Adrian Clarkson wrote on Tue, 10
Jun 2008:

"Beyond Caring" wrote in message
...
On 9 Jun, 20:50, 1506 wrote:
On Jun 9, 9:33 am, nessuno2001 wrote: Hello
everybody,
do you know how much was a ticket for the London underground in the
early '60s?

A child's ticket from Westminster to New Cross in 1962/3 ish was 10d
(approx 4p) - sticks in my mind because it was the first ticket I ever
bought on my own!


The Times digital archive, which more public libraries are making
available online to members, is a good data source.

Several mentions of fare increases during the sixties. This one dated 6
June 1963:

"The increases do not affect the 3d., 6d., 9d. and 1s. bus and
Underground fares, and the new scale will mean that London fares will
generally be at the rate of 3d. a mile up to seven miles, instead of
four miles as at present, with a lower charge for journeys over seven
miles."
....
"There will be no change in the cost of off-peak tickets on the
Underground but they will be extended to operate from 110 suburban
stations instead of 54, and will be issued on Saturdays and Sundays as
well as weekdays."

By 1965 the single fares were up to 4d a mile for the first 3 miles,
plus 3d a mile for miles 4-10. Above that, fares were raised by a flat
3d.

Some possibly more interesting stuff I came across included:

18 May 1965: "What is claimed to be the only robot railway ticket
collector in the world began work at 7 a.m. at Acton Town Underground
station, London. Automatic Bill, as the staff call the machine,
swallows tickets like oysters, and coughs up the bad ones."

10 Dec 1965:"Two main methods to reduce congestion are being planned --
to reduce the number of parking meters and to cut down actual parking
space available..."

"The "special measures" which the Minister said were being considered
for freeing London's roads from congestion include charges on vehicles
for using the roads. The various systems of road pricing or a
"congestion tax" on which the Smeed committee reported last year is
being examined by a working party of experts."

And on 11 January 1963: five paragraphs on page 5 about the case of a
"young woman secretary" from Richmond who was fined £2 with £2 costs for
travelling on the Underground without having paid her fare. An LTE
Inspector testified that even the Archbishop of Canterbury would be
asked to pay again if he could not produce a ticket on exit.
--
Lemmy