On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:50:10 +0000, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 13 Feb 2005:

To help people understand I thought I'd type up the examples of how
capping will work from the LU training slides. Please note that the
fare values are for now - not post 27 Feb 2005.

If you ask questions I can't guarantee to answer them properly as I've
not had the training!

I hope you find it helpful - perhaps people can see why capping has been
a complex thing to get in place.

-------------------------------------
Bus / Tram Capping - Cap is £3.00

Trip Time Pre Pay Cumulative Notes
Fare Charge
1 06.15 80p 80p
2 10.30 80p £1.60
3 12.00 80p £2.40
4 13.15 60p £3.00

System only deducts 60p to reach the Bus Cap. Total charge for the day
is £3.

So they are doing a Bus Cap?! Oh *good* - so I'll renew my bus pass on
Tuesday, and by the time it expires again, it will probably be worth
just using capping! Brilliant.

But be careful - if you travel every day by bus then it will be better
to retain the bus pass (£11) or else you will simply get capped at £3
every day thus making your costs £21 a week. The system only caps at
daily values - it does not do subsequent counts to weekly or period
values. This may be a latter stage but I don't know for certain if that
is part of the design.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!