Graham J wrote:
Even so, if you are TfL, then it would be difficult to explain why you
are offering discounts for any bus journey following a Tube journey in
the same day (or vice versa). The main reason behind this idea has to be
to make life fairer or more convenient for people travelling to areas
not well-served by Tube, but still within a certain journey time of a
Tube station. Therefore it would make sense to introduce a reasonably
long time limit for the interchange (as you said initially), rather than
a blanket all-day discount which doesn't really serve any purpose.


I'm not entirely clear who those people are who are perceived to be treated
unfairly or inconvenienced (I'm not saying they don't exist, I genuinely
don't know who we are talking about). For example if I want to make a
return journey into Central London by bus and tube the off-peak travelcard
at £5.20 already compares favourably with the individual Pre-Pay fares at
£5-60/£6.10/£6.60 (depending on the timing of the tube legs) and even more
so with cash fares at £8.00 so clearly that is already well taken care of.
Are we talking more about peak periods or are there combinations of zones
that don't work out so well?

I see what you mean, but the idea is that the discount for the through
journey will make Prepay cheaper for a simple return journey. For
example, for someone in Battersea who feeds into Vauxhall by bus for a
journey to King's Cross, the current prepay fare is £0.80 + £1.70 each
way (£5.00 return, making the off-peak travelcard cheaper at £4.70).
However, imagine the bus fare is only £0.40 for journeys connecting
to/from a Tube leg - £2.10 each way, making the return journey £4.20.

It lessens the £1.30 "penalty" for not living near a Tube station to £0.40.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London