The fare of the Hong Kong Star Wheel increases the price on Monday (April 3).According to reports, the average increase in the two routes of Tsim Sha Tsui in Central and Wan Chai is about 55%.
According to the Hong Kong News Agency, after the price of the stars increase, the one -way adult fare of Tsim Sha Tsui in Central will increase from 3.2 yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about S $ 0.5) to 5 yuan to 5 yuan.The lower layer increased from 2.6 yuan to 4 yuan; the upper layers of the weekend and public holiday increased from 4.2 yuan to 6.5 yuan, and the lower layer increased from 3.6 yuan to 5.6 yuan; tourist tickets increased from 32 yuan to 50 yuan.
As for the routes of Tsim Sha Tsui in Wan Chai, adult charges will be added from 3.2 yuan to 5 yuan, and the weekends and holidays will be added from 4.2 yuan to 6.5 yuan.In addition, Tianxing Xiaoshuan's monthly ticket also increased to 190 yuan, 30 yuan more expensive than before; tourist tickets were added from 32 yuan to 50 yuan.
The Tianxing Small Wheel has been losing money since 2018. It has applied for increase in price to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government earlier. It was originally recommended to increase 1.8 yuan to 4.2 yuan each.However, the Hong Kong Government has lowered the increase after reviewing a number of factors to take care of the needs of passengers.
It is reported that the stars are still the cheapest "crossing the sea" public transportation after the price increase is about 30 to 50 % cheaper than the subway and bus charges.
