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London bus and tube fares to rise

Source: The Observer
London : United Kingdom | about 1 month ago  
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The London mayor, Boris Johnson , has announced sharp rises in bus and tube fares and the congestion charge to help plug a multimillion-pound hole in transport funding in the capital. London bus fares would rise by an average of 12.7% from January 2010 while tube fares would rise by an average...
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    Some of the steepest increases are for a seven-day bus pass, whose cost will rise 20 per cent from £13.80 to £16.60, and for a single tube journey in zone one using a pay-as-you-go Oyster card, which will go up 12.5 per cent from £1.60 to £1.80.
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  • News Source: The Observer | about 1 month ago
    The London mayor, Boris Johnson , has announced sharp rises in bus and tube fares and the congestion charge to help plug a multimillion-pound hole in transport funding in the capital. London bus fares would rise by an average of 12.7% from January...
  • News Source: Sky News | about 1 month ago
    Nobody wants to make an announcement like this, especially when Londoners are feeling the effects of the recession." A weekly bus pass will increase from £13.80 to £16.60 and a zone one Oyster pay-as-you-go Tube fare will go up 20p to £1.80. ...
  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    Tube fares are to rise by 3.9 per cent in January, it was announced today. Mayor Boris Johnson also said that London bus fares will be going up by 12.7 per cent from January. Mr Johnson said: "Nobody wants to make an announcement like this,...
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  • Blog Source: popshizle.com
    Tube fares are to rise by 3.9% in January, it has been announced.
  • Blog Source: london-underground.blogspot.com
    Bus travellers will be hit the hardest. Overall, bus fares will rise by 12.7 per cent. So along with the Tube fares by 3.9 per cent, that's a big over inflation increases (CPI inflation is currently at 1.1 per cent). ...
  • Blog Source: torytroll.blogspot.com
    Boris Johnson will raise the cost of traveling in London by up to 20 per cent with bus users suffering the hardest, he announced today. A single pay as you go bus ticket will rise to £1.20 with off peak tube fares also rising by almost ...
  • Blog Source: courantseven.wordpress.com
    Tube passengers get a 'pounding'. Boris Johson's fare raises were no surprise: TfL needs more money – and in the last few years fares were also increased. From 2010 Tube fares are to go up by 3.9 percent. Bus fares will rise by as much as 12.7
  • Blog Source: www.labourhome.org
    Labour has a long reputation in London of supporting lower fares (which it seems to me is a policy which makes even more sense in recessions). Boris came in with a promise to raise bus fares by a pound and to keep fares on the tube low, ...
  • Blog Source: londontonighttonight.blogspot.com
    We'll find out in the next 24 hours if Londoners are to face a treble whammy of transport charges with a hike in bus fares, Tube fares and the C-charge possibly be on the way. The normally verbose Boris was giving nothing away today, ...
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