Referring to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, http://www.londontravel
watch.org.uk/news/2011/11/transport_watchdog_welcomes_chancellor_s_autum
n_statement says "The watchdog also welcomed ... the extension of
Oyster ticketing to Guildford and St Albans on the national rail
network."

Can somebody please point to the Chancellor's words in a free URL or
copy them to UTP with an attribution?

It seems that Oyster boundaries are gradually being extended to places
which reflect transport services.
Shenfield (already announced) is a logical boundary, as is St Albans.
Services start and finish at both.

Guildford seems an arbitrary stop on the way to Portsmouth Harbour.
I have difficulty imagining Oyster going as far as Portsmouth.
Perhaps Southern Region could be recreated.
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Walter Briscoe

"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message
...
Referring to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, http://www.londontravel
watch.org.uk/news/2011/11/transport_watchdog_welcomes_chancellor_s_autum
n_statement says "The watchdog also welcomed ... the extension of
Oyster ticketing to Guildford and St Albans on the national rail
network."

Can somebody please point to the Chancellor's words in a free URL or
copy them to UTP with an attribution?

I think some organisations and news media are reading too much into this.
He didn't use the word 'Oyster' according to the published version.

The line in section 2.4 of the 2011 infrastructure plan (on the treasury
website) simply says "...extend flexible smart ticketing across London and
the South East". That could also be the ITSO spec cards that are being
rolled out slowly in the area anyway...

Paul S

On 2011\11\30 14:36, Walter Briscoe wrote:
Referring to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement,http://www.londontravel
watch.org.uk/news/2011/11/transport_watchdog_welcomes_chancellor_s_autum
n_statement says "The watchdog also welcomed ... the extension of
Oyster ticketing to Guildford and St Albans on the national rail
network."

Can somebody please point to the Chancellor's words in a free URL or
copy them to UTP with an attribution?

It seems that Oyster boundaries are gradually being extended to places
which reflect transport services.
Shenfield (already announced) is a logical boundary, as is St Albans.
Services start and finish at both.

Guildford seems an arbitrary stop on the way to Portsmouth Harbour.
I have difficulty imagining Oyster going as far as Portsmouth.
Perhaps Southern Region could be recreated.

I think the services via Effingham Junction terminate at Guildford.

"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message
...
Referring to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, http://www.londontravel
watch.org.uk/news/2011/11/transport_watchdog_welcomes_chancellor_s_autum
n_statement says "The watchdog also welcomed ... the extension of
Oyster ticketing to Guildford and St Albans on the national rail
network."

Can somebody please point to the Chancellor's words in a free URL or
copy them to UTP with an attribution?

It seems that Oyster boundaries are gradually being extended to places
which reflect transport services.
Shenfield (already announced) is a logical boundary, as is St Albans.
Services start and finish at both.

Guildford seems an arbitrary stop on the way to Portsmouth Harbour.

It the termination point of ALL of the "stopping" services from London (on
three routes).

tim

Walter Briscoe wrote:

It seems that Oyster boundaries are gradually being extended to places
which reflect transport services.
Shenfield (already announced) is a logical boundary, as is St Albans.
Services start and finish at both.

Guildford seems an arbitrary stop on the way to Portsmouth Harbour.
I have difficulty imagining Oyster going as far as Portsmouth.
Perhaps Southern Region could be recreated.

Guildford is the terminal for the stopping services via Epsom or Cobham (and
some others as well). Under the old South Western Lines set-up it was the
outer limit on the old map.

On Nov 30, 11:23*pm, "Tim Roll-Pickering" T.C.Roll-
wrote:
Walter Briscoe wrote:
It seems that Oyster boundaries are gradually being extended to places
which reflect transport services.
Shenfield (already announced) is a logical boundary, as is St Albans.
Services start and finish at both.
Guildford seems an arbitrary stop on the way to Portsmouth Harbour.
I have difficulty imagining Oyster going as far as Portsmouth.
Perhaps Southern Region could be recreated.

Guildford is the terminal for the stopping services via Epsom or Cobham (and
some others as well). Under the old South Western Lines set-up it was the
outer limit on the old map.

http://cdn.londonreconnections.com/a..._Rail_0311.pdf
has a map on page 6 that seems to match the announcements so far/