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London metro fees skyrocket
Visitors will have to learn which is the right "card" to buy.
So along with the hotel rates, public transportation have gone sky high. Come to France, cheaper and one eats better. EarL TUBE FARES SET TO RISE BY A THIRD FARES on the Tube and London buses are set to rise by up to 33 per cent next year - making them the most expensive in the world. A single Tube fare will cost £3 instead of £2 and a bus journey will rise from £1.20 to £1.50. But Tube fares on pre-paid Oyster cards will fall from £1.70 to £1.50, half the price of a single, to encourage people to use the cards. Announcing the increases, which take effect in January, London mayor Ken Livingstone said: "Too many people are paying cash, causing long queues. "Our aim is to speed up the whole system." He conceded the rises will make London fares the world's most costly. Advertisement Berlin's metro is the next most expensive at the equivalent of £1.43 for a single but others in Europe and America are all under £1. Critics say the price hikes will force people off public transport and hit tourists without an Oyster card. |
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"Earl Evleth" wrote in message ... Visitors will have to learn which is the right "card" to buy. So along with the hotel rates, public transportation have gone sky high. Come to France, cheaper and one eats better. EarL TUBE FARES SET TO RISE BY A THIRD FARES on the Tube and London buses are set to rise by up to 33 per cent next year - making them the most expensive in the world. A single Tube fare will cost £3 instead of £2 and a bus journey will rise from £1.20 to £1.50. But Tube fares on pre-paid Oyster cards will fall from £1.70 to £1.50, half the price of a single, to encourage people to use the cards. Most tourists will continue buying the one day travelcard which gives unlimited travel on tube and bus services for £6 per day. Those who have other requirements can buy an Oyster card at any tube station and these will be CHEAPER Scaremongering like this just plain silly. Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Keith W" writes:
Most tourists will continue buying the one day travelcard which gives unlimited travel on tube and bus services for £6 per day. It's still shockingly spendy though, that. I don't know about Paris (Metro-threads tend to turn into Mixifests before any information can leak out) but Berlin and Madrid are far far better value. Those who have other requirements can buy an Oyster card at any tube station and these will be CHEAPER I think I need an Oystercard, for sure. Scaremongering like this just plain silly. It's attention grabbing. The article just says "Ken says 'get an oystercard or get shafted.'" Des |
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"Des Small" wrote in message ... "Keith W" writes: Most tourists will continue buying the one day travelcard which gives unlimited travel on tube and bus services for £6 per day. It's still shockingly spendy though, that. I don't know about Paris (Metro-threads tend to turn into Mixifests before any information can leak out) but Berlin and Madrid are far far better value. The basic Paris Metro ticket costs Euro 1.4 or you can buy 10 for Euro 10.50 A zone 1-2 Mobilis (one day travelcard) is Euro 5 IRC Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Scaremongering like this just plain silly.
It's attention grabbing. The article just says "Ken says 'get an oystercard or get shafted.'" Yet another method of big brother tracking you wherever you go. |
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:52:58 +0200, Earl Evleth
wrote: More over, when you turn 65, and your income tax does not exceed 2287 euros a year, you can have a Carte émeraude When you turn 60 in the UK and are resident in London, then tube and bus travel is free with a freedom pass after 9am (or 9:30 on the national rail services) There's no maximum income, even billionaires get it. This is socialism at work. We have yet to be Thatcherized. Yet it's worse than the equivalent in London :-) Jim. |
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....If you wish to look at life from a paranoid perspective.
Tim K "Miss L. Toe" wrote in message news.net... Scaremongering like this just plain silly. It's attention grabbing. The article just says "Ken says 'get an oystercard or get shafted.'" Yet another method of big brother tracking you wherever you go. |
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Following up to Earl Evleth
Come to France, cheaper and one eats better. Ken is reducing the price of the oystercard and increasing individual fares. To encourage people to not use cash. You can eat well in London too, unless you insist on Mexican. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap Photos of both "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk" |
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"Earl Evleth" wrote in message
... Visitors will have to learn which is the right "card" to buy. So along with the hotel rates, public transportation have gone sky high. Come to France, cheaper and one eats better. EarL TUBE FARES SET TO RISE BY A THIRD FARES on the Tube and London buses are set to rise by up to 33 per cent next year - making them the most expensive in the world. A single Tube fare will cost £3 instead of £2 and a bus journey will rise from £1.20 to £1.50. But Tube fares on pre-paid Oyster cards will fall from £1.70 to £1.50, half the price of a single, to encourage people to use the cards. Most tourists will continue buying the one day travelcard which gives unlimited travel on tube and bus services for £6 per day. Uh? £6 a day? Last time I bought one, it was at £4 or something, and it was in 2002! Inflation, inflation... -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me |
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