John B wrote:
the proposal involves TfL subsidising rail services outside the GLA
area (like the Croxley link, in which £16m of Londoners' money will be
used to improve Hertfordshire's rail connections). The relevant
services will be only those where the vast majority of the route is
within the GLA area, but where the logical terminating point is not.
This already happens on London Underground and works rather well.

AIUI the TfL contribution to the Croxley Link is supposed to be £19m
instead (what's £3m between the members of this NG?) However, my
point it that this link is not just about enhancing Hertfordshire's
rail services but also about giving the good folk of north west London
direct rail access to the Watford employment centre (ISTR reading
something about 1.25 jobs for every working age adult very recently)
and that's reason enough for Ken to borrow a bit more under the TfL
5-year investment programme to help Hertfordshire put together a
funding package. Not that it's made any difference in gaining the
approval of the DfT bean counters so far.

THC