I fail to see how it's remotely proportionate to introduce a strict liability Byelaw offence and Penalty Fares scheme for a fully-gated, two-station people mover such as this. The latter is particularly insidious since the Order gives LLA the power to arbitrarily increase the value of the Penalty Fare whenever they want.
Fair call - I have edited my post accordingly.
Only with the written consent of the Secretary of State 9(2)(a).
And regarding through ticketing it also states:
Which presumably means that current tickets with a destination of Luton Airport will be accepted, alongside those issued to Luton Airport Parkway DART. I would expect that the two destinations are not likely to be available concurrently.
Totally agree really poor. While not defending anything there is a big difference between having a crush loaded dart stuck for an hour and a couple of disabled passengers, and possibly their families stuck with loads of seats and room to stretch out.
That's certainly not been my experience.
You can't really compare paper tickets with contactless on a one-way journey.
Absolutely! Though I fear we’re losing that battle…Of course we all know the correct phrase it should use is "Railway Station"
I do that all the time personally (I've had trips where I've flown out on Ryanair and back on BA - bit of a contrast!) but you have to recognise that this is a minority pursuit, a bit like split ticketing was until fairly recently.
People don't tend to choose contactless vs paper tickets based on which one is actually more expensive. If they know (or think) that they can use contactless, most people will do so because they assume it's always cheaper.
Thanks for pointing out. I honestly thought I would need two singles to make a return because an off-peak period return isn't available from my home station.
Does contactless prevent multiple taps (maybe to prevent accidental double tapping) or could you stand there tapping away and go through as last member of your group?
You can tap as many times as you want, but you can still only use a particular Oyster or contactless card for one person. Children under a certain age travel free on some TfL and National Rail service (it varies by route and operator) but in that case they won't have a ticket at all.
See my earlier post #514.
I believe that I've seen it as something like 13:00 to 17:00. The restricted hours operation will last for 3 weeks.
Weekends as well?
No idea, I'm afraid.
That will be very much a long term project. The planning process alone will take a long time as it is unlikely to get through without a public inquiry, given the number of Conservative MPs representing the neighbouring areas.
