❓ Mr. Masters asks about the costs, revenue, and fare collection methods for Perth's public transport in 2002/03. The Minister provides detailed financial information and outlines the upcoming SmartRider system implementation.
AnsweredQoN 2857Legislative Assembly
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(1) For each of the public transport systems operating within the Perth metropolitan area (train, bus and ferry), what was the annual total cost of operating each one in the 2002/3 year?
(2) For each system in that year, what was the income derived from passengers, the total number of passengers carried on each system and the annual deficit?
(3) How are fares collected from passengers using the metropolitan train service, what was the installation cost for this fare collection system and what are its annual operating costs?
(4) How are fares collected from passengers using the metropolitan bus service, what was the installation cost for this fare collection system and what are its annual operating costs?
(5) How are fares collected from passengers using the metropolitan ferry service, what was the installation cost for this fare collection system and what are its annual operating costs?
(6) Are upgrades to the fare collection/ticketing system for any of these public transport systems being planned and, if yes, what is the purchase and installation costs for these new systems as well as their annual operating costs?
(2) For each system in that year, what was the income derived from passengers, the total number of passengers carried on each system and the annual deficit?
(3) How are fares collected from passengers using the metropolitan train service, what was the installation cost for this fare collection system and what are its annual operating costs?
(4) How are fares collected from passengers using the metropolitan bus service, what was the installation cost for this fare collection system and what are its annual operating costs?
(5) How are fares collected from passengers using the metropolitan ferry service, what was the installation cost for this fare collection system and what are its annual operating costs?
(6) Are upgrades to the fare collection/ticketing system for any of these public transport systems being planned and, if yes, what is the purchase and installation costs for these new systems as well as their annual operating costs?
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Answered
25 August 2004
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
85 days
(1) Costs by mode for 2002-03 Bus Train Ferry Total Operating cost $147.788 mill. $68.280 mill. $0.498 mill. $216.566 mill Depreciation $17.176 mill. $22.597 mill. $0.081 mill. $39.854 mill. Interest $19.197 mill. $20.728 mill. nil $39.925 mill. Total cost $184.161 mill. $111.605 mill. $0.579 mill. $296.345 mill. (2) Income derived from passengers: Bus $47.213 million (including $6.709 million for CAT service from Perth Parking Levy), train $26.414 million, ferry $0.532 million. Total $76.159 million. Number of passengers carried (total boardings including transfers): Bus 56.290 million, train 31.354 million, ferry 0.477 million. Total 88.121 million. Annual deficit against income derived from passengers: Bus $134.948, train $85.191 million, ferry $0.047 million. Total $220.186 million. In addition, Transperth received income from sundry sources (eg advertising, interest, fines, etc). In 2002-03, income from these sources totalled $6.946 million. The overall deficit in 2002-03 taking into account total revenue was $213.240 million. (3-5) As the Transperth public transport network is an integrated system the fares from bus, train and ferry passengers are collected in a similar manner. Transperth sells a MultiRider ticket through a retail network and Transperth Information offices. The MultiRiders are then validated by passengers when they board a bus or ferry, or at ticket validating machines situated on the platforms of train stations. Cash tickets are also sold on board a bus or ferry by the driver or ferry captain. For the train network, ticket vending machines are available on all station platforms for the purchase of a cash ticket by a passenger. The capital cost of the integrated system that Transperth currently uses was $11,907,000 in 1990. The annual operating costs of the current ticketing system is $949,862. (6) Yes. The contract price for the new SmartRider ticketing system is $30 million dollars, which covers supply, installation, maintenance and management services over 10 years.
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