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PTE plans co-ordinated fair fares policy
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A CO-ORDINATED "fair fares" policy has been announced by the West Midlands PTE. It has been approved by the West Midlands County Council and it is to be considered by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioners on November 13. It is hoped to implement the changes on December 1.
The policy aims to establish uniformity in the bus and rail fares within the West Midlands area. A standard bus fare scale is to be applied to fares in Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton — areas formerly served by mnnicipal buses. Most of the lower fares will be left unchanged.
Many of the fares on the ex-Midland Red services transferred to the PTE last year will be reduced by as much as 30 and 40 per cent to bring them nearer to existing PTE fares. Fares in West Bromwich, traditionally lower than elsewhere in the region, will be thcreased, but they will remain slightly lower than the rest of the region.
The Travelcard season ticket will continue at the same price, but will permit travel on British Rail and Midland Red services in the area. Fares on those services will be reduced to the same level as the ex-Midland Red services within the PTE, probably at the end of the year. All these changes will result in a saving to passengers on West Midland PTE services of £850,000 in a full year.
In the former municipal areas — Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton — it is proposed to implement a four-stage fare system. All will adopt stages of 1 km (54mile) and offer two stages for 3p, five for 6p, 8 for 8p, 11 stages for 10p and thereafter three stages for each additional 2p.
On the old Midland Red services absorbed into the PTE, the present scale is twice as expensive as the above level. The PTE says that it could not justify the cost of bringing those services completely into line. Instead a different structure will be adopted as follows: three stages for 6p, five stages for 8p and thereafter three further stages for each extra 2p. The West Bromwich proposal calls to three stages for 3p, six stages for 6p and nine stages for 8p.