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[email protected] · May 21st 13, 11:56 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Mon, 20 May 2013 18:26:00 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

An example would be Blackhorse Rd - Wandsworth Town. Clearly there
are several routes - tube to Waterloo & SWT, tube to Vauxhall & SWT,
Overground to CJ & SWT. The latter alternative route is not in the
single fare finder so even though it is entirely within Zones 2 and 3
and you would not go out of zone on a Z23 Travelcard you would still
be charged for Z1. The only way to avoid being done for £2.10 is to
exit at Clapham Junction at the end of the Overground jny and then
re-enter and catch the SWT service to Wandsworth Town.

I had a similar problem with Highbury & Islington to Putney via CJ. The
conclusion here was that the problem was travelling on SWT with NR fare
scales. So Overground journeys starting at CJ should be OK. I did have to
find the pink validator at Willesden Junction though.

Being a tad pedantic that is not really the issue. The issue is that
there is only route and fare option from H&I to Putney (NR). The
assumption is that you travel via Z1 and will be charged on that
basis. It matters not what pink validators you touch or what route you
take - they will not change the fare charged.

There *are* alternative fares for H&I to East Putney. The base fare is
via Z1 using the tube. The alternatives allow for a non Z1 jny but you
must touch on pink validators at West Brompton. The other fare options
are if you travel via Vauxhall or a Z1 main line terminal and use NR
to Wimbledon and then use the tube.

I was thinking of Highbury to Clapham Junction which does have a not via
Zone 1 fare IIRC.

The fundamental question remains as to why there are so many options
to East Putney but none for Putney (NR).

Indeed. I blame SWT.

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Colin Rosenstiel