Hong Kong Railways Corporation majorly known as MTR will be increasing the fares by 2.3 per cent. The last fare increment was made in 2019 by 3.3 per cent and there was a fare cut in the 2021 financial year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The current rise was said to be prompted by the corporation overhaul fare adjustment formula that was mostly as a result of inflation that rose 2 per cent for the year and workers' wages that jump 3.6 per cent last December based on government recent data released.
The fare rise means 90 per cent of people boarding the train will have to pay an extra 40 HK cents per trip at most.
In 2022, the MTR Corporation made a total profit of HK$9.8 billion which is up 2.9 per cent from the previous year as posted.
However, MTR Corporation is making the new arrangement of increasing the maximum contribution it makes to a fare concession fund from HK$25 million to HK$40 million for each service disarrangement. More charges will be incurred if the disarrangement comes up during peak hours, or lasts more than three hours. Also, a new arrangement for compensating passengers for that disarrangement will come into force.
There will be a 50 per cent deduction in ticket fares over four weekend days compared to the previous 3 per cent fare discount for each trip over a certain period. The next weekend rounds will be held in April and May.
香港地鐵公司將加價2.3
香港鐵路公司（主要稱為港鐵）將把票價提高 2.3%。 上一次票價上漲是在 2019 年，漲幅為 3.3%，並且由於 Covid-19 大流行，2021 財年票價有所下降。
據說目前的上漲是由公司改革票價調整公式引起的，這主要是由於根據政府最近公佈的數據，今年通脹上漲了 2%，工人工資在去年 12 月上漲了 3.6%。
票價上漲意味著90%的乘客每次乘車最多需額外支付40港仙。
2022年，港鐵公司錄得盈利總額98億港元，較上年增長2.9%。
不過，港鐵公司正作出新安排，將其就每項服務安排向票價優惠基金作出的最高供款額由2,500萬港元增加至4,000萬港元。 如果在高峰時段出現混亂，或持續超過三個小時，將產生更多費用。 此外，一項新的補償乘客安排的安排也將生效。
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