After more than four months of suspension, and a forced resumption by the GIE Karuia two weeks ago, the Tanéo network is officially making its return this Tuesday, October 1. A return to degraded mode with fewer lines, modified routes and above all a ticket which goes from 300 to 500 francs. Enough to arouse the anger of Soenc transport.
“500 francs? Too expensive!” Janine’s reaction last Saturday the day after the announcements of the official takeover of the Tanéo network, by its manager, the joint urban transport union.
For this resident of Kaméré, who goes to Dumbéa sur mer every day for her work, it will therefore be necessary to pay 1,000 francs per day, for a one-way ticket in the morning and return in the evening.
This is the main change of the new version of the Tanéo network launched this Tuesday 1is October in Greater Nouméa. An official resumption two weeks after a resumption of Karuïa buses, one of the two delegatees, with CarSud, without the agreement of the SMTU.
This increase in prices is justified by the reduction in public subsidies. “Previously, users contributed almost 30% of the cost of transport,” detailed Hugues Georgelin, deputy director of the SMTU, on our airwaves last Friday. The choice was therefore made to increase the price of a ticket, to maintain the sustainability of the public service and increase the share paid by the user to around 50%.
But this increase is not unanimous. Even internally. “Going from 300 francs to 500 francs is an increase of more than 66%, protests Soenc Transport, present in particular in the ranks of CarSud. In a press release published Monday evening, the day before this official resumption, the union estimates that a “Such a decision hits hard workers, low-income families, and all those who depend on this essential service on a daily basis.”
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A single price for a largely simplified commercial offer. No more youth or senior rates, no more difference depending on the areas of the city. Another change, the end of the price cap. Each trip will count from 1is au 31e day of the month.
On the other hand, you will not have to pay each time you board the bus since the 500 francs, via the pass, will include a maximum 3-hour connection included. However, this will not be the case for emergency tickets. There will also be no connection between paid sea shuttles and buses.
The lines are also revised for this recovery. There were thirty before the crisis, only eleven have been preserved. On the main lines, the L2 (Mont-Dore – Koutio) and the L6 (Tindu – Nouville) are suspended. For the secondary lines, only five remain in Nouméa (N5 and N8), Dumbéa (D4), Mont-Dore (M4) and Païta (P1).
These lines have also been changed from the network before the riots. Certain neighborhoods are no longer served, such as Tina, Tuband, Païta-village or Saint-Michel.
