On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 03:39:04 -0700 (PDT), e27002
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On Jun 3, 11:36*am, "
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On 02/06/2012 22:15, Jarle H Knudsen wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:59:38 +0100, wrote:
On 02/06/2012 20:09, Paul Corfield wrote:
* *My view is that Boris will be "rewarded" for his
Mayoral election victory by government agreeing to either fund
Overground improvements or devolve some franchises to TfL control or
possibly both. I think there is some heavyweight lobbying going on at
the moment.

Which franchises, for example, Northern City Line?

Doesn't the services that run on that line terminate well outside London?

Welwyn Garden City is 20 miles out of Kings Cross station, whereas
Amersham is 23.7 miles from Charing Cross

TfL also ran services out to Aylesbury, which is almost 38 miles from
Marlylebone, until 1961.

The Metropolitan Ralway ran to Verney Junction where one could change
for Bletchley and Banbury. So much for progress.

Of course this was when the Met was a private company with mainline
ambitions, not part of the LPTB; after it became part of the LPTB, the
Brill and Verney Junction lines were closed in quick succession. But
it's interesting that the former LPTB did cover an area with a radius
of ~30 miles from Charing Cross, so there is a precedent for train and
bus services outside the GLC area being run by TfL's predecessor body.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_...Transport_Area