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National Rail and Zones 7-9
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:55:17 -0800 (PST), Mizter T
wrote: Perhaps this is TfL's fault for moving too fast, or possibly ATOCs fault for being too stuck in the mud. Probably the latter, going off past experiences (admittedly a few years ago now). The train companies in general have always seemed reluctant to implement any initiative that comes from London. |
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National Rail and Zones 7-9
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:34:24 +0000, James Farrar
wrote: Probably the latter, going off past experiences (admittedly a few years ago now). The train companies in general have always seemed reluctant to implement any initiative that comes from London. Because those initiatives benefit London, and not always other passengers. As an example, since Oyster PAYG became valid on London Midland "mainline", the 1824 EUS-Northampton has become decidedly busier than it was before. Presumably the PAYG users were previously using the Bakerloo to Harrow and Wealdstone. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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National Rail and Zones 7-9
"Neil Williams" wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:34:24 +0000, James Farrar wrote: Probably the latter, going off past experiences (admittedly a few years ago now). The train companies in general have always seemed reluctant to implement any initiative that comes from London. Because those initiatives benefit London, and not always other passengers. As an example, since Oyster PAYG became valid on London Midland "mainline", the 1824 EUS-Northampton has become decidedly busier than it was before. Presumably the PAYG users were previously using the Bakerloo to Harrow and Wealdstone. Also, much as it might seem straightforward to have a London centred zonal system spreading ever outwards, there will have to be a limit somewhere - and it might as well be the Greater London boundary as anywhere. Paul |
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Paul Scott wrote:
much as it might seem straightforward to have a London centred zonal system spreading ever outwards, there will have to be a limit somewhere - and it might as well be the Greater London boundary as anywhere. Actually ... I rather like the idea of the zones spreading ever outwards. With Zone 43 including the great arc of Wrexham, Chester, Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and Hull, it looks like a one-zone ticket will be quite good value, though knowing the way that such boundaries are set, I expect a Chester to Manchester via Knutsford ticket would have to be a 2-zoner. ;-) -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632915.html (40 024 at Reading, 17 Jan 1981) |
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Chris Tolley wrote:
Paul Scott wrote: much as it might seem straightforward to have a London centred zonal system spreading ever outwards, there will have to be a limit somewhere - and it might as well be the Greater London boundary as anywhere. Actually ... I rather like the idea of the zones spreading ever outwards. With Zone 43 including the great arc of Wrexham, Chester, Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and Hull, it looks like a one-zone ticket will be quite good value, though knowing the way that such boundaries are set, I expect a Chester to Manchester via Knutsford ticket would have to be a 2-zoner. ;-) Some countries do have a national zone model, where you pay for the zones you pass through. They use boxes or cells rather than concentric rings as the zones. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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National Rail and Zones 7-9
On 24 Jan, 23:43, Arthur Figgis wrote:
Chris Tolley wrote: Paul Scott wrote: much as it might seem straightforward to have a London centred zonal system spreading ever outwards, there will have to be a limit somewhere - and it might as well be the Greater London boundary as anywhere. Actually ... I rather like the idea of the zones spreading ever outwards. With Zone 43 including the great arc of Wrexham, Chester, Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and Hull, it looks like a one-zone ticket will be quite good value, though knowing the way that such boundaries are set, I expect a Chester to Manchester via Knutsford ticket would have to be a 2-zoner. ;-) Some countries do have a national zone model, where you pay for the zones you pass through. They use boxes or cells rather than concentric rings as the zones. This is how things are done in Tyne & Wear - see: http://www.networkticketing.com/selector.html or for a more detailed PDF of the above: http://www.nexus.org.uk/ufs/shared/i...ne_Map_Col.pdf (though the above PDF map omits some important zonal boundary lines in the middle of the Tyne river). Thankfully these don't come into play when you want a day ticket - they're only relevant for the weekly, monthly or annual multi- operator The numbering logic behind the zones seems bizarre at first sight - the zone numbers ascend in a sort of diagonal sweep from the south west to the north east of the metropolitan county of T&W. However I think it may be designed this was to make it easy to issue and - crucially - verify the validity of tickets with zonal combinations that are in a row or in a ring (think of a busy bus driver checking tickets). Note that the Tyne ferry has zone 38 all to itself. |
