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[email protected] · October 24th 09, 06:14 PM posted to uk.transport.london,nyc.transit

Michael Finfer wrote:
wrote:
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
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).

Why did they do that, how long did it last and why did they
discontinue it?

It lasted from the opening of the line in the mid-50's until the late
70's. When the fare went from 35 to 50 cents, the Rockaways fare went
from 70 to 50 cents.

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ

Why were the Rockaways a double fare zone anyway? Was it because of
distance or to pay the costs of taking over the line from the LIRR?