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Old September 20th 12, 10:43 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 10:35:41 +0000 (UTC), d
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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.

Some £6m TfL subsidy already comes from Council tax. I can't see the
central government increasing its TfL subsidy enough to produce flat
Tube fares in London, so the extra subsidy would have to come from
London's council tax, or the flat fare would have to be set high
enough to be revenue neutral. I certainly wouldn't vote for either of
those options.
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