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Originally Posted by Team Brian GB
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.
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Got to raise money to invest in the service somehow. The capital expenditure originally involved in building the tube was massive, and it wasn't paid back for nearly 5 decades, much less create a return (disclaimer - read this somewhere, haven't checked the numbers). Now people are expecting a complete overhaul on current finances. It's not going to happen.
If I were in charge I'd triple tube ticket prices for a few years (possibly only on certain lines), sharply reduce usage, raise some revenue, do some fast refurbishment and drop prices again. Of course it would be politically unacceptable, but it could work.