Starting from July 1st, there will be a number of price increases for people using public transport. The price increases affect both individual tickets, as well as subscriptions.
Individual Tickets
| Type | Current Price | New Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single Trip | 2.50 lei | 3.00 lei |
| Two-Trip Ticket | 5.00 lei | 6.00 lei |
| “30 minute” Ticket | 2.50 lei | 3.00 lei |
| “60 minute” Ticket | 5.00 lei | 6.00 lei |
| Night Ticket | 4.00 lei | 5.00 lei |
Subscriptions
| Type | Current Price | New Price |
|---|---|---|
| One-Day Subscription (all lines) | 14.00 lei | 20.00 lei |
| Three-Day Subscription (all lines) | 23.00 lei | 33.00 lei |
| One-Line Weekly Subscription | 20.00 lei | 26.00 lei |
| Two-Line Weekly Subscription | 32.00 lei | 41.00 lei |
| Weekly Subscription (all lines) | 45.00 lei | 57.00 lei |
| One-Line Monthly Subscription | 70.00 lei | 90.00 lei |
| Two-Line Monthly Subscription | 95.00 lei | 122.00 lei |
| Personal Monthly Subscription (all lines) | 138.00 lei | 177.00 lei |
| Non-Personal Monthly Subscription (all lines) | 168.00 lei | 214.00 lei |
| One-Line Elderly, Pensioner & Honorary Citizens Monthly Subscription | 31.50 lei | 40.00 lei |
| Elderly, Pensioner & Honorary Citizens Monthly Subscription (all lines) | 62.10 lei | 78.00 lei |
| 120-Trip Adult Student Ticket | 70.00 lei | 88.00 lei |
| 120-Trip Child Student Ticket | 51.00 lei | 65.00 lei |
The fine for travelling without a ticket will change from 50.00 lei to 70.00 lei.
There is no indication that the “Green Friday” initiative will come to an end as a result of these ticket price increases and people in Cluj-Napoca will continue to benefit from free transport on Fridays.
Why are prices increasing?
Prices in Cluj-Napoca were previously increased by 25% in 2018. CTP, the company which operates the public transport services in Cluj-Napoca, explained that the increase of prices comes in response to the fact that electricity supply prices increased by 135.8%, ie from 405.90 lei mWh to 957.23 mWh.
In a statement, CTP management said,
This increase in the purchase price leads to an increase in electricity costs for passenger transport activity in the municipality compared to November 2021 as follows: by 110.03% in December 2021, by 178% in January 2022 and by 74.46% in February 2022. Another element of expenses with growth forecast in 20222 is the expenditure on fuels, where the company estimates an average increase of 37.8% compared to the budget estimate.
When analysing the material expenditures, directly influenced by the increase of inflation, it is estimated an increase of approximately 2 million lei compared to the budget estimate. The total eligible costs of the company in November 2021 were 10.46 million lei, of which, at a number of 11,605,982 trips and taking into account a reasonable profit of 32,605 lei, it generated an average cost per trip of 0.9 lei. The increase by 14.30% of the total costs in December 2021 compared to November 2021 generated an average cost per trip of 1.06 lei“
