On Monday, 9 October 2017 12:22:11 UTC+1, Someone Somewhere wrote:

Interesting - thanks.

Do we know what the fare levels to Heathrow will be yet, or is that
still up in the air (pun not intended, the trains aren't planes)?

No idea I'm afraid. I think the only thing that is known for certain is that HEX will retain a premium fare presumably handled by HEX use only validators at Paddington as they have their own dedicated platforms there. Similar in concept to how GatEx is handled at Victoria.

I assume the residual issues with the ORR (over access charging into HAL) have been resolved or are well on the way to resolution given that issue seems to have vanished from the headlines. Obviously the "headline" issue was fixed months back but there were other smaller (unspecified) things to be settled. My guess on fares, assuming that all charges for access for Crossrail are divorced from the fare charged, is that TfL will adopt something similar to the tube Oyster fare to Heathrow. I say that solely because we do not yet know if TfL will have to amend the fares on Great Western to give a smooth taper on fares once they run beyond Zone 6 in late 2019. This is not dissimilar to West Anglia and the Shenfield line having a different fares tariff from the rest of the Overground network.

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