In message , at 15:49:33 on Thu, 7 Jun 2012,
Mizter T remarked:
One service should run at standard fares

You could call it.. Heathrow Connect, perhaps?

(OK not within the zones, but neither is the excess from H&H very much).

Er, yes it is - it's GBP5.20 from H&H to Heathrow.

That's not very much. About 1% of the cheapest transatlantic ticket.

(And the service is only half-hourly.)

If you are in a hurry, use the tube!

and if people want to pay extra for a premium express then fair enough.

For which the fare is cheaper than a taxi, which was *all* it was ever
supposed to achieve.

I dare say the official justification for HEx was a bit more extensive
than just that.

It was primarily to get traffic off the roads, and the main target for
that was taxis. hence the need to be cheaper than a taxi, but not a
giveaway - especially as it's not subsidised by the government.

--
Roland Perry