On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:01:17 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:

- TOCs will introduce zonal fares in January 2007, thus paving the way
for an easy PAYG rollout

This point seems to be the most intruiging, and the biggest shake-up.
It seems that the same fares will apply across all TOCs. I suppose
this means that fares on some routes will go up and on other routes
will go down. What will happen to CDRs and Railcard discounts? Will
the changes spread outside the zones, or could it be cheaper to buy a
return from the first station outside the zones if travelling from
Zone 6 to Zone 1? How will fares from NR to Tube stations be
calculated? What about if the NR journey starts outside the zones?

No mention of the PAYG trials on Southern, either - has that fallen by
the wayside?