“The initiative is good from the point of view of allowing pensioners to travel around the country, because tickets are sometimes expensive for them.
From the point of view of solving problems of the economic order, to be honest, it is difficult to calculate how to compensate these costs for transport workers, ”the senator explained.
He noted that this proposal should be considered and the implementation mechanism should be carefully considered.
“We have a program for the northern territories, which takes into account the possibility of using discounted tickets once a year for older people and other vacationers.
There is a special program for the Far East and Siberia, which applies to everyone ... In this regard, this will be another addition to all these programs.
It needs to be short-calculated and formalized in some way, ”he concluded.
Earlier, State Duma deputy Ivan Sukharev proposed granting pensioners the right to two concessionary tickets a year for long-distance trains.
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