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Old October 24th 09, 12:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london,nyc.transit
Peter T. Daniels Peter T. Daniels is offline
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On Oct 24, 8:21*am, "
wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:26:52 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:58:17 on Thu, 22 Oct 2009,
remarked:
If london had a flat fare system it wouldn't need all this overcomplicated
gate ******** anyway. You'd pay the fare to get through the entry gates with
a token or oyster or whatever and the exit gates could be freely revolving
turnstyles.
A flat fare system that coped with Covent Garden to Leicester Square as
well as Epping to Aylesbury, would be a feat to behold.


They managed a flat fare in New York. You ever looked at the distance between
Times Square and Far Rockaway?


B2003


It used to be a double fare out to Far Rockaway some years ago, though,
wasn't it? How did that work?-


Exiting in Rockaway required a token. Entering in Rockaway required
two tokens.

There was some sort of paper transfer for people who were traveling
within the Rockaways (described here within the last few weeks).