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Submission to Review of Private Ferry Fares

posted Friday 26 October 2007
Action for Public Transport has today lodged a submission with the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) concerning the current review of fares charged by private ferry operators.

The submission can be viewed here. The following is a summary.

Executive Summary

The data provided by the Commercial Vessel Association (CVA) continues to be devoid of almost all information, apart from costs, that is needed to make a sound decision on fares.

Details concerning revenue, patronage, service quality and related matters are absent from the CVA submission despite being specifically requested by the Tribunal after last year's determination.

Over the past year, there have been no changes to private ferry services, for better or for worse.

We have no objections to a reasonable fare rise to cover increased costs, provided they are efficient costs and that efforts have been made to increase revenue by building patronage.

The marketing of private ferry services should be combined with those of Sydney Ferries Corporation for the sake of passenger convenience.

Consideration should be given to taking the operations of the private and government ferries in Sydney into a contract system similar to the Ministry of Transport contract system for buses. The private ferry fares could then be harmonised with those of Sydney Ferries Corporation.



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