On 21/01/16 14:05, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:15:02 -0800, aurora wrote:



Better, IMHO, to add the county of Oxford and Hampshire to the list of
Home Counties, and have a Home Counties PTE.

We need the "London Passenger Transport Area" back.

I live in Hampshire. It is a County with a lot of diversification,
North Hampshire is very similar to Surrey in that areas like Aldershot
,Fleet Hartley Witney after years off assault from the Metropolis are
not much more than dormitory areas of boring towns interspersed by
golf courses separated by pinewoods and scrubby heath that make the
inhabitants think they live in the country.
This end where I can hit Dorset with a good rifle has a completely
different character and I don't think I would be alone in thinking
London should not be controlling things this far West.
Now there are some commuters from these parts to London, my neighbour
has a contract that involves frequent visits at the moment ,but they
depart from Salisbury which is actually closer to London than this
part of Hants so are you going to then add that County to your Home
Counties PT as well?

As things stand SWT don't do a bad job of combining a commuter flow
amongst those who are travelling medium distance to destinations
further West such as Exeter. Cannot really see the need for London to
have more influence.


There's a piece from the BBC here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35372617

I agree that SWT tend to go a good job of combining their passenger
flows although there are problems such as a lack of semi-fast services
stopping at Clapham Junction during the peak.

However if SWT are forced to introduce more frequent local stopping
services it will most likely impact on their middle and long distance
travellers.

It's not ideal that TfL have control of non-commuter services to
destinations as far as Devon and Dorset.