On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:47 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

For those who remember the thread about the new fare structure penalising outsiders and TOC passengers I discovered an unanticipated further factor at East Putney this morning.

Last year I bought only two tube singles, the two I had bought to date when the thread was going. This morning I had to buy a £3 single because I had to stay in London last night (to meet my aged mother at Heathrow). It probably won't happen again all year so no thought of buying an Oyster card.

When I got to East Putney station shortly after 8:30 this morning I was glad of my decision. The only way top buy a ticket without a massive queue was from one of three simple cash-only machines with just two people at them. The queue (combined) for the ticket windows and Oyster capable machine was almost down to the Upper Richmond Road.


I bought an Oyster card at East Putney this morning but not from the
station. By the time I got to it (10:45am) the ticket office was
closed. So I went to a newsagent nearly opposite (about 50yd towards
Putney High Street) and got one in there whilst having a pleasant chat
to the owner.

I"Berenger" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:47 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

For those who remember the thread about the new fare structure penalising
outsiders and TOC passengers I discovered an unanticipated further factor
at East Putney this morning.

Last year I bought only two tube singles, the two I had bought to date
when the thread was going. This morning I had to buy a £3 single because I
had to stay in London last night (to meet my aged mother at Heathrow). It
probably won't happen again all year so no thought of buying an Oyster
card.

When I got to East Putney station shortly after 8:30 this morning I was
glad of my decision. The only way top buy a ticket without a massive queue
was from one of three simple cash-only machines with just two people at
them. The queue (combined) for the ticket windows and Oyster capable
machine was almost down to the Upper Richmond Road.


I bought an Oyster card at East Putney this morning but not from the
station. By the time I got to it (10:45am) the ticket office was
closed. So I went to a newsagent nearly opposite (about 50yd towards
Putney High Street) and got one in there whilst having a pleasant chat
to the owner.



If a supermarket put the price of bread up by 50% there would be uproar. A
zone one single ticket has gone from £2 to £3. This is will rip off tourists
and occasional tube users. Surely you can see this is extortionate.

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:42:45 -0000, "Beano"
wrote:

I"Berenger" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:47 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

For those who remember the thread about the new fare structure penalising
outsiders and TOC passengers I discovered an unanticipated further factor
at East Putney this morning.

Last year I bought only two tube singles, the two I had bought to date
when the thread was going. This morning I had to buy a £3 single because I
had to stay in London last night (to meet my aged mother at Heathrow). It
probably won't happen again all year so no thought of buying an Oyster
card.

When I got to East Putney station shortly after 8:30 this morning I was
glad of my decision. The only way top buy a ticket without a massive queue
was from one of three simple cash-only machines with just two people at
them. The queue (combined) for the ticket windows and Oyster capable
machine was almost down to the Upper Richmond Road.


I bought an Oyster card at East Putney this morning but not from the
station. By the time I got to it (10:45am) the ticket office was
closed. So I went to a newsagent nearly opposite (about 50yd towards
Putney High Street) and got one in there whilst having a pleasant chat
to the owner.



If a supermarket put the price of bread up by 50% there would be uproar. A
zone one single ticket has gone from £2 to £3. This is will rip off tourists
and occasional tube users. Surely you can see this is extortionate.

Surely you'd have to be stupid to not see that getting an Oyster card
makes all the "rip off" bull**** disappear. Actually, _you_ probably
can't....
--
Nick Cooper

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The London Underground at War, and in Films & TV:
http://www.nickcooper.org.uk/

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:42:45 -0000, "Beano"
wrote:

If a supermarket put the price of bread up by 50% there would be uproar. A
zone one single ticket has gone from £2 to £3. This is will rip off tourists
and occasional tube users. Surely you can see this is extortionate.

If you think a 50% rise is big, consider the price of a 1 or 2 zone
single outside zone 1 - they've gone up from £1.30 to £3.00. I make
that a 130% increase.

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If you think a 50% rise is big, consider the price of a 1 or 2 zone
single outside zone 1 - they've gone up from £1.30 to £3.00. I make
that a 130% increase.

And holders of a magic card can make the same journey at a 66% discount,
making it cheaper than it was for non-holders even before the rise.

Why doesn't everybody have one of these magic cards?


--
Bob

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:36:52 GMT, "Bob Wood"
wrote:

In ,
asdf typed:

If you think a 50% rise is big, consider the price of a 1 or 2 zone
single outside zone 1 - they've gone up from £1.30 to £3.00. I make
that a 130% increase.

And holders of a magic card can make the same journey at a 66% discount,
making it cheaper than it was for non-holders even before the rise.

Why doesn't everybody have one of these magic cards?

Stubbornness?
--
Nick Cooper

[Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!]

The London Underground at War, and in Films & TV:
http://www.nickcooper.org.uk/

In ,
Beano typed:

If a supermarket put the price of bread up by 50% there would be
uproar.

And if they reduced the price to holders of a special card, there would
be yelps of delight.




--
Bob

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:42:45 -0000, "Beano"
wrote:

If a supermarket put the price of bread up by 50% there would be uproar. A
zone one single ticket has gone from £2 to £3.

Down to £1.50.

Surely you can see this is extortionate.

What I can't see is why people would choose to pay double what they
need to.

--
James Farrar
. @gmail.com

If a supermarket put the price of bread up by 50% there would be uproar.

Indeed?? The price of a cheap bag of flour has nearly tripled in most
supermarkets in something like the last year. I've not discerned any
uproar.