In message , Paul Scott
writes

Having read it at leisure now, the first fare example seems to be total
********:

"The biggest savings will be on long journeys, such as between Surbiton in
Zone 6 and Waterloo for which the off-peak price will fall from £5 to
£3.20."

Actually, no... The current Anytime (peak) single is £5.00, the Anytime
(peak) return is £9.80, but the Offpeak return is £6.50. So typically, to
get their wonderful reduction they are comparing a return with a single.

I think some of this has come about through incompetent transfer of the
information in the "sample fares" PDF to plain text by various editors.

The original PDF makes it clear that the £5 Surbiton ticket will become
£4.90 using PAYG Oyster in peak-time. It only comes down to £3.20 if
using PAYG Oyster at an off-peak time.

Similarly, if anyone has seen today's Metro freesheet, they seem to have a
table of fictitious current figures as well. Their 'single cash fare' for
Surbiton - Waterloo is £7.00. Where has that come from?

Again, incompetent transfer of data from the original PDF, where it is
clear that £7 is the current price from Surbiton to Oxford Circus
(single cash fare). That comes down to £6 (peak) or £4.30 (off-peak)
using PAYG.

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Paul Terry