I’m not sure that letting them pay an off peak fare is going to be enough to attract people to spend the time to go into central London on a Friday if they weren’t going anyway.
Of course someone arriving at the station at 09:20something is going to wait until 09:30 (especially in the outer zones). A few minutes wait is worth it. But are they making a decision to take the 08:15 train to office, or stay home, based entirely on peak vs offpeak pricing?
Or are they making it based on not wanting to spend another 1-2 hours of their week in a train and instead getting the weekend started earlier because they’re already home when the working day finishes?
I go to the office on Fridays because they’re quieter. I’d prefer they remain quiet than pay a bit less for my fare.
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Midweek tube usage at 85% of pre pandemic seems wild
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I’m not sure that letting them pay an off peak fare is going to be enough to attract people to spend the time to go into central London on a Friday if they weren’t going anyway.
Of course someone arriving at the station at 09:20something is going to wait until 09:30 (especially in the outer zones). A few minutes wait is worth it. But are they making a decision to take the 08:15 train to office, or stay home, based entirely on peak vs offpeak pricing?
Or are they making it based on not wanting to spend another 1-2 hours of their week in a train and instead getting the weekend started earlier because they’re already home when the working day finishes?
I go to the office on Fridays because they’re quieter. I’d prefer they remain quiet than pay a bit less for my fare.
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Midweek tube usage at 85% of pre pandemic seems wild