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All Metro fares frozen for 2010
Transport chiefs have frozen all Metro fares for 2010 to help passengers through the recession.
Transport agency Nexus, which operates Metro, had its fare proposals rubber-stamped by councillors on the Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) board yesterday.
Bernard Garner, director general of Nexus, said: "This is a very good deal at a time when family budgets are under pressure and the economy uncertain."
Coun David Wood, chairman of the ITA, said: "Metro provides excellent value and will offer even better value in the year ahead as a result of our decision."
The adult Metro single ticket will stay at 1.40, off-peak returns at 1.90 and the annual MetroSaver pass stays at 450. The price of monthly passes was also frozen.
A child's Metro single fare remains 60p and the child's DaySaver ticket is frozen at 1.10.
Children with a Nexus Under-16 Card can buy a concessionary single for 50p and a child all–day ticket valid on Metro and other public transport is 1.
The annual Metro Student Card for all zones is to stay at 386. Four-weekly Metro Student Cards for inner Newcastle and inner Sunderland have come down from 31 to 30.
All fares on the Shields Ferry service have also been frozen.
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