School bus fares to rise in 2023 - operators say hike needed to cover higher costs

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Architect Tan Tze Wei, 37, will be paying $15 more a month from January for her daughter’s school-bus ride – an increase of 10 per cent over the current rate. She said the hike from $150 to $165 for a one-way 2km trip is probably inevitable, given the trend of higher...

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Mr Phillip Peh, president of the association and general manager of Tong Tar Transport Services, said the 7 per cent hike does not fully cover the cost increases for bus operators. Tong Tar has more than 10 school bus contracts in 2023. Revolving Transport, which has a contract with Cantonment Primary in Tanjong Pagar from 2022 to end-2023, said it will be raising fares by the full 7 per cent as allowed by MOE. The spokesman did not give further details.

Longlim, which has more than 60 buses and contracts with seven schools, sought to raise fares by “around 7 per cent” for existing contracts.

 

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To be clear - driver salaries are not increasing - operators hoping nobody will notice and simply state ‘higher costs’ without any genuine justification.

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