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Colin Rosenstiel · **New fares from 2 January 2006 - pdf**

In article ,
(James Farrar) wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:26 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(Clive) wrote:

In message
, Colin
Rosenstiel writes
To those who don't get it, yes.
Rubbish, we can all get it, I live 350 miles from London and I
benefit from Oyster and the cap. If you can afford cash fares
then you're too highly paid.

You do because you can't buy National rail tickets which include
tube travel. People living nearer can and therefore cover nearly all
their tube travel requirements without Oyster.

This year a one day travelcard from Cambridge with a Network Card
costs £1.65 more than the day return fare to London Terminals. There
is no ticket, Oyster or not, that I can buy in London that gets near
that.

So why are you worrying about tube singles?

Because on occasion, e.g. twice (on the same visit) this year I couldn't
use Travelcards because they only work with day return tickets from
Cambridge and I needed to make journeys beyond what is permitted on a
Saver Return to Underground Zones 1 and 2. Yesterday and today I am
making such journeys within what is permitted and don't need to buy any
singles.

As it happens I travelled to

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Colin Rosenstiel