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Old January 12th 09, 03:11 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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On 12 Jan, 14:12, MIG wrote:

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I was wondering if SWT was the only TOC affected by new NR Oyster
routes which can also be covered by LU (ie there is already a price
between those stations).


[Those stations being Clapham Jn, Richmond and Wimbledon]


But of course the New Crosses will create similar situations, as do
Wimbledon to Blackfriars, Brixton or Balham to Victoria etc.


Different LU and NR fares can be charged for many of these journeys so
long as a passenger passes through a separate gatelines, as they would
do in many such scenarios e.g. the New Crosses to London Bridge/ Canon
Street/ Charing Cross. (The data from the respective gates can also
help with revenue apportionment.)

There are of course a number of exceptions - from the New Crosses
someone could take an NR train to London Bridge and then a Thameslink
train to Farringdon and then either exit the system there or continue
onwards by Tube, or otherwise they could (in the future) take a LO
East London Line train and connect in with the Tube network (one can
safely assume that London Overground will continue to follow the LU
pricing structure as opposed to the new NR one).

Which is where I suppose the horrendously complicated negotiations
come in!