"Neil Williams" wrote:
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It is absolutely nonsensical that you are penalised for a journey that
requires two buses, and you are penalised for changing from Tube/train
to bus.

There should be one zonal fares system for the entire network for
single fares, completely irrespective of what mode(s) of transport is/
are used. The one exception is that I'd allow for a "bus only"
variant to avoid Tube crowding in central London - but even then
changes should not be penalised.

So if a Zone 1 to Zone 3 fare is, say, £4, it should be £4 whether
it's a direct Tube, or a bus, a Tube and another bus, or whatever.

(Leaving aside the difficulties of charging variable bus fares in an
environment now well accustomed to a flat fare...)

The last paragraph is where you totally lose the argument. No London bus
user is going to approve of (let alone vote for) a system whereby a GBP1.35
fare for a single bus journey suddenly becomes GBP4 (or whatever).