On 02/03/2012 11:51, Walter Briscoe wrote:

In of Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:36:51 in
uk.railway, Roland writes
[...]
Oyster is already being extended to Shenfield as part of the new AGA
franchise. It's not on the map yet (stops at Harold Wood).

ISTR it WAS scheduled to start last month.

GA are probably engaging in a protracted negotiation with over
commercial terms (fares, revenue apportionment etc) with TfL - I'm just
thinking of the epic battle to finally get Oyster PAYG accepted across
NR in London (where it certainly wasn't TfL being the ones dragging
their feet).


On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:42:10 in ,
Customer wrote
· Regarding the extension to Oyster pay as you go stations, I
can confirm we are planning to go ahead with these extensions. However,
we do not have a confirmed date, hopefully this will begin in January
2013.

ISTR I had to fill in a form, rather than send them an email.
They do the common unhelpful thing of not returning a copy of my words.

V shabby, but as you say it's all too common.