Thread: London bus and Tube fares go up 4.2% from January
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Old November 8th 12, 10:01 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default London bus and Tube fares go up 4.2% from January

On 08/11/2012 08:46, peter wrote:
Call me a cynic, but why am I not surprised that this announcement was
made the day the news was (predictably) full of the US election
results?

The fares increase was the top story on news bulletins on both BBC
London and LBC local radio yesterday evening (replete with spectacularly
predictable vox-pops of course). Didn't watch the local tv news
programmes but I'd imagine it got top billing yesterday.

But yes, I can well imagine the timing of the announcement was a bit of
news management. C'est la vie.
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