London Banter - View Single Post - "Oyster Card barrier blunders cost passengers £60m a year"

Paul Terry[_2_] · December 8th 10, 01:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:42:53 +0000
Paul Terry wrote:

Not to mention all of the other short hops of a few stations on the tube
that commuters make daily to get between mainline terminals and their
work.

Still a tiny percentage compared to the number who commute in from the
suburbs on the tube.

More people commute into London by National Rail (34%) than by tube
(32%), and the average tube journey is only 13 minutes in length, so I
doubt your statistics.

However, supposing for a moment that you were right and that the
overwhelming number of tube passengers were commuters from the suburbs,
that would push-up the average fare considerably - your "flat fare" for
even a short tube ride is then going to be nearer a fiver.

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Paul Terry