James Farrar wrote:
On 23 Sep 2006 17:18:59 -0700, "Chris!" wrote:

Ahh but a tourist tax wouldn't make money out of people travelling from
North of London to South of London without stopping in London. IIRC a
cross london train ticket has the cash single fare added to it (ie £4)
but it isn't possible to buy a train ticket from, eg, Bedford to
Southampton and do the London bit on Oyster.

Not based on the single fares; Bedford to London Terminals is £15.90;
London Terminals to Southampton is £25.30; Bedford to Southampton is
£29.30.

Maybe, under the Rail Settlement Plan, the TOC that sells the ticket
gives LUL £3; but if the amount transferred was £1.50, do you really
think your Bedford-Southampton ticket would cost £1.50 less?

Sorry, bad example... A, less long distance, better example is Rugby
to Clapham Junction. Going via Ken Olympia to Clapham Junction is a
lot cheaper than going by tube from Euston to Vauxhall then train. The
price difference wasn't so great four years ago