The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has welcomed the restart of the passenger rail service in Jamaica.
Robert Pickersgill, Spokesman on Transport, who was at the commemorative service for the re-launch of Jamaica’s passenger rail service in Linstead, St. Catherine Saturday afternoon, said the move is welcomed, however, he raised concerns about the impact the rail service might have on taxi operators.
"It is appreciated but I have heard that there will be one fare which would give (passengers) a transfer on to a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus. Now that sounds smooth but if it happens, I am a little concerned about how the taxi operators will take it because already they have been complaining .
"And if you add the closure of the Bog Walk Gorge to that, then the taxi operators are immediately at a disadvantage because they will have to go the longer routes," Pickersgill said.
He urged a seamless infusion of the rail service into the transport sector.
Robert Pickersgill, Spokesman on Transport, who was at the commemorative service for the re-launch of Jamaica’s passenger rail service in Linstead, St. Catherine Saturday afternoon, said the move is welcomed, however, he raised concerns about the impact the rail service might have on taxi operators.
"It is appreciated but I have heard that there will be one fare which would give (passengers) a transfer on to a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus. Now that sounds smooth but if it happens, I am a little concerned about how the taxi operators will take it because already they have been complaining .
"And if you add the closure of the Bog Walk Gorge to that, then the taxi operators are immediately at a disadvantage because they will have to go the longer routes," Pickersgill said.
He urged a seamless infusion of the rail service into the transport sector.
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