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Is there an easy way of knowing which stations charge same as tubes?
"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
o.uk... On 31/08/2011 15:00, tim.... wrote: What a strange choice of stations outside of GL that are included. Grays/Elstree/Epsom Downs in, Epsom/Dartford/Swanley not. Given that there are Zones 7-9 for outside of GL it seems strange not to use them for the stations at the appropriate distance, at least for those places that the bus network extends to In the case of Epsom Downs (and Tattenham Corner) I think it could have been a case of tidying things up by bringing the whole of each branch into the zones, rather than having loose ends hanging out over the edge. Epsom itself is a slightly different situation, as there are non-London ways in and out (and if Epsom comes in, it's not far to Leatherhead. But seeing as the trains run through to Dorking, why not end there? And while we are in Dorking, there's not actually that many trains on the line to Horsham, so why not... and thus serious mission creep appears). Are Zones 7-9 about funding - maybe Surrey doesn't chip in? Zones 7-9 were originally A-D, and solely concerned the Metropolitan line in the NW extremities. The question of funding maybe largely academic, because the Met has run that way for so long now. When the Bakerloo last ran beyond the zones it ran into 'special fares apply' territory. Whenever it was that zones A-D became 7-9, (introduction of LO maybe?) it was decided that 7 and 8 would also be used for the DC lines as far as Watford High St, but Watford Jn remained outside the zones. (Many people misread the map and wrongly assume it is in zone 9.) Apparently the software system uses 'zone W' but this is not advertised. Zone 7 isn't used for the eastward extensions beyond zone 6 on 'c2c' , because the fares that apply are the National Rail fares already extant. I believe this is 'zone G' in internal systems. If the National Rail fares to somewhere like Epsom are significantly different to zone 7, (I haven't bothered to check), then if PAYG is extended I presume another special 'pseudo zone' would have to be set up... Paul S |
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