London Tube ticket from the 80s drives home just how much fares have risen

A Tube day travel card in the 1980s cost just a fraction of what it is today (Picture: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anatolu/Getty)An old London travel card reveals how much the cost of Tube travel has increased over the years.
London would not be the same without the underground.
Whether you love it or hate it, the Tube has been a fundamental part of life in the capital since it opened more than 160 years ago.
Ticket price increases on the Transport of London network are also a regular occurrence –