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I go through Watford junction station most work days. They have
installed Oyster readers (up to the silverlink county platforms),
however they do not work yet. Looks like Oyster will be used as far as
Watford junction. I expect that the oyster cards will be only valid on
LO services not London Midland (the new TOC that takes over from
Silverlink and Central). This will cause lots of ticket inspectors to
rub their hands in glee.


There has been a huge amount of discussion on this already, (most recently
in the thread about TfL staff pass validity - started 12 Oct) and it was
generally believed that London Midland will continue accepting Oyster, at
least at the stations where it is already available on Silverlink County -
what happens at WJ is awaited with interest. Also the key date in all this
is the day NR fares change, in January, because Silverlink Metro fares use
rail pricing at the moment, not LU...

Paul