Hong Kong MTR fares to rise again
Rise slightly lower than average annual hike for recent years
MTR fares will rise again, by 2.65 per cent, in a hike expected to rake in another HK$400 million for the network’s owner.
The MTR Corporation said fares on 80 per cent of routes will rise by no more than 30 cents, with four per cent of fares unchanged. And only trips on the Disneyland Resort Line and those reaching the border will go up by more than 50 cents.
The rise is lower than last year’s of 4.3 per cent, and just under the annual rise over the past seven years of 2.7 per cent.
The company said it would spend HK$500 million on one-off and recurrent concessions in 2016/17, funded by the HK$400 million the company made from last year’s fare increase.
The concessions will include a cheaper trip for children – on the first Saturday of each month from November to March – with adults using an Octopus card.
A sea of people queued at Tai Wai station to join the southbound service for connecting journeys to Hung Hom and Hong Kong Island.
The disruption started at 7.40 am, when the first report of an animal on the line came through to the MTR, and ended by 8.35 am.
Staff managed to guide the dog away safely from the track.
