Transport Malta this year up to October fined Malta Public Transport €135,520 for lack of punctuality and reliability.
Transport Minister Joe Mizzi told Toni Bezzina (PN) said that the fines for 2015 totalled €4,600 and the previous year, €109,025.
He explained that the focus was on ensuring that the company remedied shortcomings noted by Transport Malta. Furthermore there had been a transition period before the fines could be imposed, and this transition period had to be delayed when the expansion of the route network was delayed by industrial action.