On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:20:12 -0000, Paul Scott wrote:

Other iffy journalism:

"Some fares have been halved." - makes a good quote, but really only valid
if you assume that pax usually buy standard NR singles in both directions,
rather than standard day returns, cheap day returns, railcard discounts etc
etc...

Not really. Even if only single fares have been halved, it's still
true to say that some fares have been halved.

Besides, there are journeys for which both singles and returns have
been more than halved. (Example: Canonbury to Finsbury Park - was
£3.00 single, £4.60 return, now £1.00 single, £2.00 return.)