"Opal cards are going up again!" And the train won't be able to afford it. "
The editor, who can't drive (can't afford to buy a car), purposely moved his home to the train station, thinking everything would be convenient, but a new policy, "Opal Card Price increase", deeply hurt the editor's poor heart.
According to the Daily Mail, the most recent increase in opal prices was July 1, when Sydney passengers' transport costs increased 2.2%, or A $6.76 for a one-way ticket from West Sydney to CBD during peak hours.
However, Andrew Constance, the new state's transportation chief, is ready to introduce the highest fares for public transport, and as the general public is unable to accept the fact, they are starting to attack the director for overcharging.
The director defended the opal price increase earlier this month, indicating that government had not changed its ticket price for five years and had been selling at a low price.
On Thursday, he announced that fares would be limited to CPI and would not increase 4.2 percent as recommended by the regulatory tribunal.
He said in a statement that government adjusted fares through CPI only last year and the next fiscal year. "as government, we do not support the average price increase of 4.2 percent per year recommended by IPART because we believe that passengers should be put first."
"Opal Card will change the way people travel and make public transport easier," said Opal Card, sponsored in 2012 by the current governor of the new state, Gladys Berejiklian.
After the OAL card was introduced, government initially raised the price of paper tickets only to encourage more passengers to use OAL cards.
After the elimination of paper tickets, from 2014 to 2017, train and bus prices were suspended until fiscal year 2018.