"Jack Taylor" wrote:

Bear in mind that north of Amersham 100% of the revenue goes to Chiltern,
from the LUL stations only a proportion (fixed by the annual passenger
survey) goes into Chiltern's pockets. Therefore it is in their interests
to fill the train with non-LUL passengers at peak times.

Rubbish. Assuming that an annual passenger survey is indeed used, then it
will apportion the revenue from Amersham (and south thereof) between
Chiltern and LUL on the basis of how many passengers use each operators'
trains.

So, while Chiltern only pocket a proportion of the fares paid by passengers
using *their* trains from the shared stations, they *also* pocket a
proportion of the fares paid by passengers using *LUL* trains from those
stations. That proportion is set so that it is equivalent to Chiltern
getting 100% of the fares from passengers using their trains, but 0% of the
revenue from those using LUL trains - using the "swings and roundabouts"
principle.

So, it is *not* necessarily in Chiltern's interests to fill their trains
with "non-LUL" passengers.



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