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Noun
flat fare (plural flat fares)
- (transport) A fare, usually for one journey, that remains the same no matter how far one travels.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 118:Today London buses have a flat fare, but the Underground covers too wide an area for the policy to be feasible on the network.
2023 December 13, Mel Holley, “Network News: Open access operations help to boost First's figures”, in RAIL, number 998, page 20:The financial growth reflects the return of passengers to rail and bus. The latter has been boosted by the DfT's £2 flat fare for any journey, although (like rail) ridership is still lower than pre-COVID.
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