extension of the maximum fare by another fare band (over 23.5 km) to $1.30 and $1.60 for non air-con and air-con services respectively for cash fares, and $1.25 and $1.50 for non air-con and air-con services respectively for farecard fares.
  • Addition of 2 fare bands to the fare structure of Jurong industrial bus services (maximum fare was increased by 20 cents).
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    RTS FARE REVISION

             

  • Introduction of intermediate band for child/student RTS fares, which increased fares by 5 cents for journeys between 5.6km and 14.4km.
  • Between 5 cents and 10 cents increase in adult fares. Maximum distance fare band extended, resulting in 15 cents increase for that band.
  • Between 10 cents and 20 cents increase in Single Trip Ticket fares.
  • 1 December 2000

    LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT (LRT) SINGLE TRIP FARE

  • 10 cents increase in the LRT Single Trip Ticket adult fares (the new minimum became 80 cents while new maximum was $1.00). No change in adult farecard fares (minimum was 60 cents and maximum was 80 cents).
  • 1 July 2001

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • 10 cents increase in feeder bus fares with corresponding increase in transfer rebates by 10 cents (feeder bus transfer rebate became 25 cents, the same as the transfer rebate involving non-feeder bus services).
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    NO RTS FARE REVISION

    1 July 2002

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • 3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
  • 5 cents increase in adult farecard fares.
  • 10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
  • 50 cents increase in concession stamp prices for primary/secondary students.
  • $2 increase in concession stamp prices for tertiary students.
  • $3 increase in concession stamp prices for NS men.
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    RTS FARE REVISION

             

  • 4 cents increase in adult and senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
  • 5 cents increase in adult and senior citizen magnetic farecard fares.
  • 18 January 2003

    NEW FARES FOR SENGKANG LRT

             

  • Distance-related fares similar to those for Bukit Panjang LRT were adopted for Sengkang LRT.
  • 20 June 2003

    NEW FARES FOR NORTH EAST LINE (NEL)

             

  • Differentiated fares for the NEL at 5 cents to 25 cents higher than the existing RTS fares, or an average of 16.5 cents more.
  • Fares for child/student/NS men concessions remained the same as that for the existing RTS lines.
  • 29 Jan 2005

    NEW FARES FOR PUNGGOL LRT SYSTEM

  • Similar to fares on existing LRT systems, distance-related fares were adopted for Punggol LRT system.
  • 1 Jul 2005

    BUS FARE REVISION

             

  • 1-2 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
  • 10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
  • 1 cent increase in senior citizen Ez-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizen cash fares.
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    RTS FARE REVISION

             

  • 1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-Link card fares.
  • 10 cents increase for all adult cash fares.
  • 1 cent increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares.
  • 1 Oct 2006

    BUS FARE REVISION         

  • 1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
  • 1 cent increase in senior citizen Ez-Link card fares.
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    RTS FARE REVISION         

  • 1-3 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
  • 1 cent increase in senior citizen Ez-Link card fares.
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    1 Oct 2007 BUS FARE REVISION

     

             

  • 1-2 cents increase in adult EZ-link card fares.
  • 2 cent increase in senior citizen Ez-Link card fares.
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    NO RTS FARE REVISION

    1 Oct 2008

    BUS FARE REVISION

  • 15 cents increase in transfer rebate for adult EZ-Link fares.
  • 4 cents increase in adult EZ-Link card fares.
  • 10 cents increase in adult cash fares.
  • 4 cents increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizens cash fares.
  • Extension of the maximum EZ-Link fare by another fare band (over 35 fare stages) to $1.42 and $1.67 for non- aircon  and aircon services respectively. Cash fare for the new fare band is $1.60 and $1.90 for non-aircon and aircon services respectively.
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    RTS FARE REVISION

             

  • 15 cents increase in transfer rebate for adult EZ-Link fares.
  • 4 cents increase in adult EZ-Link card fares.
  • 10 cents increase in Single Trip Ticket fares.
  • 4 cents increase in senior citizen EZ-Link card fares and 10 cents increase in senior citizens cash fares.
  • Extension of the maximum fare by another fare band (over 32 km) to $1.84 and $2.00 for EZ-Link card fare and  Single Trip Ticket fare respectively.

  • 1 April 2009

    BUS AND RTS FARE REDUCTION

             

  • 10 cents increase in transfer rebate for adult EZ-Link fares.
  • 2 cents reduction in adult and senior citizen EZ-Link fares.
  • 1 cent reduction in child/student EZ-Link fares.
  • $1 reduction in monthly concession passes for primary and secondary students .
  • $2 reduction in monthly concession passes for tertiary students and NS-men.