In message of
Fri, 2 Jan 2015 00:07:19 in uk.railway, e27002
writes
On Friday, January 2, 2015 7:32:57 AM UTC, MM wrote:

"travel on clapped out, understaffed and
overcrowded services"

Sure, right, like clapped out 444s and 450s,
and understaffed South West Trains stations.

If you want understaffed try TfL, oh but TfL
is in the public sector.

[snip]
I understand understaffed about the DLR, but that is run at a distance
with customer-facing staff on trains, but not at stations.

London Overground seems to have plenty of visible staff in ticket halls.

Too many London Underground stations have staff on duty, but invisible.
e.g. staff are often unseen between Paddington and Hammersmith (H&C)
The same applies to Barkingside, Fairlop and stations between Hainault
and Woodford (the Hainault loop).
Hopefully, closing ticket offices will cause management to persuade
staff to be available for customers. I HAE MA DOOTS!

On fares, daily caps have been reduced, but only in zones 1-6. cf.
https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/MD1418%202015%20Fares%20for%20submission%20%28sign ed%29%20PDF.pdf
where the Executive Summary has "To provide a better deal for part time
workers, the all day multi-mode PAYG caps are reduced to become 20% of
the 7 Fay Travelcard price. ... The off-peak caps are withdrawn."

The Z1-6 2015 adult cap is 11.70; Z1-7 is 20.00. cf.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms...ult-fares.xlsx


I am unimpressed by the Mayor's simplification of the truth and it seems
madness to encourage casual morning peak travel. I would have preferred
evening peak travel to contribute to the peak cap and to retain off-peak
caps in Z1-6.

Happy New Year to all readers.
--
Walter Briscoe