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Heritage routes in service
Bow Road does have a Point there.....
TfL`s Director of Surface Transport,Peter Hendy has been quite voluble lately on the ReRegulation issue and has underlined the size of his.......Budget. With figures of £1 Billion per anum being spoken of for Surface Transport on London it`s quite obviously an area which would be readily seen as a cost savers dream. It`s apparent to most now that fare Evasion IS an increasing problem on LB services. TfL figures obtained through the FoI appear to indicate that Fare Evasion is running at least 25% higher than the figures which they were previously quoting to the media. Added to this is the rather dubious principle of extending Free Travel to under 18`s which really does tempt fate and raises the prospect of a generation of Public Transport users who really DO believe that Lunch is Free. With new vehicle orders due to be reined in and the term Refurbishment now starting to occur in conversation with more regularity it is surely going to be a very interesting time in old London Town. It will be doubly interesting to see just how Refurbishable the Low Floor generation of vehicle are in comparison to Mssrs Park Royal Vehicles products especially in cost benefit terms. I seem to recall P Hendy saying he could get 3 Euro 2 RM`s for the price of a new Low Floor vehicle so one wonders how many Volvo/Scania/Mercedes units he will get refurbed for the price of a new Citaro G..? |
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