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[email protected] · March 3rd 12, 07:12 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Walter Briscoe) wrote:

In message of Fri, 2 Mar
2012 18:32:35 in uk.transport.london,
writes
In article , (Mizter T)
wrote:

Point being, if Crossrail's going to Reading, then TfL will take
Oyster PAYG acceptance with it there - and the GWML operator will
have to accept Oyster PAYG to/from Reading. (Apart from anything else
I'd be pretty sure that DfT Rail would make this a franchise
commitment.)

The missing factor in you rational assumptions is the DfT obsession that
Oyster was "not invented here". Look what they said to FCC when they
attempted to extend Oyster to Hertford North while allowing Greater
Anglia to extend Oyster to Hertford East. :-(

What was that?
I imagine you are thinking of one or more URLs or even a Google
search.

News reports by Roger Ford in Modern Railways and direct from DfT on the
award of the Greater Anglia franchise.

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Colin Rosenstiel