A TOP official of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said the government needs to improve railway services before it should propose a fare hike.

When service is improved, people are happy about it and so a fare hike will be more acceptable, Transportation Undersecretary Jose Perpetuo Lotilla told reporters at the sidelines of the UK Transport Solutions business forum of Thursday.

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