London Banter - View Single Post - Amersham with Zone 1-6 railcard

Mizter T · June 19th 12, 11:08 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 19/06/2012 23:52, wrote:

On 19/06/2012 15:47, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:11:56 +0100, Clive Page
wrote:

I may be going from central London to Amersham at the weekend - if so
will already have a travelcard which covers zones 1-6. I realise
Amersham is in Zone 9 and don't want to be clobbered with a penalty fare
on arrival. I would be happy to pay the excess from zones 6 to 9 by
Oyster Card, but I don't see how to do it. The train is hardly likely
to stop at a station in the boundary area long enough to allow me to hop
off, find an Oyster Validator, and hop on again, but with only about one
train every 30 mins, waiting for the next one isn't attractive.

I can't find anything about this on the TfL website, but it must be a
non-uncommon problem. Does anyone know how to solve it?

Is your Travelcard is on magnetic ticket stock rather than on an
Oyster card?

If it is magnetic then you will need to pay a cash excess at a ticket
office before starting your journey.

You could do as you suggest by breaking your journey at Moor Park
which is on the Z67 boundary by catching a Watford service, doing the
necessary at the ticket hall and going back up to catch an Amersham
train. A quick look shows a 7 minute gap between an arriving Watford
train and the next Amersham. A pain in the posterior I know but
feasible.

If your Travelcard is on an Oyster Card you just need to make sure you
have added some PAYG value to your card and touch in and out as usual
and the excess fare will be deducted on exit at Amersham.

Why doesn't he just pay the excess at Amersham, before exiting the system?

You're something like twenty years out of date...

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14436.aspx