In article
-september
..org, (Recliner) wrote:

But that sum (remember, unlike HEx, there's no premium on the Tube fare to
Heathrow, and it's included in daily caps and Freedom Passes) won't have
covered the cost of the tunnelling and station building. Hopefully, it at
least covered the cost of buying extra trains and operating them over the
extended line.

No premium now on the Heathrow Piccadilly Line extension but there was after
1977 precisely to contribute to construction costs.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

It seems like a bargain.

wrote:
In article
-september
.org, (Recliner) wrote:

But that sum (remember, unlike HEx, there's no premium on the Tube fare to
Heathrow, and it's included in daily caps and Freedom Passes) won't have
covered the cost of the tunnelling and station building. Hopefully, it at
least covered the cost of buying extra trains and operating them over the
extended line.

No premium now on the Heathrow Piccadilly Line extension but there was after
1977 precisely to contribute to construction costs.

Was there? How much was it? I don't recall paying more back then, but
that was before zonal fares.

Offramp wrote:
It seems like a bargain.


What does?

In message
-septe
mber.org, Recliner wrote:
No premium now on the Heathrow Piccadilly Line extension but there was after
1977 precisely to contribute to construction costs.
Was there? How much was it? I don't recall paying more back then, but
that was before zonal fares.

It was originally going to be 6d. At opening the fare to Hounslow East
was 35p and to central London 80p, so I'm going to guess at 5p.

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