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[email protected] · March 13th 11, 10:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:29:20 -0800 (PST), solar penguin
wrote:

I'll save my cheering until NR finally bring back cheap offpeak paper
returns for the London area,

I don't think they will ever come back as all the pressure is for
further zonal pricing alignment using Oyster and not in the reverse
direction. Why would TfL wish to finance this and the TOCs are unlikely
to want to go back to a system which loses them revenue and costs more
to retail?

I understand completely why people are not happy about the change btw.

I'm happy. My Vauxhall-Putney singles are still half what they were in
2009!

The only opportunity to influence events is now in terms of you creating
a huge campaign that one of the Mayoral candidates decides is worth
taking hold of and using in their campaign. I'm sure Ken and Lembit will
be delighted to hear from you! Might be a bit hard for Boris to
backtrack given all the push he gave (and credit he has taken) for
getting Oyster on to the NR network in London.

I don't think Lembit will care either way. He's not a candidate.

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Colin Rosenstiel