LAHORE – In the wake of the recent decline in petroleum products prices across the country, the Lahore Transport Company (LTC) announced 9.24 percent fare decrease for its entire petrol-run intra-city fleet and for the diesel-run 6.68 per cent.
Likewise, the goods transporters also announced a seven per cent reduction in the fares of the intercity service. Meanwhile, non-compliance of the new fares schedule by the urban transport owners on the pretext of non-receipt of a formal notification was also witnessed.
Now, the fare of non-AC diesel buses (High Occupancy Vehicles) for stage-1 (0 to 4 km) will now be Rs11, stage-2 (4.1 to 8 km) Rs15, stage-3 (8.1 to 14 km) Rs19, Stage-4 (14.1 to 22 km) Rs23 and for Stage-5 (22.1 to 30 km) it will be Rs28. The fare for stage-1 (0 to 4km) of Low Occupancy Vehicles (LOC) vans/mini-buses will be Rs11, for stage-2 (4.1 to 8 km) Rs13, stage-3 (8.1 to 14 km) Rs17, stage-4 (14.1 to 22 km) Rs20, stage-5 (22.1 to 30 km) Rs24 and for stage-6 (30.1 and above km) it will be Rs29.
