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25/04/2013
Price Of Bus And Rail Fares To Rise
Bus and rail fares are to increase from next month, Translink has announced.
The average cost of a Metro and Ulsterbus ticket will rise by 3% and NI Railways by 5%.
Translink's Marketing Executive, Ciarán Rogan said: "We have worked very hard to keep fare increases as low as possible and indeed over recent years our fares have not kept up with inflation. Notably, this will be the first increase on some fares for 5 and even 6 years.
"We know any increase is unwelcome but I would urge customers to start paying the lowest fare for their journey; for instance using Smartlink Multi journey cards, Metro customers save almost 40% discount if travelling in the City Zone.
"We continually promote our everyday best value fares like our smartlink products and mlink for rail and ylink discount for young people and want to say to our customers stop paying more than you need to and look for the best fare deal. We are reducing the initial purchase of a smartlink card from 6th May to £1 – but it is already free if you buy on line."
(CD)
The average cost of a Metro and Ulsterbus ticket will rise by 3% and NI Railways by 5%.
Translink's Marketing Executive, Ciarán Rogan said: "We have worked very hard to keep fare increases as low as possible and indeed over recent years our fares have not kept up with inflation. Notably, this will be the first increase on some fares for 5 and even 6 years.
"We know any increase is unwelcome but I would urge customers to start paying the lowest fare for their journey; for instance using Smartlink Multi journey cards, Metro customers save almost 40% discount if travelling in the City Zone.
"We continually promote our everyday best value fares like our smartlink products and mlink for rail and ylink discount for young people and want to say to our customers stop paying more than you need to and look for the best fare deal. We are reducing the initial purchase of a smartlink card from 6th May to £1 – but it is already free if you buy on line."
(CD)
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