In fairness, the only Oyster fare to go up was the off-peak bus fare.
Peter Hendy was on the news last night explaining the increase was to encourage people to use Oyster (not something I totally agtee with).
Cash Tube fares are rising 33% from £3 to £4 :-o. The Oyster fare is not increasing.
I don't see why exactly fares would need to go up here tho... If the government subvention didn't decrease surley the worst that could happen would be for DB to bid for all existing services at the existing amount? Best case scenario would be other operators being able to offer cheaper services and thus saving DTA money!
Seems simple to me, or have I got something very wrong?
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