[UPDATE: The LGWM programme was shut down at the end of March 2024 by the incoming government. … Read more ...
* About 20 cents in every dollar of fare paid by Wellington City Bus riders actually goes to help fund poorly used bus services in the rest of region
* About 40 cents in every dollar paid by Wellington City, Lower Hutt City and Porirua city residential ratepayers goes to subsidise expensive rail and poorly used bus services in Upper Hutt, Kapiti and especially the Wairarapa
* In 2017/18, Wellington City ratepayers outside the CBD paid 20% of the region’s Transport Rates and this more than pays for Wellington City public transport (PT) services. … Read more ...
Passenger Rail PT services are very expensive due to high capital costs. But because so much of the capital infrastructure is shared across multiple services cost allocation is more difficult than bus services.
This does not mean that the rail costs cannot be estimated for different services sharing tracks, stations and network systems. … Read more ...
The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) 2019/20 Annual Plan Public Transport (PT) estimates it will cost $304M to provide Metlink PT services which are funded by fares, subsidies, loans and Transport Rates. This is a lot of money … in fact the GWRC spends more on providing public transport than all other activities combined. … Read more ...