How much are 2025 Tube ticket rises & London bus fares?
Plus! Marie Antoinette’s £24 million ‘smartwatch’ & first moon map
The Standard · Rachelle Abbott
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Show Notes
Transport for London has announced fare increases for Tube travellers next year at more than double the rate of inflation.
Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed the cost of travelling on the Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line would increase at double the rate of inflation - but bus fares remain frozen, stay tuned for details.
The London Standard’s transport editor, Ross Lydall, interviewed the mayor following Friday’s announcement, and joins us to examine cost, policy and politics.
In part two, the Science Museum’s curatorial lead of exhibitions Dr Glyn Morgan on Versailles: Science and Splendour, which includes a late 18th Century Breguet No.160 watch created for Marie Antoinette - once valued at almost £24 million.
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