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National Rail and Zones 7-9
On 23 Jan, 20:36, (Neil Williams)
wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:34:24 +0000, James Farrar wrote: Probably the latter, going off past experiences (admittedly a few years ago now). The train companies in general have always seemed reluctant to implement any initiative that comes from London. Because those initiatives benefit London, and not always other passengers. As an example, since Oyster PAYG became valid on London Midland "mainline", the 1824 EUS-Northampton has become decidedly busier than it was before. Presumably the PAYG users were previously using the Bakerloo to Harrow and Wealdstone. Neil But Oyster PAYG has been valid on Silverlink County/London Midland trains between Euston and Harrow & Wealdstone for ages, indeed (I think) since Oyster PAYG began back in 2004. Perhaps more people have gradually become aware that they can use it, but I certainly don't see the cause and effect relationship that you are trying to put forward. Anyway, my perhaps rather blunt opinion on this is that I certainly don't begrudge the people of Harrow from wanting to get from central London in 13 minutes non-stop instead of 40 minutes (from Oxford Circus) all stations on the Bakerloo line. |
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