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Old September 20th 12, 10:35 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 11:15:12 +0100
Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:44:20 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

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


Bigger subsidy and smaller network.


Not that much smaller 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.


How much extra Council Tax would you volunteer to pay, in order to
increase the subsidy enough to have a reasonably priced flat fare?


Council tax wouldn't come into it. The subsidy is from central government.

B2003