Rising fuel prices are causing Dutch transport companies to make changes to their ways of operating in different ways, with different impacts on their passengers. Some transport companies are changing their strategies to pursue lower operational expenditures; however, not all transport companies are simply passing on these costs to their customers. Arriva, which is one of the largest operators of diesel trains operating outside the Randstad, has publicly stated that this will not be the case for ticket prices that customers pay in 2023, as they will not raise fares, even as diesel costs have increased.
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Arriva has stated that They Will Not Raise Fares Due to Increased Diesel Costs
Arriva has advised that all ticket prices are set at the start of the calendar year before passengers purchase tickets and remain fixed for the entire year, which means that diesel prices will not affect what current Arriva passengers are paying at present. Arriva did not provide any specifics on how they are managing increased costs from higher diesel prices; however, they have explained that it is a matter of sensitivity to business.
Approximately 17 rail lines use diesel trains for their passenger services, and the combined distance of these lines is 551 kilometres.
The majority of these diesel train lines are located in Friesland, Groningen, Overijssel and Gelderland, with smaller segments of the lines located in Limburg and Noord-Brabant. All diesel train lines in the Netherlands are required to be free from diesel emissions by 2050. The company has indicated that they expect to adjust future ticket prices through the Landelijke Tariefindex, which is used to reflect changes in energy prices from one year to the next; therefore, it is possible that ticket prices for Arriva could change in the future as a result of ELTI.
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