In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

I also wonder if any other "quick wins" will be introduced sooner,
such as Clapham Junction to Richmond / Wimbledon on SWT, and
Thameslink stations to Wimbledon on Thameslink.

No idea but it is noticeable that much of the effort is being North
of the Thames at present.

I find that curious, given that SWT are the TOC with the earliest
smartcard ticketing franchise commitment.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Paul Corfield wrote

Having just perused the London Connections map I noted the
interesting
complication that is called Tramlink. This links up various TOC lines
and operates on a completely different charging basis. I wonder how
PAYG
is going to deal with that for "through" journeys!

Since, AFAIK, only travelcards and not through tickets from say Purley
to Wimbledon are currently valid via Tramlink, I suppose this would be
treated as though Tramlink was a tfl bus ?

Or are there through fares left over from when Tramlink was a rail link
?

--
Mike D

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

I also wonder if any other "quick wins" will be introduced sooner,
such as Clapham Junction to Richmond / Wimbledon on SWT, and
Thameslink stations to Wimbledon on Thameslink.

No idea but it is noticeable that much of the effort is being North
of the Thames at present.

I find that curious, given that SWT are the TOC with the earliest
smartcard ticketing franchise commitment.


Apparently much of the delay is because SWT won't implement payg until
Waterloo is gated, Also as many articles in Modern Rail have pointed out,
SWT are required by the DfT to run an ITSO based system, not an extension to
Oyster, and it apparently isn't proving to be easy to make a regional bus
and library ticket system work on a railway.

Paul S

On 17 Dec 2007 00:19:23 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear"
wrote:


Paul Corfield wrote

Having just perused the London Connections map I noted the
interesting
complication that is called Tramlink. This links up various TOC lines
and operates on a completely different charging basis. I wonder how
PAYG
is going to deal with that for "through" journeys!

Since, AFAIK, only travelcards and not through tickets from say Purley
to Wimbledon are currently valid via Tramlink, I suppose this would be
treated as though Tramlink was a tfl bus ?

Or are there through fares left over from when Tramlink was a rail link
?

I understood there were through fares via Croydon and via Wimbledon
(both tube and NR). The range is / was limited but they were there when
Tramlink started. It's possible that I am out of date and they have been
withdrawn either through lack of use or because of the charging system
used on Tramlink (it effectively has its own zone and is charged at the
bus fare rate).

--
Paul C

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

I understood there were through fares via Croydon and via Wimbledon
(both tube and NR). The range is / was limited but they were there when
Tramlink started. It's possible that I am out of date and they have
been
withdrawn either through lack of use or because of the charging system
used on Tramlink (it effectively has its own zone and is charged at the
bus fare rate).

I'm not sure I believe there are any sensible through fares via Wimbledon.
There aren't any from the District Line to SWT any more as I posted a few
weeks ago when I was going (East) Putney to Tolworth and it proved
somewhat cheaper to go the all-SWT long way round via Clapham Junction.

--
Colin Rosenstiel