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Mizter T wrote:
On 24 Jan, 23:43, Arthur Figgis wrote: Chris Tolley wrote: Paul Scott wrote: much as it might seem straightforward to have a London centred zonal system spreading ever outwards, there will have to be a limit somewhere - and it might as well be the Greater London boundary as anywhere. Actually ... I rather like the idea of the zones spreading ever outwards. With Zone 43 including the great arc of Wrexham, Chester, Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and Hull, it looks like a one-zone ticket will be quite good value, though knowing the way that such boundaries are set, I expect a Chester to Manchester via Knutsford ticket would have to be a 2-zoner. ;-) Some countries do have a national zone model, where you pay for the zones you pass through. They use boxes or cells rather than concentric rings as the zones. This is how things are done in Tyne & Wear - see: http://www.nexus.org.uk/ufs/shared/i...ne_Map_Col.pdf The numbering logic behind the zones seems bizarre at first sight - the zone numbers ascend in a sort of diagonal sweep from the south west to the north east of the metropolitan county of T&W. Surely north west to south east? Oh, you mean like a raster? Yes, i see - the lines of the raster run SW-NE, and the raster progresses NW-SE. The diagonal is basically the axis parallel to the Tyne, isn't it? At least, the downstream reach. It's akin to Stanford's 'logical north'. However I think it may be designed this was to make it easy to issue and - crucially - verify the validity of tickets with zonal combinations that are in a row or in a ring (think of a busy bus driver checking tickets). Yes, and each line in the raster has its own leading digit, with the second digit increasing along it, so that the corresponding zones in each line are adjacent. Although 58-60 are special cases: they should be 65, 66 and 75, respectively. It'd be fun to do a version of that map coloured by the orthogonal elements of the zone numbers; say, number 0x in red to 5x in violet, and x3 in a pale shade to x9 in a dark one. Or with patterns of dots or stripes instead of shade, so you can see at a glance how the coordinate meanders across the map. Note that the Tyne ferry has zone 38 all to itself. 39. I wonder which zones it counts as being adjacent to? Any which have piers, i suppose. The '4 zones in a ring' option is described as 'any 3 zones in a ring plus one adjacent zone'; does that mean i could have three in a ring and one touching just one of them? 56, 58, 59 and 60, say? tom -- I had no idea it was going to end in such tragedy |
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National Rail and Zones 7-9
Also, much as it might seem straightforward to have a London centred zonal system spreading ever outwards, there will have to be a limit somewhere - and it might as well be the Greater London boundary as anywhere. Paul Although it isn't the Greater London boundary in quite a few cases (e.g. Epping and Elstree). Chiltern Railways have a neat diagram on their trains showing both the London and Centrocard zones. I can see the London Zonal system and PAYG eventually spreading to the inner suburban limits (e.g Hertford, Dartford, Slough, Shenfield) but not further. |
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National Rail and Zones 7-9
On 23 Jan, 20:36, (Neil Williams)
wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:34:24 +0000, James Farrar wrote: Probably the latter, going off past experiences (admittedly a few years ago now). The train companies in general have always seemed reluctant to implement any initiative that comes from London. Because those initiatives benefit London, and not always other passengers. As an example, since Oyster PAYG became valid on London Midland "mainline", the 1824 EUS-Northampton has become decidedly busier than it was before. Presumably the PAYG users were previously using the Bakerloo to Harrow and Wealdstone. Neil But Oyster PAYG has been valid on Silverlink County/London Midland trains between Euston and Harrow & Wealdstone for ages, indeed (I think) since Oyster PAYG began back in 2004. Perhaps more people have gradually become aware that they can use it, but I certainly don't see the cause and effect relationship that you are trying to put forward. Anyway, my perhaps rather blunt opinion on this is that I certainly don't begrudge the people of Harrow from wanting to get from central London in 13 minutes non-stop instead of 40 minutes (from Oxford Circus) all stations on the Bakerloo line. |
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National Rail and Zones 7-9
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:21:43 -0800 (PST), Mizter T
wrote: But Oyster PAYG has been valid on Silverlink County/London Midland trains between Euston and Harrow & Wealdstone for ages, indeed (I think) since Oyster PAYG began back in 2004. You absolutely sure of that? Even if it was, though, it was not publicised as such. Anyway, my perhaps rather blunt opinion on this is that I certainly don't begrudge the people of Harrow from wanting to get from central London in 13 minutes non-stop instead of 40 minutes (from Oxford Circus) all stations on the Bakerloo line. Nor do I, but perhaps differential pricing could have kept locals on the local services as much as possible. It works from Milton Keynes Central off-peak. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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