(23 May 2014, 5:42 pm)aureolin wrote I doubt it. I was told by Brighton and Hove last year that I couldn't have a Key card, because I had one with Go North East. The system recognised BOTH my email address and address as duplicate. After no luck with both sets of customer services, I got round it by adding an extra smtp address to my mailbox, and by misspelling my address on my Brighton and Hove registration.
I did suggest that my existing key card number just be added to their system, but that appeared to be a no go either. 
Curious to see it in practice.
Going from the information you have provided - a bus passenger (who has used their Key to get a bus to Brighton station), will not be able to use it on the next stage of their journey via train from Brighton, on either of the Go ahead franchises.
Hopefully they have enough about them to get it sorted asap.
What this also does, is create a monopoly on the Brighton line, with Go ahead also owning Southern.
Curious to see how prices evolve on the route which was previously in competition, with another toc.
Overall, the London Midland, Southern, South Eastern and what is currently FCC operations, give Go ahead an absolutely massive footprint leading into and out of London.
Fingers crossed they can ensure positive employer relations going forward, otherwise the network will grind to a halt - damaging citaro5284's healthy shareholder profits!
(23 May 2014, 5:06 pm)citaro5284 wrote "The franchise departs from previous models, with Govia now handing over revenue to the government rather than paying set premiums. Instead, the DfT will pay Govia a flat fee of around £8.9bn over the seven years, from expected revenues of £12.4bn – effectively generating a total premium of £3.5bn from Govia in traditional terms"
Not bad 
An excellent deal for the country, economy and taxpayers eh?
'Illegitimis non carborundum'
