wrote in message ...
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?

NY's flat fare only worked because geology and history combined to provide a
system that doesn't have the lack of capacity in the central area that is
experienced by London.

If you can imagine London with most of the central zone lines sub-surface
rather than deep tunnel, and express and local services on each route
(especially the east-west routes), then you could start thinking about a
flat fare. Having 2 or 3 large mainline hub termini in the middle rather
than a load of smaller stations scattered around the edge would help as
well.

Dream on ...

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