solar penguin wrote:
Mr Thant wrote:

In fact, Southern already use zonal pricing for their seasons, so a
Gipsy Hill - Sutton season costs exactly the same as what the OP has

Thanks. I didn't know that. You mean they've been charging me for
journeys all the way to Sutton even when I've only been going as far as
West Croydon! The sneaky *******s!

and I'm fairly certain is valid via both East and West Croydon
and, so there's very little reason for them not to switch to one.


Might also be valid via Balham/Mitcham as well. If so, I'd probably use
that enough to justify getting one.

Silly question, would it still open the barriers at West Croydon?

I buy a "limit of the zone" to "limit of the zone" annual season ticket,
and the barriers at Sutton accept it but the ones at Wallington don't.
There is usually a queue of people with seasons waiting to be let
through the manual gates at Wallington.

In the past I used to get a one-zone travelcard as it wasn't that much
more expensive and once I'd paid it made the marginal cost of bus and
trips 0, but then they abolished them and a two-zone travelcard is
vastly more expensive than a rail-only season ticket and paying bus
fares on Oyster. Even if the black helicopters can now find me.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK