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Forum: London Transport October 20th 10, 08:45 AM
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Views: 856
Posted By thedarkman
free travel for all on the railways - the figures speak for themselves

Checked it, it's stupid, as is so much rubbish on the web. It's
designed to make fools of the gullible who swallow such things as
real. Next time you go to school listen to what you are being...
Forum: London Transport October 18th 10, 11:33 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 845
Posted By thedarkman
free travel for all on the railways - the figures speak for themselves

No, it is not a dream, it is a practicality.

In the first place, the government is subsidising private businesses;
this is absurd. Either they should be run with no subsidy at all, in
which case...
Forum: London Transport October 18th 10, 06:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,176
Posted By thedarkman
Rail Fares again - but what does this figure mean?

At page 7 of this document

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/nrt-yearbook-2009-10.pdf

we find the following:

Passenger revenue was £1,594 million in 2009-10 Q4, a 6.2% increase
from...
Forum: London Transport October 18th 10, 03:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,486
Posted By thedarkman
The case for free train travel - response to the guy who sent me the link

thanks for the figures re rail you sent; I've spent an hour or so
going through them but as you say they are not much use. For one
thing, you have to wonder how accurate figures can be for 2009.

On...
Forum: London Transport January 7th 09, 07:42 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,672
Posted By thedarkman
are train fares necessary?

All the objections you're raising are non-economic;
safety is certainly not an issue. Abolishing fares would generate
massive increases in wealth for all concerned. Also check out the
bigger...
Forum: London Transport January 5th 09, 10:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,672
Posted By thedarkman
are train fares necessary?

On 5 Jan, 11:52, "Recliner" wrote:
"thedarkman" wrote in message



So go on, please give us a quick summary of what money is saved....
Forum: London Transport January 5th 09, 01:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,672
Posted By thedarkman
are train fares necessary?

Similar to the tragedy of the commons, but the argument is not quite
the same. There would undoubtedly be increased use of public travel,
but by the same token there would be far fewer cars on the...
Forum: London Transport January 5th 09, 12:59 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,672
Posted By thedarkman
are train fares necessary?

Why should someone in darkest Cornwall have to pay for the costs of
London (& other large cities)? (through their taxes, of
course)......it's a stupid suggestion that got the response it
...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 09, 09:19 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,672
Posted By thedarkman
are train fares necessary?

Eight years and more ago I sent the letter at the following url to
Mayor Ken Livingstone:

http://infotextmanuscripts.org/ken_livingstone_letter.html

Although one bloke made all sorts of noises...
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