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Post by snoggle on Nov 16, 2017 13:03:07 GMT
The Fares Direction from the Mayor to TfL has been quietly released. No massive shocks or surprises. Here's a very quick summary. - no change to bus and tram fares or daily caps - no change to Hopper ticket pricing. No confirmed date, other than "in 2018", for next stage of unlimited rides in 1 hour. - no change to tube, overground, DLR fares where TfL solely set the fares. - some Overground and TfL fares do change at the fare extremities like Cheshunt and Shenfield because TfL must increase them to reflect TOC fare increases. - the special West Anglia stns to Liv St (NR) PAYG fare goes up 10p - TOC PAYG and cash fares go up by an average of 3.5% - just under the permitted RPI increase of 3.6% - Travelcard, PAYG daily / 7 day caps all go up because the TOCs have insisted they go up. The TfL documents only mention this about 500 times in 9 pages. - The "Zone 1" add on fare remains unchanged but in place so people from South London using TOCs into Zone 1 and changing to the tube continue to pay for the privilege. - All TfL concessions are maintained. - TfL modes go get some revenue uplift courtesy of apportionment of the higher Travelcard prices. TfL are also estimating a small revenue uplift courtesy of the fares freeze generating more travel. However the uplift is very small. TfL fares advice to MayorSigned Mayoral Direction on Fares
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Post by stuckonthe486 on Nov 17, 2017 1:01:55 GMT
Interesting to note that...
"Beyond the Greater London area, PAYG and cash single fares involving Zones 7 to 9 applying on the Tube and on certain other rail services are proposed frozen. "
South Londoners get whacked, the Chilterns get a fare freeze.
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Post by snoggle on Nov 17, 2017 12:45:08 GMT
Interesting to note that... "Beyond the Greater London area, PAYG and cash single fares involving Zones 7 to 9 applying on the Tube and on certain other rail services are proposed frozen. " South Londoners get whacked, the Chilterns get a fare freeze. "proposed" not confirmed is how I read that. Obviously Chiltern can't force the Mayor to increase fares he sets given they have been on interavailable fares on the LU farescale for many decades. However I can imagine they are not terribly happy that their income from the "via Amersham" route is not increasing as they would have expected. They can "moan" at TfL but TfL are under no obligation to compensate them so the issue would land on the DfT's desk and they can't force the Mayor to increase fares on this route as it is NOT within the scope of the Crossrail legislation nor the rules imposed for further rail devolution to avoid split ticketing. It must, though, cause Chiltern some issues because it risks a very steep rise in fares across Amersham and may affect fares to Aylesbury as I think they charge the same price via Amersham as via High Wycombe. Having checked, singles from London to Aylesbury are route agnostic but return fares are cheaper via Amersham than on the other route.
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