"James" wrote in message
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Don't know about that one, but Sheffield certainly made their buses
free, much to the chagrin of the MP for neighbouring districts of
Derbyshire, a certain Matthew Parris.

Sheffield's buses were not free, but bus and train fares in the People's
Republic of South Yorkshire were very low and were subsidised by the rates.
People living just over the Derbyshire border had rates at something like
half the level of those in Sheffield, and were very happy about it. As I
recall it, the bus fare from Sheffield to Barnsley was about 22p and the
train fare 33p, with the town services in Barnsley and Sheffield about 5p.
This was about the time when London tube fares were about 50p for one of the
Inner Zones.
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