FORRESTFIELD–AIRPORT
LINK — PASSENGER FARES
476. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Transport:
I note that the Minister for
Transport is unavailable today. This question is from Tuesday, 17 May and is
C488.
Noting
that budget paper No 3 reports on page 181 that the Forrestfield–Airport
Link is expected to have 20 000 passenger trips a day, to what extent
will any single two-zone passenger fare be subsidised once the line commences
services?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The fare from the airport line will
be the same as the rest of the Transperth network in that passengers will pay
no more than the cost of the two-zone fare. This compares with other states
where, for example, passengers on the Brisbane airport line are charged $10 per
ticket and Sydney airport passengers are charged $15 per ticket.