And a quick reminder of those fare increases...
Post categories: Buses, DLR, East London Line, London Underground, Network Rail, Oyster card, Rail, River, Transport for London, tramlink
| 11:11 UK time, Thursday, 30 December 2010
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Here's a summary of the main points again, and you can read Tom's blog on the increases from October here.
Buses and Trams
- Oyster pay as you go fares increase by 10p to £1.30
- A single cash fare rises from £2 to £2.20
Tube, DLR, Overground
- The Zone 1 pay as you go fare rises by 10p to £1.90
- Oyster pay as you go fares travelling into Zone 1 in the evening rush hour are reduced to the off-peak rate
- The refundable deposit on a new Oyster card increased from £3 to £5.
- A Visitor Oyster card will cost £3.
Travelcard changes
One-Day Travelcards between Zones 2 and 6 are being withdrawn. Have a look at this picture I created to see which travelcard you will now need to buy:
Oyster Ticket Stops will no longer sell One Day Travelcards.
Maximum fare for not touching in/out
If you don't touch in and out on the Tube, DLR, London Overground and National Rail, you may be charged a maximum Oyster fare of up to £7.40.
Let me know what you think about the changes below.
Incidentally, travel overnight on New Year's Eve will be free, details on how to get about on our all singing/dancing travel guide.
Update: 4th January, 15.26
I had contact with a TfL spokesman since I posted the blog, who said...
Firstly, its important to note that the Z2-6 Travelcard was only used by a very small number of our customers - fewer than 6,000 passengers a day, including just 300 people during peak times. This is less than 0.2 per cent of the average 3.5 million journeys a day on the Tube.Secondly, and importantly for Londoners and commuters, it is far cheaper to use Oyster pay as you go. For example, outside Z1, fares range from £1.30 to £2.50, therefore a passenger would need to make seven peak outside Z1 journeys to justify purchasing a Z1-6 Travelcard. Even so, Oyster will cap at the daily Travelcard price.
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The Union's are demanding better pay on top of their members usual 30k, so what did you guys expect?
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I do not understand why Travelcard Zones 2 to 5 or 6 are being withdrawn.
Simply put I rarely travel into Zone 1, so am being penalised massively, by I reckon a 33% fare increase.
It is grossly unfare (sic)
Laurence of Sutton, Surrey.
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Further just recalculated presently an off peak Zone 2 - 6 Travelcard is £5.10, and the new price is £8, so that is a 36.25% increase.
Even more unfare (sic).
BTW I do not drive, so rely on public transport.
Grrrrr.
Laurence still of Sutton, Surrey.
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Whilst the Oyster card pay as you go may be cheaper, the problem for those traveling on the overground network is that there is often not an exit barrier at the station, and there is just an oyster card reader stuck to the wall somewhere. After a busy day at work it is so easy to just walk out and forget to touch out the card, thus finding yourself with not only a £7.40 fine, but also if you have made a lot of journeys that day they won't be capped. This can end up being a very expensive day indeed. I really think before they start pushing us all to use the Oyster card, they should find a way to make it impossible to forget to touch it out. But then maybe they want us to forget as it is just another way for them to make money?
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Will the fare increases put me off going to Oxford Street to do my shopping - Yes. Even with the extra VAT and duty on fuel, its still cheaper to drive to Bluewater or (for now) across the Dartford crossing to Lakeside. When will the Mayor realise Londoners pockets are not the Golden goose from which union coffers can be endlessly filled.
BTW interesting first comment on this thread, any increase in fares should be met by skepticism, as the unions always as for pay increases every year without fail. So is this where our extra cash goes? into the pockets of the ever pityful staff.
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