TAOYUAN AIRPORT MRT TO OFFER DISCOUNTS|機捷推3公里區段優惠 月.季票同步降價

In response to the public criticism over the airport MRT fares, the Taoyuan Metro Corporation announced a discount on the ticket prices for the same-zone rate. While the ride between the Taipei Maintain Station to the Taoyuan Airport still costs NT$160, the new fare for the route between Linkou to Taipei is lowered from NT$100 to NT$80. The Taoyuan Metro Corporation announced another new discount offer for the MRT route to the Taoyuan Airport. The company said that is to avoid crowds of passenger getting off at popular stations; therefore stations within three kilometers of A3 and A8 stations will have the same fares. Take Taipei Main Station as an example, after the discount, A3, A4 and A5 all have the same NT$35 fare, if you are getting off at one or two stations ahead or behind of Chang-gung Hospital Station, the same-zone fare apply, you will only need to pay NT$80. ==CHENG WEN-TSAN, Taoyuan Mayor== Hsingchuang Living Perimeters (one way) NT$35; Linkou Living Perimeters (one way) NT$80; Nankan Living Perimeters (one way) NT$120; Fares for commuters are NT$400, NT$2,000 and NT$3,000. Discount offers like these, I believe they are very favorable. Is this new discount offer created under the pressure of critiques? Mayor Cheng emphasized, the fares were determined by the fare committee. Previously, the New Taipei City Government and Taoyuan City Government criticized each other for the responsibility of setting high MRT fares to the Taoyuan Airport. ==CHEN YI-CHUN, New Taipei City Councilor== On August 26, 2016, our Transportation Dept. of the New Taipei City Government had issued an official letter to Taoyuan Metro Corp. The letter suggested the fares for transfers between Taoyuan MRT and New Taipei MRT should be calculated from passengers' perspectives, motivate people to take the MRT. Regarding reasonable MRT fares to the airport, some councilors suggest the operation loss should be subsidize by the central government, just like Kaohsiung MRT and Taipei MRT. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications replied it will discuss with relevant departments. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 機場捷運票價被嫌太貴，桃園捷運公司上午再推出優惠方案，直達車停靠的大站鄰近車站通通"一口價"，以台北到林口為例，原價100元，調整後80元 桃園捷運公司上午公布機場捷運新一波優惠方案，表示為了避免民眾擠在大站下車，因此挑出直達車停靠的A3站和A8站，兩站三公里內的車站通通同票價，以台北車站出發為例，優惠後，到A3、A4、A5站通通都算同區間35元票價，到長庚醫院的前後兩站，也都算同區間，票價都是律80元。 ==桃園市長 鄭文燦== 新莊生活圈(單程)35元 林口生活圈(單程)80元 南崁生活圈(單程)120元 通勤價分別是 400元 2000元 跟3000元 這樣的一個方案 我相信很優惠 新一波優惠是否受到外界抨擊定價太高壓力?鄭文燦強調，只是依照票價審議委員會的決議，在通車前提出多元促銷方案，機場捷運票價連日引發新北桃園隔空互批，甚至究責訂價過程。 ==新北市議員 陳儀君== 今年105年8月26日 我們的新北市政府 我們的交通局就已經函文 告訴他說 桃捷跟北捷 這個轉乘計費方式 請以乘客的立場來考量 鼓勵民眾使用 針對機捷訂價問題，也有議員提出，應該比照高捷與北捷，由中央空汙基金補貼營運虧損，才能反映在票價，對此交通部也回應會與相關單位來研議。 綜合報導