"Dave Newt" wrote in message
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Just received the latest TfL magazine (renamed from "Tube" to "London
Loop", which contains the following item on page 35:

ONE-WAY TREAT

London Loop has found that, in real terms, the Tube will soon rank among
the cheapest underground systems in Europe.

We compared cities by taking into account the price of a new Oyster single
far and the potential number of stations on any one journey. Berlin and
London proved the cheapest:

What a ridiculous way to calculate something!


LONDON
Stations: 275
Single Oyster fare (Zones 1-6): £3.50
Price per 10 stations: 13p

COPENHAGEN
Stations: 93
Single fa £1.55
Price per 10 stations: 91p

This is obviously the wrong number of stations. For this price
the number should be 17. (which by counting the Metro and
the S-Tog station at Norreport separately, is the central zone).
But the cental zone at Copenhagen is stupidly small.

So for a better comparison, what can you do for 3.50?
Well, the all zone 'prepay' ticket costs 35Kr which is 3.21
and for this you get all 189 (I think) stations making a
price per 10 of 17p.

But you can also go to countless bus stops with the same
ticket

Is this completely mad, or am I missing something obvious?

Yes, No.

tim