Tube and bus fares in London paid for with cash are set
to increase January 1st 2006. A single Tube journey in zone one will
cost £3 instead of £2 while a single bus journey
will rise from £1.20 to £1.50, said Mayor Ken
Livingstone. Fares will fall for holders of the Oyster pre-pay
smartcards. With Oyster, a zone one Tube ride will be cut from
£1.70 to £1.50 – half the cash fare. Mr Livingstone
said the aim was for fewer people to pay with cash. Mr Livingstone said
the increased fares to be introduced from January would raise about
£80m but conceded the new single Tube fare of £3
would probably be the most expensive in the world.

NEW FARES FOR 2006

• Tube zone 1: £3 cash (£2
  currently)
• Tube zone 1: £1.50 Oyster
  (£1.70)
• Tube zones 2-6: £3 cash (£2.10)
• Tube zones 2-6: £1 Oyster
  (£1.80)
• Bus (all zones): £1.50 cash
  (£1.20)
• Bus (all zones): 80p Oyster (£1)

The motto is – either don’t visit
London or buy an Oyster card to use London’s public
transport.