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Roland Perry · January 21st 13, 08:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 16:46:51
on Sun, 20 Jan 2013, remarked:

As I keep saying it's high time the evil nonsense of the BAA (or
whatever it's called this week) monopoly was brought to an end. It should
be incorporated into the London public transport network

Given that BAA paid for it to be built, are you prepared to buy it
off them at cost (or some other larger figure)?

Like the PFI companies and Croydon Tramlink?

Was Croydon Tramlink built to be a separate privately-operated line?

BAA have had an ample return on their investment by now.

They manage to cover the running costs, but I don't know how much of the
capital investment has been paid back.

It's also a bit complicated because the objective of HEx is to create a
visible up-market service, for people who would never have used the
Piccadilly Line, and thus most of the passengers are abstracted from the
roads, an important public policy objective in West London.
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Roland Perry