. Electric railway journal . necessary to handle queuesfour or five persons abreast. Changes in Fare Have Not Hurt the RidingHabit Permanently The first increase in fare, which became effective onAug. 1, 1916, equalized the fares throughout the north-ern and southern parts of the borough. It also shortenedthe stages, as shown in Table II. At the time thisrevision went into effect, practically 90 per cent of thepassengers weie paying Id. fares. As far as this classwas concerned, the increase would have approximated 30per cent. It was assumed, however, that enough pas-sengers would drop off to m
. Electric railway journal . necessary to handle queuesfour or five persons abreast. Changes in Fare Have Not Hurt the RidingHabit Permanently The first increase in fare, which became effective onAug. 1, 1916, equalized the fares throughout the north-ern and southern parts of the borough. It also shortenedthe stages, as shown in Table II. At the time thisrevision went into effect, practically 90 per cent of thepassengers weie paying Id. fares. As far as this classwas concerned, the increase would have approximated 30per cent. It was assumed, however, that enough pas-sengers would drop off to make the increase in revenueonly 8 per cent, or £7,472. The actual increase was 12per cent, or £13,000. By May, 1918, the continued advance in costs forceda second increase, averaging per cent for all classesof passengers. This was attained by shortening stages(see Table II, lower part), eliminating odd fares like1-Jd., 2-2-d., etc. (as elsewhere in the London district),and raising the maximum fare from 3d. to 4ti. The. tost & NewCroydon S1o1^ nCrown Hill1»Town \»&rond TheatreChurch ,Swan & Sugarloof»SouthCroydon Sto CROYDON ROUTE PLAN, SHOWING WHY ATRANSFER MEANS TWO HALF-FARESCOLLECTED AT ONE TIME workmens fares, however, were not affected by the sec-ond increase. Mr. Goodyer believes that ordinary-rateriding will go up when the shorter workday comes Intoeffect, because the workmen will have more leisure inthe afternoon and evening. As with the first revision, the results in revenue werebetter than anticipated. It was hoped that if one pas-senger in four averaged 25 per cent more fare, the in-crease in revenue would cover the war bonuses, whichwere estimated at £7,717. If all passengers were re-tained at the higher rate, the in-crease in revenue would have been£30,840. The actual results forthe full fiscal year ended March 31,1919, show a 21 per cent increasein revenue, or £23,407 on the basisof eleven months operation underthe increased fares. Table I
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