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Old October 6th 10, 06:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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Default Crossrail and Tube upgrades spared the axe - NCE


On Oct 6, 4:39*pm, wrote:

On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:31:50 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
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So, obviously, they can't afford full price fares, and so in the
interests of encouraging them to continue their education, they can get
cheaper travel.


If their parents didn't give them any money they couldn't afford ANY fares
so since its their parents paying theres no reason they can't cough up a
full fare.


What? 16-18 year old Londoners in further edukashun (sixth form etc)
get free bus travel. It makes a world of difference to some.