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Old September 20th 12, 10:01 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Hayes & Harlington - Victoria/London Oyster Cards

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:46:24 +0100
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 20/09/2012 10:44, d wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:34:21 +0100
Graeme wrote:
Try Moscow then - considerably bigger than london. Flat fare.


Bigger subsidy and smaller network.


Not that much smaller


Around 200 route miles as against 250 in London.


Like I said, not that much smaller unless you're going to suggest that extra
50 miles makes all the difference. But if you want to split hairs - the
new york subway also has flat fares.

and it carries more passengers. Ironic how russia with
its bankrupt economy can subsidise when the UK, supposedly one of the top
10 richest countries in the world, can't.


UK does.


Not as much as it should and its slowly being reduced as a percentage.

B2003