Yesterday, as I exited from the MRT station gantries, I saw to my surprise that my train fees have increased by six-cents! This six-cents translates to quite some percentages of my fare per trip and if I multiply this amount by the number of days in a month and two trips (i.e “to” and “fro” trips) per day, I have to pay at least $3.60 more in my train fees in a month! $3.60 is equivalent to a simple meal outside, I noted.
I would not mind paying more in train fees if the quality of service, reliability and comfort commensurate with the fees that I am paying. As a user of the train, I can only say that the train’s service levels have to improve. SMRT stock is now not doing that good as a stock and what used to be a blue-chip stock is now ......