On Jan 16, 10:46*am, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:11:05 -0800 (PST), Mizter T

wrote:
I think they date from sometime shortly after when London Midland
relented and decided to allow PAYG on their fast trains from Watford
Jn to Euston (after London Overground's acceptance of PAYG on the DC
lines all the way to Watford Jn more or less forced their hand!).

The same day the overcrowding on certain problem trains got worse.
Shouldn't have been done until the next timetable change so that train
lengths could have been shuffled around to cope.


I can't say I noticed a big increase in overcrowding for the few weeks
before the timetable change. They didn't exactly widely advertise the
fact that they were now accepting Oyster from Euston to Watford
Junction and Bushey (Harrow already being valid). I doubt that extra
PAYG passenger were the reason behind lengthening trains.