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Bus and tube fares to rise

9:06am Monday 8th September 2008

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BUS and tube fares will go up next year to above the rate of inflation.

For Oyster card holders a single bus fare will increase by 10p to £1 but singles paid in cash remain the same at £2.

A one day bus pass on Oyster and tram passes are up from £3 to £3.30 with the printed ticket remaining at £3.50.

Oyster card tube fares remain the same as does a cash fare single in zone one, although singles outside central London will go up to £3.20.

Freedom passes will be valid 24 hours a day instead of only outside peak time.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "Some of us will pay a little more but I have ensured fares will remain affordable, especially for people who rely on public transport most."

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Cheryl, London says...
10:26am Mon 8 Sep 08

This is ridiculous - how are people meant to be able to afford to live with everything going up so much yet wages are being decreased

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Emma, Bromley says...
11:39am Mon 8 Sep 08

I agree with Cheryl, i have had to take on an extra job in the evenings, just so i can afford to top my oyster card uo, so i can get to my other job in the mornings, as well as paying my rent and bills! Its ridiculous!

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Shame, Bromley says...
12:03pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Time to get my trusty old 4X4 out of the garage and kill a few polar bears by going bumper to bumper for a couple of hours each morning.

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James, Dartford says...
12:10pm Mon 8 Sep 08

It is all very well to say that price and fare rises are "ridiculous", none of us like price rises, but do Cheryl and Emma imagine that the government has a bottomlesss pit of money to provide services? Without inevitable increases, where do people suppose that the money is going to come from?

So "unpleasnt", yes but ridiculous is not the most appropriate word to use as increases such as these (and they are proprtionately modest increases) are inevitable.

How else might these services be otherwise financed? I would be interested to read other peoples' suggestions as to how this might otherwise be achieved without price increases. We have to be realistic.

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becky, dartford says...
12:54pm Mon 8 Sep 08

i wouldnt mind paying the increased fares if the service improved aswell!!! yet again this morning i had to stand on the train to work which was crammed like sardines in a tin, then couldnt get the tube as the station was closed and had to cram onto an absolutely filthy bus that looked as though it had not been cleaned in a long time. What is the extra money spent on?! it seems with every increase things get no better, we are paying more and more for a service that gets no better.

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott, The Bus says...
1:05pm Mon 8 Sep 08

How about getting some of the money back by charging the children who currently use buses - free of charge - as extensions of their own, scummy backyards, making other passengers' journeys utterly miserable with their abusive language, mobile phones and filthy habits such as nose-picking and spitting.

If their parents can't afford the fares, the children will have to walk or cycle and in the process, lose some of the flab from their under-used, fat bodies.

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

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knowlsey, sidcup says...
2:37pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Erastus can your mum afford the fares to put you on a bus or does she still spend all her money on Vodka?

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GOD, UP ERE says...
3:05pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Oi Knowlsey, leave it out mate, Piggys mum is doing really well since she kicked her heroin habit. I spoke to her the other day and she was thinking about letting him out on his own.

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The Real Me, Here says...
5:09pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Dear Emma,

Please see article entitled "Sex selling for £40" for more money making ideas.

Lots of Love

The Real Me

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Worker, Lewisham says...
5:35pm Mon 8 Sep 08

The prices are only going up by 30p at the most, why is everyone getting soannoyed? If people want a better service then it has to be paid for, its not hard to figure that out.

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Carl, Top of a bus says...
5:40pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott wrote:
How about getting some of the money back by charging the children who currently use buses - free of charge - as extensions of their own, scummy backyards, making other passengers' journeys utterly miserable with their abusive language, mobile phones and filthy habits such as nose-picking and spitting. If their parents can't afford the fares, the children will have to walk or cycle and in the process, lose some of the flab from their under-used, fat bodies. Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

You forgot to mention kissing their teeth...

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott The Wise, The Top Deck says...
5:41pm Mon 8 Sep 08

And kissing their teeth.

Your Lord, Erastus Piggott

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Carl, sitting behind Your Lord says...
5:47pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott The Wise wrote:
And kissing their teeth. Your Lord, Erastus Piggott

thanks ;)

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott The Wise, Land of Blog says...
5:49pm Mon 8 Sep 08

You are welcome, Carl.

Don't forget to pay a visit to my blog in the Your Shopper section, sometime.

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott The Happy, The Study says...
5:55pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Incidentally, Knowsley and GOD (that's a laugh, as there is only one true Lord - myself), I have yet to read anything original posted by you either of you.

You really should try and get out more instead of staying in and cuddling each other on the settee whilst eating NikNaks and drinking Carling Black Label.

I assume you do not drink Stella Artois as the brew would obviously be too strong for your small brains and weak minds.

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott The Happy, The Brain Surgeon's says...
5:58pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Apologies: posted by either of you.

It seems that your mind-numbingly crass comments managed to reach the grey cells that other morons' can't.

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

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knowlsey, sidcup says...
6:14pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Your mother is a gin swigging alcoholic who nobody loves.

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott The Bored, The Snooze Room says...
6:16pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

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knowlsey, sidcup says...
6:21pm Mon 8 Sep 08

Get a girlfriend or something you egg I just know your a weirdo still living in his parents house.

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South East, South East says...
10:56pm Mon 8 Sep 08

I don't mind paying the increase as long as they increase bus frequencies and put more buses on the road at all times of the day and night.

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Geoff, Northfleet says...
6:37am Tue 9 Sep 08

I will be using my horse power from now on. On the few times I have had to use one of these, new fangled, contraptions,I have been late for my appointments.Carrots and hay are cheaper to fuel my transport!!

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Carl, Work says...
8:57am Tue 9 Sep 08

knowlsey wrote:
Get a girlfriend or something you egg I just know your a weirdo still living in his parents house.

You Egg!! What an insult!! I bet The Lord is crying into his laptop as we speak :)

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GOD, UP ERE says...
1:47pm Tue 9 Sep 08

BEXLEY 03:46 AM
A cockeral can be heard breaking the silence from a field far away. The streets are still and oh so silent. A dim yellow light can be seen from a dirty window, in a ramshackle edifice someone calls home.
At his desk, with off white XXXL Y fronts a man sits, beads of sweat slip from his greasy hairless head as he types oh so slowly, checking his spelling carefully in his stained copy of COLLINS.
All Hail Lord Piggy. A master wordsman.
Is that original enough SADDO?

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Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott, Study says...
1:55pm Tue 9 Sep 08

Did somebody say something?

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

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Charlie, Virginia says...
12:54am Wed 10 Sep 08

Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott wrote:
Did somebody say something? Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott

Fancy a bum?

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knowlsey, sidcup says...
1:17pm Wed 10 Sep 08

Yeah I said your a weirdo who lives with mummy!

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Terry, Bexley says...
6:23pm Sun 14 Sep 08

James wrote:
It is all very well to say that price and fare rises are "ridiculous", none of us like price rises, but do Cheryl and Emma imagine that the government has a bottomlesss pit of money to provide services? Without inevitable increases, where do people suppose that the money is going to come from? So "unpleasnt", yes but ridiculous is not the most appropriate word to use as increases such as these (and they are proprtionately modest increases) are inevitable. How else might these services be otherwise financed? I would be interested to read other peoples' suggestions as to how this might otherwise be achieved without price increases. We have to be realistic.

Friend of mine works for Transport of London. they took their office staff out for a day costing £5,000. for 1DAY. and that wernt all there office staff...So i think it would be a good idea to start there!!

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