London Banter - View Single Post - Who sets Day Travelcard fares from outside London?

Terry Harper · December 19th 07, 09:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:38 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

When I started working (part time) in London in 2001 an off-peak Day
Travelcard from Cambridge cost just 60p more (with Network Card discount)
than a cheap day return to London Terminals. I guess the difference
without railcard discount was 90p.

That differential has risen steadily. In 2007 the undiscounted cheap day
return and off-peak Day Travelcard fares are £18 and £22.50 respectively,
a difference now of £4.50, five times as much as 6 years ago. For
railcard users the difference now is £3.30, five and half times as much
as 60p!

From January, FCC tell me, the CDR remains at £18 while the off-peak Day
Travelcard increases to £24, widening the difference to £6, or £3.95 with
railcard discount. Meanwhile the Peak Travelcard goes up from £34.50 to
£36, the same increase in cash but a £1 less of a margin because the SDR
goes up from £28 to £29.

Odd. From Hassocks a ODT with Senior Railcard for FCC only is £10.55,
whereas a FCC only CDR is £9.90. That's an add-on of 65p, which I
consider exceptionally good value.
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Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org