On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:20:17 GMT, "Steve Dulieu"
wrote:


"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:03:48 GMT, "Steve Dulieu"
wrote:


"Richard J." wrote in message
.co.uk...
Steve Dulieu wrote:
Just in case any of those of us with TFL staff or nominee passes
missed it, an item appeared on the intranet today stating that from
SOT 11/11/07 all TFL staff and nominee passes will be valid on all
the bits of that we're nicking off Silverlink, WLL, NLL & GoBLin.
Planning my sight-seeing trip to the great wall of Shepherds Bush
even as I type:-)

What about the DC service from Euston to Watford Junction? Will your
pass
be valid all the way or only to the zone 6 boundary at Hatch End?

All the way to WJ the TFL wage slaves will not have to pay!

To be fair all TfL staff passes are already valid to Watford Junction so
it isn't an increase in validity.

The rest is very welcome indeed and I'm looking forward to using the
services more often and not having to queue to buy priv tickets at
Blackhorse Road!

And not only but also, sets a very nice precedent come the ELL...

I don't see that anyone has anything to be concerned about when it comes
to the ELLX. I think it will be automatic that staff pass validity is
extended over the routes.

In another place someone has posed the question concerning validity on
Southern's services on the WLL / NLL (Clapham - Harrow). That has not
been mentioned in the TfL announcement so the new validity may be
confined to Overground services.

If that's the case then any ELLX validity beyond the New Crosses would,
I assume, only be on Overground trains to Croydon / Crystal Palace.

The other final issue is whether anything is done to allow a wider set
of concessions for NR and TfL staff using the concept of the Oyster PTAC
card and reduced rate travel on services that are not free. When
Smartcards are extended to NR it would be easy to offer such a facility
as TfL has done on the LU network. Whether there will be an industry
appetite to provide a more generous concession (for joiners post 1996)
remains to be seen.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!