On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:05:16 -0700, Mizter T wrote:

See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7068282.stm

From January 2008 Oyster PAYG and cash fares will be frozen at this
year's prices.

A report on BBC London (radio) said the official announcement on next
year's fares is due tomorrow (tuesday).

Also, Travelcards are to rise by 3.8%, the rate of inflation.

It'll be interested to see what will happen with regards to Oyster
daily price capping - for the past couple of years, the daily price
cap has been set at 50p less than the 'equivalent' Day Travelcard. Two
possible options:

(1) Will the daily price caps will go up so that this 50p differential
continues - meaning that some journey combinations that currently
qualify for capping won't get capped next year?

(2) Or will the daily price caps also be frozen - in which case the
difference between the daily price caps and the 'equivalent' Day
Travelcard will be more than 50p?

Judging from the Mayor's press release it seems the cap remains 50p
below the ODTC price effectively meaning it increases and thus some
journey combinations will no longer be capped as TfL fares don't change.

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_...eleaseid=14274

The footnote re Travelcard acceptance on the North London Railway is
particularly irritating. Why do press offices make these sorts of
errors? They just cause confusion when they get repeated by the rest of
the media.
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Paul C