On 23 Nov, 17:04, John Bull wrote:
On Nov 23, 4:56*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:





"Abigail Brady" wrote in message

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On Nov 23, 10:40 am, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
The Standard's story seems to be more thorough though:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773539-one-ticket-fo...

Bit of a non-sequitur he

:It means the farthest stop away from London passengers will be able
to use their Oyster card will be Watford.

Even ignoring the little issue that Amersham is a fair bit further,
Watford [Met/Junction/High Street] are all Oyster PAYG enabled
already. *I posted a comment pointing this out - we'll see if it gets
through moderation. *It's almost as if the Standard have people
writing articles on topics they know nothing about...

Having read it at leisure now, the first fare example seems to be total
********:

"The biggest savings will be on long journeys, such as between Surbiton in
Zone 6 and Waterloo for which the off-peak price will fall from £5 to
£3.20."

Actually, no... *The current Anytime (peak) single is £5.00, the Anytime
(peak) return is £9.80, but the Offpeak return is £6.50. So typically, to
get their wonderful reduction they are comparing a return with a single..

Similarly, if anyone has seen today's Metro freesheet, they seem to have a
table of fictitious current figures as well. Their 'single cash fare' for
Surbiton - Waterloo is £7.00. Where has that come from?

Paul S

That box is repeated wholesale from the official press release
(they're listed as a table in the "notes to editors" section)

You weren't thinking the Metro actually indulged in some research were
you?!-

Is it what the cash fare will be increased to, to coerce people into
using Oyster?

That's the kind of "reduction" that happened on LU.