On 21 Feb, 19:40, "Paul Scott" wrote:

"tim (not at home)" wrote:

"MIG" wrote in message
Because TfL wants daily capping to make day travelcards redundant.
Trouble is, all the rules are operating as if NR accepts PAYG, even
though that wished-for situation is years away.
I think you've misspelt, decades

Er.. January 2009 within the London Fare zonal area.


That's what TfL is hoping for, which doesn't mean it is going to
happen. Mr Thant, on his weblog entry that summarises the February TfL
board meeting, describes the roll out of Oyster PAYG as being
"pencilled in for next January"...
http://londonconnections.blogspot.co...ellaneous.html

Some of the TOCs might thus still be wielding their erasers.


In fact, let's take a look at what the Board papers actually say on
this matter - in the Transport Commissioner's Report to the Board,
under the 'London Rail' section it says this:

---quote---
Oyster on National Rail
[...]
Discussions with the passenger train operator companies (TOCS)
continue in the effort to reach contractual agreement to extend Oyster
PAYG acceptance across the remainder of the suburban rail network in
London. Most of north London is now included but PAYG only applies to
five Network Rail stations south of the Thames (Elephant & Castle,
London Bridge on Thameslink and Richmond, Kew Gardens and Clapham
Junction on London Overground), see network plan below. The programme
of installation is expected to take 12 months to complete with a
target implementation date of January 2009.
---/quote---


That can be found on page 15 of this large PDF document (marked as
page 6 of 15 of the Commisioner's Report):
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...a-08-02-06.pdf


Oyster PAYG will happen on National Rail in London, I'm sure of that -
however we're into the endgame here, with the TOCs and TfL tussling
over the contractual details - in other words the money! Who's going
to pay for things, who's going to get paid what, etc etc.