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Mayor's Boris Island plan killed off TfL takeover of SoutheasternMetro services
On 2015\06\10 12:46, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:53:25 +0100, Mizter T wrote: So suggests this report, based on a meeting of the London Assembly's Transport Committee - Kent County Council being the active objector to the TfL rail takeover plan in revenge: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33066006 Hopefully it'll be an idea that'll surface again in the future - so long as TfL does a good job on their new West Anglia metro routes. The webcast from the session certainly confirmed Kent's viewpoint. I suspect there were other issues too but this is politics at its worst. However the reps from Kent CC and Surrey CC were much more positive about devolution of some services to TfL *provided* there is proper involvement for them in the decision making process and the scope. Kent set out some "red lines" but the TfL rep present was confident they could be dealt with sensibly or where already controlled by the ORR (the old fear of TfL stealing train paths for trains into Kent). Kent certainly wanted to see Oyster extended into Kent so that was a positive thing. TfL said they would be very happy to work with both Counties in respect of the next franchising round and sorting out what lines / services would be devolved and where the boundaries are. I felt it was positive overall. Are Kent holding out because they want Crossrail to come to them, perhaps? |
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