On Dec 14, 9:41*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:33:24 -0600, (Roy Badami)
wrote:

I realise it's not deeply significant (well, except maybe to someone
who finds themselves in need of an annual Travelcard on New Year's
Day), but...

The TfL site shows fares for 2010 and 2011. *Are the fares actually
ties to the calendar year, as this implies, or do they change on
2 January thus aligning with the National Rail fares change date?

I'd always assumed the latter, but now I'm curious as to whether TfL
change their fares on 1 January or 2 January. *Anyone know?

They change on 2/1/11 although I accept it is not at all clear from the
website info. I went back to the press release about the increase to
find the date.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...ive/17092.aspx

I can't think of an annual increase in Jan (in recent years) when LT and
NR fares have not changed on the same date. Given the long standing
links on some fares like through tickets and Travelcards it has long
been essential that fares change on the same day. *With PAYG rates etc
it is probably even more important than ever. * Obviously there are
minor changes in May and September which also link to NR fare change
dates but the scale of change is usually very small on TfL fares.

The only thing that has changed in recent years has been the move to
make the increase as early as possible in January rather than the first
Sunday regardless of the date.

It could also have depended which side of the road you were on - late
on the evening of New Year's Day (well, quite poss. sometime past
midnight into the 2nd) a few years back I saw the bloke from Almex re-
configuring the roadside bus machines for the new higher single fare
(and also I guess the new bus pass price) that came in to force that
day - so on one side of the road a ticket would have cost £1.50, and
the other side £2! (Or whatever - can't remember what the change
actually was now.)