Fares for passengers aged 24 and under will return to standard pricing from Wednesday 1 May, following the rollback of the former government’s age-based concessions.
Metlink reminds passengers, especially parents and guardians, to make sure their children’s Snapper cards are ‘topped up’ before travelling.
Fare changes are coming soon for passengers aged 24 and under, following the government’s decision to withdraw funding for age-based concessions.
From 1 May 2024, following the rollback of the former government’s age-based concessions on Metlink services:
children aged 5 to 16, or older if still at secondary school, will pay half the adult fare,
fares for people aged 17 to 24 will return to full price, unless they qualify for an alternative tertiary or Community Connect concession,
under 5s will continue to travel for free on all services.
Greater Wellington Transport committee chair Thomas Nash says the change will be felt by young people and whānau across the region, who are already struggling with the high cost of living.
“I don’t want to end these concessions – we know they have made a big difference to people,” Cr Nash says.
Greater Wellington Regional Council welcomed news today that free fares for under 13-year-olds and half-price fares for anyone 25 and under, will be funded as part of the Government’s Budget 2023 announcements.
Metlink has welcomed the Government’s extension of half price public transport fares until the end of June 2023.
The extension, announced today by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, is part of the Government’s ongoing support intended to ease the cost-of-living pressures.
Metlink Commercial, Strategy & Investments Manager Tim Shackleton said the half price fares extension would enable passengers to ready themselves for the eventual go live date for the Community Connect scheme which permanently reduces public transport fares for Community Services Card (CSC) holders by 50 percent.
“With around 90,000 CSC holders in the Wellington region, Metlink has worked with the Ministry of Social Development to develop a system that provides quick and easy access to half price fares when the scheme rolls out,” says Tim Shackleton.
Metlink has welcomed the Government’s extension of half price public transport fares until the end of March 2023.
The extension, announced by Transport Minister Michael Wood today, is part of the Government’s ongoing investments in public transport and mode-shift and the transition to its Community Connect scheme.
November 2022 will be the final month of paper Rail Monthly passes.
The 30-day Rail pass replaces these passes and is available to load onto your Snapper card from 7 November, for use on the Kāpiti Line from 12 November and the rest of the network from 27 November.
The pass is activated on its first use and includes your bus trip to or from your local station when travelling to Wellington Station from zones 4-14.
You can load your Snapper card with a 30-day Rail pass from 7 November.
Monthly and MonthlyPlus passes will be replaced by the 30-day Rail pass. If you’re travelling to or from Wellington Station, the Snapper 30-day Rail pass will include your bus trip to or from your local train station between zones 4-14 only.
Tag on and off for every journey to avoid a default fare. And remember, your Snapper payment may be checked on board the train.
Off-peak fares on Metlink public transport services will be reduced and children will ride for free on weekends and public holidays, as part of a package of concessions agreed today by Greater Wellington.
Fares are currently discounted by 25 percent to encourage off peak travel, but the regional council today agreed to increase the discount to 50 percent, which will also apply to concession holders.
Greater Wellington Transport Committee Chair Roger Blakeley said he was pleased the council had adopted the recommendations of the Future Fares Subcommittee.
ollowing a Greater Wellington Regional Council meeting today, Metlink has been given the go ahead to implement the Government’s Community Connect Scheme which will see discounted fares for Community Services Card (CSC) holders in place from 1 September.
The Community Connect Scheme was announced by the Government during the Budget in May.
Councillor Roger Blakeley, chair of Greater Wellington’s Transport Committee and a strong supporter of the Community Connect Scheme at the Council meeting, said it was fantastic to see the Government actively support community members most in need across the region.
Metlink announced today that it will be trialing a range of new fares in March next year, including free or heavily discounted fares on weekends.
Details of the trial are yet to be fully developed but could include a range of discounted, bundled and even free fares on the region’s bus and train services.
Scott Gallacher, General Manager for Metlink, says the trial will help provide valuable demand insight to help plan for growth and service design changes in the future as well as pave the way for new fare products as part of the introduction of integrated ticketing system.
Metlink has announced that full fares will return across the region on July 1 now that New Zealand has moved to alert level 1 and physical distancing restrictions have been lifted.
Metlink released the findings of its post implementation review into fares in a report to Council today which showed changes to fares and ticketing performed well against expectations and contributing to a range of cost saving benefits for passengers across the region.
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