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Jack Gramenz

Cheaper fares across trains, buses, ferries makes cents

50 cent fares have been locked in for Qld public transport users, with other states urged to follow. (Regi Varghese/AAP PHOTOS)

Cheap fares which prompted a surge in public transport use in one state will remain amid calls for prices to drop in the rest of the nation.

Queenslanders were drawn onto public transport after the introduction of 50-cent fares in August, with network-wide patronage increasing more than 16 per cent compared to the same period in 2023.

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