It comes after Ms Brabin promised to hand operators £37m so they can subsidise fares for passengers who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis
Arriva Yorkshire has been criticised, after it raised the cost of a short-distance single journey by 10p, to £1.50, and added 20p to fares for one-mile trips, which previously cost £1.80.
“Let me be clear - these price increases by operators are not to pay for the new £2 fare cap. We are reimbursing them for this,” said Ms Brabin.'s Fares will make bus travel cheaper and simpler across West Yorkshire, and I want all passengers to feel the benefit." She added: “Like most businesses, our costs continue to increase and we postponed the introduction of increases so that they coincided with reductions on the MCard Day Ticket which offers great value for all day travel across all operators for £4.50.
Ms Brabin has decided to subsidise fares by using more than half of the £69.9m of Government funding, which will be given to West Yorkshire Combined Authority to support its Bus Service Improvement Plan.
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