And even two-day per week commuters would only need a couple of extra trips for a monthly season ticket to have been more cost-effective. Three-day per week commuters are likely to be better off on a weekly or monthly season ticket. In many of the cases we’ve seen the new flexi-ticket only makes financial sense if you know for sure you are going to travel two days a week (or eight journeys per month). Previously, there was no evening peak on that line, so a carnet ticket came in at £14.80 per day – under the new system of ‘flexi tickets’ this has risen to £17.55 per day Ironically, Grant Shapp’s own constituency of Welwyn Garden City is one of these anomalies, where commuters will see an 18.5% rise on carnet tickets under the new system. The discounts when compared to the price of an anytime day ticket are highly variable across the country – so far, we’ve spotted examples ranging between 7% and 20%, and we think there could be many more surprises to come.īecause the new system replaces existing carnet tickets, this may even lead to price rises for some commuters.
#Flexi 12 rip free#
The new ‘flexi-tickets’ are packs of eight ‘one-day season tickets’ for use within a 28 day period (excluding free weekend travel). As the first significant policy rolled out from the Williams Rail Review, it’s a really bad sign of what’s yet to come from ‘Great British Railways’.īulk buy tickets with highly variable discounts Hardly the integrated and comprehensive new ticketing system we’ve been promised. The ‘flexi-tickets’ exclude London travelcard, Merseyrail, and journeys within Wales and Scotland (including all cross-border journeys originating outside England). Neither cheap nor flexible, they are just another pricing trap for a captive commuter market – and in some cases, could see passengers paying even more. We appreciate all the hard work and service train companies here have been doing and the service is still second to none having experienced almost everywhere in the world except North Korea and Russia.The Department for Transport’s new ‘flexible season tickets’ are an absolute insult to passengers. Slam it as you wish but who cares if you are not even living here. This is a new normal and we all are adapting to it. I would say total train runs will be fewer but frequency during rush hours will be maintained to ensure everyone gets to work on time, if they are not able to se flexi time which is becoming more and more popular here among corporate Japan. It’s tough to see fewer trains running but if they as a business has to survive like we do costs need to be managed. Japanese passengers also behave well in the train coz they mostly don’t talk or talk quietly.
#Flexi 12 rip windows#
No it’s not ideal to be properly socially distanced in such an environment but train cars are disinfected before use and windows are lowered partially to help better ventilate apart from the ac running.
We are here in Tokyo commuting daily in packed JRs and Tokyo Metro. Some of the posters here seem to be dreaming.
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