On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:14:00 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote:


"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
.. .

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.

I was wondering why they have to reannounce all the recent changes (eg the
bus reductions) - it just makes the entire press release far too complex,
surely people just want to know what is changing...

Next year is the mayoral election and whether we like it or not fares
are a political issue. As the press release for fares always comes from
the Mayor's office these days it's no surprise at all that there is all
the commentary about recent changes plus a comparison of prices over the
current Mayoral term.

Something tells me that Travelcard rates are not yet finalised and given
that TfL prices aren't changing there's no real need for detail this
time. Normally there is an attachment that shows all the detail when
there are changes but not this time although there's the link to the TfL
press office so who knows for certain.
--
Paul C