Commuters can enjoy a fare discount of 50 cents or the equivalent of the fare for the rail leg of their journey, whichever is lower.
E.g. Commuter who taps in before 7.45am at Jurong East MRT station and taps out at Bishan MRT station
Distance: 16.6km
E.g. Commuter who boards bus service 232 at Toa Payoh Lor 7 (opp block 5) and alights at Toa Payoh Bus Interchange, then taps in at Toa Payoh MRT station before 7.45am and taps out at Newton MRT station Distance: 2.2km (bus) + 2.6km (train)
The Travel Smart Rewards (TSR) scheme is still in place. Commuters can join the scheme to accumulate points for cash rewards when they travel during off-peak hours. For more information on TSR, please access the following link: https://www.travelsmartrewards.lta.gov.sg.
Lower morning pre-peak fares are meant to encourage rail commuters to travel outside morning peak hours, when travel demand is the heaviest. Peak period crowding on buses is not as acute.
In fact, with 1,000 buses added under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme and bus service standards improving as part of the transition to bus contracting, many bus services have become less crowded even as ridership continued increasing.
