On 21/05/2015 13:16, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 21 May 2015 00:42:24 -0700 (PDT), peter
wrote:

Do the changes mean I will be able to use my Freedom Pass out to Cheshunt and Brentwood?

TfL have now issued a press release about the revised fares. My
reading of it is that the 60+ and Freedom Pass become available on the
transferred services all day. However this ONLY applies in respect of
LOROL and TfL Rail operated services.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media...ses/2015/fares


One other interesting change is the adoption of the TfL PAYG farescale
for journeys on the T Hale line even though services there are
operated by Greater Anglia.


This bit of the press release is interesting...

---quote---
Some fares will come down but will remain at a level consistent with
National Rail to ensure the Crossrail Sponsors' Agreement and the
Government's fare policy requirements are adhered to. For example, the
pay as you go peak fare from Brentwood to Zone 1 will come down by £1.50
to £8.20 and the off-peak fare by £2.30 to £5.30 - significantly lower
than the current fares but higher than the standard Zone 1-9 Tube fare.
---/quote---


So, Brentwood will be in zone 9, but my (quite possibly incorrect)
reading of the situation is that it'll have more expensive *single*
fares than the other zone 9 stations (a category that only consists of
Chesham and Amersham) - however, the zone 1-9 caps and Travelcard prices
will be the same.


Also under the notes to editors is a clear and unambiguous statement
regarding who will set what fares from (or indeed to) Shenfield station:

---quote---
Shenfield

* Although the train services transferring to TfL Rail in May 2015
terminate at Shenfield, the station will continue to be served primarily
by fast main line services. Abellio Greater Anglia will continue to
manage the station and set most fares, including the pay as you go fares
from Shenfield to Zone 1 and beyond, and all through fares to the rest
of the National Rail network in the same way they do today.

* All non-Zone 1 fares from Shenfield to the rest of the TfL rail
network will be set by TfL; Abellio Greater Anglia will no longer set
fares to east London including Docklands and Stratford.

* Prices will not change for any single or return paper ticket.
---/quote---

Much like - if not the same as - the situation at Watford Junction with
London Midland then.