Ticket validity at H&W

I believe it was a political decision to make Oyster look better. I'd assume that TFL paid for the Oyster equipment & I'd assume that Silverlink bidding for TFL's new tender were keen to seem to be helping.

I always thought that the LU standard fares to H&W are a bit strange. Someone told me that as H&W was also
an intercity station, Virgin get some of the sales. But that person was a LU trainer and they're not always reliable.

But as Oyster isn't valid on Virgin services, it may lead credence to what I was told.

Do any main line trains stop at H & W these days? I worked in Wealdstone in 1981, and it was handy to get a one-stop class 312??? to Euston for business trips.

Virgin would certainly not get a slice of the Harrow revenue - the split is between Silverlink and TFL - and then throuhg the travelcard diary allocation system backed up by surveys.

390s only call in preplanned major engineering or in the major disruption at / south of Harrow contingency plan - then empty to Wembley IC Depot. Money doenst change hands for that above engineering compensation wash up of costs etc.