On Apr 23, 6:05*pm, Tom wrote:
On Apr 23, 5:39*pm, Mizter T wrote:



How very bizarre - those bought from NR stations only ever cover zones
1-6. It used to be the case that Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
bought from LU stations had zones A-D (on the Met line) thrown in 'for
free' - these days if you want it with zones 7-9 from an LU ticket
office then it costs more (though is still Railcard discounted). I'm
not sure when this changed - perhaps in Nov '07 when London Overground
took over and zones 7-9 were introduced, perhaps it was in the fares
revision of January '08, I'm not sure.

Tickets from Amersham or Bushey can be purchased to all zones and are
issued on route RRR ZONES R789 allowing travel to 7-9. These are
railcard discountable.

Apologies, you are of course correct. Bushey does however have a bit
of a split personality, as it is a London Overground station - and LO
sits somewhat awkwardly in both the National Rail and the LU ticketing
systems. Tickets issued in the manner you state are also available
from Carpenders Park (zone 7) and Watford High Street (zone 8) - and I
understand that Travelcards issued at Watford Jn (which is outside the
zones) also now have validity in zones 7-9 (with something like "Zones
789" appearing in the route field). Not sure if London Midland do this
at any of their other stations further north?

(Amersham meanwhile is an LU station.)