On Dec 30, 8:24*pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
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(MIG) wrote:
On Dec 30, 12:17*pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
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(Mwmbwls) wrote:

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Any more suggestions as to where the zonal boundaries should be?

Another problem is that zones were designed for just 3* of today's
style zones but the number was increased over the years to push fares
up.

* Fares Fare in 1982 had 4 zones for the whole of Greater London but
two of them comprised the current Zone 1 which was divided East-West.

Maybe part of the answer is to have overlapping zones so that, as at
boundary stations, it's possible to make a one zone journey in either
direction to two places, a journey between which might cover two zones?

That would be a completely new system though.

Are you overlooking the cases where zone boundary stations are in two
zones? There will be a small increase in their numbers from 2 January.


No; I'm saying that rather than the odd individual station which is
directly on the boundary as now, it could be standard to have an
overlapping zonal area. At the moment you are lucky if you happen to
use a station on a boundary. It could be made standard practice.


The real answer is for all public transport to be free (like bendy
buses).

There are other issues there.

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