See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7068282.stm

From January 2008 Oyster PAYG and cash fares will be frozen at this
year's prices.

A report on BBC London (radio) said the official announcement on next
year's fares is due tomorrow (tuesday).

Also, Travelcards are to rise by 3.8%, the rate of inflation.

It'll be interested to see what will happen with regards to Oyster
daily price capping - for the past couple of years, the daily price
cap has been set at 50p less than the 'equivalent' Day Travelcard. Two
possible options:

(1) Will the daily price caps will go up so that this 50p differential
continues - meaning that some journey combinations that currently
qualify for capping won't get capped next year?

(2) Or will the daily price caps also be frozen - in which case the
difference between the daily price caps and the 'equivalent' Day
Travelcard will be more than 50p?

I won't lose any sleep over it (!) as presumably the answer to this
will be revealed tomorrow.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:05:16 -0700, Mizter T wrote:

See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7068282.stm

From January 2008 Oyster PAYG and cash fares will be frozen at this
year's prices.

A report on BBC London (radio) said the official announcement on next
year's fares is due tomorrow (tuesday).

Also, Travelcards are to rise by 3.8%, the rate of inflation.

It'll be interested to see what will happen with regards to Oyster
daily price capping - for the past couple of years, the daily price
cap has been set at 50p less than the 'equivalent' Day Travelcard. Two
possible options:

(1) Will the daily price caps will go up so that this 50p differential
continues - meaning that some journey combinations that currently
qualify for capping won't get capped next year?

(2) Or will the daily price caps also be frozen - in which case the
difference between the daily price caps and the 'equivalent' Day
Travelcard will be more than 50p?

Judging from the Mayor's press release it seems the cap remains 50p
below the ODTC price effectively meaning it increases and thus some
journey combinations will no longer be capped as TfL fares don't change.

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_...eleaseid=14274

The footnote re Travelcard acceptance on the North London Railway is
particularly irritating. Why do press offices make these sorts of
errors? They just cause confusion when they get repeated by the rest of
the media.
--
Paul C

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
...

Judging from the Mayor's press release it seems the cap remains 50p
below the ODTC price effectively meaning it increases and thus some
journey combinations will no longer be capped as TfL fares don't change.

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_...eleaseid=14274

The footnote re Travelcard acceptance on the North London Railway is
particularly irritating. Why do press offices make these sorts of
errors? They just cause confusion when they get repeated by the rest of
the media.

I was wondering why they have to reannounce all the recent changes (eg the
bus reductions) - it just makes the entire press release far too complex,
surely people just want to know what is changing...

Paul S

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:14:00 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote:


"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
.. .

Judging from the Mayor's press release it seems the cap remains 50p
below the ODTC price effectively meaning it increases and thus some
journey combinations will no longer be capped as TfL fares don't change.

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_...eleaseid=14274

The footnote re Travelcard acceptance on the North London Railway is
particularly irritating. Why do press offices make these sorts of
errors? They just cause confusion when they get repeated by the rest of
the media.

I was wondering why they have to reannounce all the recent changes (eg the
bus reductions) - it just makes the entire press release far too complex,
surely people just want to know what is changing...

Next year is the mayoral election and whether we like it or not fares
are a political issue. As the press release for fares always comes from
the Mayor's office these days it's no surprise at all that there is all
the commentary about recent changes plus a comparison of prices over the
current Mayoral term.

Something tells me that Travelcard rates are not yet finalised and given
that TfL prices aren't changing there's no real need for detail this
time. Normally there is an attachment that shows all the detail when
there are changes but not this time although there's the link to the TfL
press office so who knows for certain.
--
Paul C