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Originally Posted by James Howard
These second journeys should be entirely free unless they are in the opposite direction on the same route. For the customer, it isn't a second journey - it is the second part of the one journey.
Making people pay to complete their journey only provides a disincentive for the operator to make journeys more convenient for customers by providing direct routes. Effectively the customer getting better service is paying less.
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Like everything else it boils down to funding from government - we get what we pay for.
Making the second journey free would reduce farebox revenues and squeeze the operating companies' finances even tighter.
I totally agree with your view by the way but until the politicians and ergo the population at large decides that they are prepared to pay proper levels of funding for public transport in this country you are only going to see very slow and gradual change.