heavy duty policing on free buses

[nogoodboyo]

that's because they get derailed by trolls

The smiley's there to make it cheerful as well as cheap, is it? You must know what a troll is, and it's not just someone who doesn't agree with you.

 

[hatz]

In the 'good old days', you could still get the bus for free by getting on a routemaster and looking busy when the inspector came round. Anyway, it didn't cost £1 bloody 50 back then, so if you needed to get somewhere, you probably could.

TBH, I've never been caught by an inspector on the bendies, and I used to take the 73 everyday. I've found that, as a girl, it's very easy to get out of these things. Batting eyelashes seems to have the desired effect. I don't feel bad about not paying- I was a student and really couldn't afford to (thanks, tuition fees!!).

 

[Isambard]

Anyway, it didn't cost £1 bloody 50 back then,

It doesn't cost £1.50 now either for 99% of passengers.

That's the single fare if you pay for one journey in cash at the point of travel.
Oh and looky looky, it's about the west European average and cheaper than the rest of the UK.

 

[hatz]

It doesn't cost £1.50 now either for 99% of passengers.

That's the single fare if you pay for one journey in cash at the point of travel.
Oh and looky looky, it's about the west European average and cheaper than the rest of the UK.

That's what we were talking about though- a single cash fare. If you had no money and needed to get somewhere, I'd imagine you wouldn't have the money to buy a travelcard or top up an oyster card.

Is it really cheaper than the rest of the UK? At my parents, a bus costs £2 single, but that's about 20 miles.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

That's the single fare if you pay for one journey in cash at the point of travel.
Oh and looky looky, it's about the west European average and cheaper than the rest of the UK.

I don't know about outside the M25, but in Paris, it was only 1.40 euro for a single cash fare, I believe. so the average may not be such a good comparison. and it was only 3 years ago that this single cash fare outside central London was 70p.

 

[jæd]

That's what we were talking about though- a single cash fare. If you had no money and needed to get somewhere, I'd imagine you wouldn't have the money to buy a travelcard or top up an oyster card.

How about getting on a bike...? Or asking a friend for a lift...? There would a rolleyes smiley here but the button has been over used already.

 

[hatz]

I know that there's other ways of getting about (presuming, of course, that you have a bike, or know someone with a car) but it's the principle of the buses becoming prohibitively expensive that's concerning me.

Anyway, thanks for not using the rolling eyes thing, it makes me want to gag.

Guinnessdrinker - fares in Europe are indeed a lot cheaper, I was in Germany not long ago and it was dirt cheap compared to here. Norway, however, was a different story. It cost approx £7 for a return to the suburbs of Oslo (though, everything is more expensive there!)

 

[mellowmoose]

walk or cycle you lazy fuckers. If you cant afford something then you aint having it. simple.

 

[Blagsta]

If you're too ill or disabled to walk or cycle? Or you don't have a bike and its too far to walk? What then?