Are you still struggling with your ticket to CBD at the airport? The Forrestfield Airport in Perth is about to be opened! Government promised to subsidize fares between Perth Airport and CBD for about A $5! To and from Perth airport to CBD!
The public transport department also confirmed yesterday that it will not impose a surcharge on airport fares when it opens at the end of 2020! This means that only a standard two-zone fare can be paid between Perth and the airport!
And the airport central station line will be open at the same time! There is a wider choice. Down here is our station!
PTA spokesman David Hynes said it was common to charge extra fees for airport rail lines in other cities, but he claimed Perth would not!
"there are no plans to add a surcharge to the airport train station in Perth," he said in an interview. "so the fare to the airport will be charged according to the normal Transperth system, so you don't have to worry about it."
But this will increase government's budget! Finance Minister Ben Wyatt said last week that the budget would be reduced by A $40 million a year because of the operating costs of the airport rail line.
In addition, by maintaining fares at the standard price, our taxpayers will bear about 70% of the cost between the city and the airport!
It is worth pointing out! According to PTA, the A $1.86 billion Forrestfield Airport Railway is expected to carry an average of 20, 000 passengers a day once it opens in 2021.
PTA also said that most of the passengers on these trips will get off at the Redcliffe or Forrestfield station, and it is expected that there will be 6100 passengers on the train by airport passengers every day!
It is expected that by 2031, the number of passengers entering and leaving the airport will nearly double! Up to 11000 people a day! And the total passenger traffic on this route is expected to increase to 29000 passengers a day!