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Post by WH241 on Mar 1, 2024 12:11:32 GMT
I am not sure, people are likely to opt for Friday as an office day now as opposed to a Work from home day as commuting will be cheaper, and as a result may hang about in Central London afterwards too. I can see this being a huge boost to leisure in the area for certain. While the mayor has responsibilities for TfL, he also needs to look out for the London economy as a whole and this will no doubt give it a boost. A huge boost? Saving pennies on a single fare as the return would have most likely been off peak if for leisure. Sorry but this is just a waste of money and all for the election.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Mar 1, 2024 12:13:06 GMT
Most people in my establishment still do and take Mondays at home instead, and it's the same at many other companies too. No one I know does Fridays in the office, most people I know do Monday-Wednesday with the occasional Thursday. But never Fridays, they are too slow and honestly a much better way to start the weekend a day early. But the people this is aimed at are most likely to go into London anyway, if they get in for cheaper it entices them which is the entire point.
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Post by southlondon413 on Mar 1, 2024 12:15:38 GMT
No one I know does Fridays in the office, most people I know do Monday-Wednesday with the occasional Thursday. But never Fridays, they are too slow and honestly a much better way to start the weekend a day early. But the people this is aimed at are most likely to go into London anyway, if they get in for cheaper it entices them which is the entire point. So if they are going in anyway what is the point? I can’t see someone currently not going in on Fridays changing their entire schedule to have it focused on Fridays because they gonna save pennies.
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Post by WH241 on Mar 1, 2024 12:17:17 GMT
But the people this is aimed at are most likely to go into London anyway, if they get in for cheaper it entices them which is the entire point. So if they are going in anyway what is the point? I can’t see someone currently not going in on Fridays changing their entire schedule to have it focused on Fridays because they gonna save pennies. A whole 60p on a zone 1 to 3 tube journey.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 2, 2024 21:19:48 GMT
I think I've seen somewhere that London travel on Mon-Thu is just over 90% pre-Covid, weekends 100% or a little above, but Fridays just 73%.
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Post by matthieu1221 on Mar 3, 2024 12:23:18 GMT
I think I've seen somewhere that London travel on Mon-Thu is just over 90% pre-Covid, weekends 100% or a little above, but Fridays just 73%. Mondays are doing poorly too compared to pre-COVID. There's an FOI release from a few weeks back with daily station entry/exit numbers and in Central London, Mondays were quite often doing worse at recovery than Fridays.
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