Government to restore 75% transport discounts for students and seniors

The government will honor its pledge to raise fare discounts on trains and buses back to 75 percent, as was previously the case, Transport Minister Ivan Bednárik (SPD) has said.

In an interview with the news website Novinky.cz, Bednárik said students and seniors could benefit from the higher discounts in the autumn or by the end of the year.

“We will do everything to make it happen this year. It is included in our policy statement, even though no specific deadline is set,” the minister said.

He added that he would like to reach an agreement with Finance Minister Alena Schillerová to have the decree increasing the discount adopted by the end of the first quarter.

Based on past experience and standard practice, transport operators would then need approximately three months to incorporate the higher discounts into their ticketing systems, Bednárik said.