Monday, January 3, 2011

Unfare: Boris and Osborne fare rise

"Higher fares and cuts under Boris and Osborne"...This leaflet is being handed out outside bus and railway stations in London.

Single bus journey by Oyster UP by 8% - 44% under Boris in three years.

Rail fares up by 6.2% average - some more than 10%.

Zones 1-5 monthly travelcard UP £11.50 to over £180.

Weekly bus pass UP to £17.80, a rise of 7%
Zones 1-2 monthly travel card UP £6.90 to £106.  

All this while most people face pay freezes and pay cuts.  

Unfare

Off now to my local station before work to spread the festive news.

Last year here and here