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This is what happens when things are done without foresight.
“The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) suffered a shortage of stored value and single journey tickets in LRT Lines 1 and 2 following the implementation of the fare increase earlier this month,” reports Janvic Mateo in The Philippine Star.
In a statement, the LRTA explained: “The implementation of the new fares doubled the usage of single journey tickets (SJTs) and this resulted in an increased level of ticket production.”
The LRTA added that “a shortage of stored value tickets (SVTs) was also recorded as they are prioritizing the distribution of SJTs.”
The report noted: “SJTs are processed or encoded by the tellers before they can be used by the passengers, resulting in long queues at the ticket booths.”
As a remedy to the ticket shortage, the LRTA has advised passengers to avail themselves of SJTs at Line 1 station booths and SVTs at Line 2 station booths. The agency said, “Tickets bought from LRT Line 2 can also be used at Line 1.”
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