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Originally Posted by Nick 0208 Ldn
And for a city so reliant on tourism, the disadvantagous price rises on public transport if you dont 'have an Oyster card are insane.
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Definately, on the tube £3 one-way outside of zone 1 and £4 to go inside it- and the abolishing of return tickets mean it is cheaper to buy two one-way tickets as you have to buy an all-day-travelcard for £7.
Doesn't sound alot but it certainly builds up very quickly, for a very poorly maintained, severely overcrowded and totally unreliable service. Considering the amount of time he spends on talking about CO2 emissions and cutting road congestion you think he'd devote as much time to improving public transport but it is seemingly worsening- barely an evening rush hour goes by without a signal failure somewhere on the network leading to total meltdown.
There is a reason why people still wish to drive in London.
EDIT: 06:15: After logging on to the TFL (transport for London) website, it conspires that there are already severe delays on one end of the District Line- that should make for an interesting commute.