Orhei council doubles public transport fare to 6 lei per ride
Orhei has doubled its public transport fare to 6 lei per ride, and free travel at peak hours has ended.
Written later, from the reports of that day.
What it means for you
From now on, a peak-hour ride costs 6 lei, when it used to be free. Schoolchildren aged 7 to 10 pay 3 lei per ride. Drivers say the increase was necessary, while some pensioners find the new price too high.
What happened
The Orhei municipal council approved doubling the public transport fare, from 3 lei to 6 lei per trip. Peak-hour rides were paid from the municipal budget until now, and negative tariff deviations exceeded 3.4 million lei in the first seven months of the year. Orhei Transport administrator Igor Panfil says the company would have become insolvent without the increase.
In short
- More than 3.4 million lei in negative tariff deviations built up in the first seven months of this year.
- Between 16 and 18 of the company's 35 buses run on six city routes each day.
- Only schoolchildren aged 7 to 10 keep a discount, paying 3 lei per ride.
- Spare parts have become more expensive than last year, and so has bus repair.
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