On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 18:15:56 +0100, "TKD" wrote:


Does anyone have any news on what is happening to weekly/monthly travelcard
prices?

Am just wondering if they will be going down to reflect the reductions in Oyster pre-pay or not..

http://www.london.gov.uk/news/docs/fares_2006.pdf

thanks for posting that link. It's the first time I've seen the full set
of fares in all their "glory". I've been away so haven't quite been
able to understand quite what all the furore is about elsewhere in the
thread. However I now understand.

While I understand the principle of providing an incentive for people to
switch to Oyster - in HK there is a differential between Octopus (SVT)
and cash fares - this is really quite extreme. I can foresee horrendous
short term problems come January when people try to get their heads
round this set up. I feel tremendously sad for passengers and ticketing
staff who will have to try to cope with all of this.

It is evident from posts here, as well as from the very low level of
take up, that people simply do not understand what pre pay is and how it
works. The huge attachment to Travelcard and its relative ease of use is
obviously a factor in making it hard for people to understand how
pre-pay works alongside it or in the case of capping or extensions in
conjunction with it. TfL urgently need to get more information out to
actual and potential card holders as to how Oyster works - publicity has
been dumbed down too far.

While I would like to think that I'm a bit of an expert on ticketing
matters I feel that I'm losing the plot in terms of trying to understand
exactly how all of this is going to work in practice. There are simply
too many variables and choices despite various aspects of the ticketing
range having been removed over the last 2-3 years.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!