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Free bus travel or half-price on all modes? It’s a no-brainer!

David Holding, Chester Moor, Chester-le-Street DH2
20 August 2010
 

I was surprised to see at the end of Roger Sexton’s letter recommending that free concessionary bus travel be replaced by half-fare across all modes that he lives in Nottingham, because it is the sort of nonsense usually originating in London, where people actually have a choice of public transport mode (Letters LTT 06 Aug).

Here in County Durham we have seven rail stations for a population of just under half a million. The sizeable towns of Barnard Castle, Consett, Peterlee and Stanley...

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