On Jul 9, 10:06*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

1506 wrote:

On Jul 7, 1:09 pm, James Farrar wrote:
OK, oops. But there's still a premium, even if I overstated its
amount.

None-the-less, I think this may indicate a way forward for suburban
rail development. *It seems that the market will pay more for a
superior product.

You may have missed it in one of the other threads on the HS1 and its fares,
but even with the supplement Ashford to London via HS1 is still comparably
priced to other similar length journeys on a pence/mile basis. *In the final
analysis current 'Southeastern' fares may just have been generally low
compared to other parts of the London commuter area.

Certainly in the London zonal fares area, the gradual process of
equalising all rail-only season ticket fares across all TOCs in London
over three years (process will be complete come January 2010) has
meant that the season ticket prices from Southeastern stations have
had to rise.