SMRT greedy?

• Y_Shun

  25 Aug 07, 18:00

  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

  25 Aug 07, 18:05

  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.
• Y_Shun

  25 Aug 07, 18:09

  dun know if this should go inside Speakers' Corner.
  
  Sure have alot of things to say...
• sbst275

  25 Aug 07, 18:32

  SMRT will say will affect earning...
  
  Actually could well be Temasek controlling this
• Manager433

  25 Aug 07, 18:34

  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.
• sbst275

  25 Aug 07, 18:36

  Originally posted by Manager433:

  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.

  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
• iveco

  28 Aug 07, 20:44

  Bus and train fares should not be deregulated. End of story.
• <Precious>

  28 Aug 07, 20:48

  Aren't all large corporations greedy? Nothing new ma
• SBS3688Y

  28 Aug 07, 21:29

  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

  28 Aug 07, 21:36

  SMRT applied for the senior citizen's fares to match SBST's, ie. after 9am on weekdays.
  
  and, which company not greedy?
• SBS9889U

  29 Aug 07, 22:32

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