Education
Disappearing Annual Subscription Makes School Commute Cost Hundreds of Euros More for 15-Year-Old Boy
A 15-year-old student from Maasland faces a cost increase of approximately 66 percent for his school commute due to the discontinuation of old annual subscriptions by RET. The new system, which uses fixed travel areas like VP82, costs 134 euros per month via OVpay, totaling 1,608 euros annually compared to the previous 970 euros. While the Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH) states the transition aims to be cost-neutral for most travelers, this specific route falls into a category where alternatives are more expensive. The MRDH suggests pausing subscriptions during holidays or using combined products to reduce costs, but the father argues these options do not fully offset the significant price hike given the shorter six-week summer break.
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