Metrorail eating away at our wallets

BY Sheilan Clarke

Metrorail (or Metrofail as commonly known among its commuters) has once again increased their tariffs despite late trains, broken seats, unnecessarily stopping in the middle of nowhere among other technical issues.

Lennit Max, Standing Committee chairman on Transport and Public Works recently said he wanted Metrorail to explain to the Committee how the newly increased train fare will impact commuters as well as how it plans to improve safety and reliability. According to IOL.com, he said, “These are chronic problems plaguing the system, at great risk to commuters, many of whom are women, children and elderly citizens.”

So we took to the streets to find out how the Metrorail tariff increase affects the wallets of commuters.

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