Particularly evil TfL price rises

[lovingboth]

As well as the headline price rises, they're getting rid of several travelcards.

If you didn't go into zone one (or only did so on the bus) you could have a 2-6 travelcard = currently £5.10 off peak. Not from 2nd Jan: you'll be charged the 1-6 (now £7.50, then £8.00) or 1-4 (£6.30, rising to £7.30) rate = much more. Why yes, I do often get the train to Elephant and Castle (border of zone one and two) and get the bus or Boris bike from there.

They're also getting rid of the zone 1-3 and 1-5 day rates, and these will be charged as 1-4 and 1-6.

This is apparently not a price rise, but "simplification".

Oh, and the minimum automatic Oyster top-up will go from £5 to £8, giving them more of your money for longer. Deposits for new Oyster cards go up from £3 to £5.

Comments

[barakta]

Arse. I need to buy a new Oyster when in London on Saturday as I want one in my name with a Disabled Railcard wossname loaded onto it. The one I usually use was kim's backup one.

Sneaky price increases in the name of "simplification" although I must admit I do look at the prices and boggle - I've probably paid more for a train ticket from an underground station to my destination on Sunday cos I couldn't quite work out if a single fare was cheaper and I wanted simplicity.

[karen2205]

TfL have always been evil and do stuff along these lines every year, hiding the detail in a complicated fare guide:-(