On Jan 21, 6:36*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

eastender wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

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(2) My second group of savvy travellers are the Canary Wharf
commuters, what with the ultra easy interchange onto the Jubilee at
Canada Water.

That'll include my wife - we live near Dalston Junction and she
commutes to Canary Wharf on the 277, or 277/D6 if I drop her in Mare
Street. The drawback is presumably the cost - what will the fare be?

On the face of it, a zone 1 and 2 journey at the tube/LO rate, ie
£2.30/£1.80.

However there was talk of special 'zone 2 only' fares for some ELL journeys
as long as you didn't actually use Shoreditch High St, which is the only
station in zone 1. *This was mentioned a year or so back, but the trail has
gone a bit cold recently. *Perhaps this will prompt someone with insider
access to find out...

Most interesting - I obviously missed that at the time. I suppose that
would go some way to pacifying the TOCs worried about revenue
abstraction (i.e. pax deserting London Bridge/Cannon Street and
Moorgate for SHS) whilst still promoting it as an orbital route.

Two thoughts... (1) This is being kept-back as a 'surprise' for when
the ELL opens, or (2) it has been quietly forgotten about because the
extra revenue that will accrue has been deemed as being needed.

Or (3) it was only ever in the air as the result of some kite flying.