On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:03:25 +0100, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

In article , Dave
writes
I do remember that Willesden Junction was moved from being a Z2/Z3
boundary station to being Z3 only.
[...]
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the same happened at Hampstead Heath.

This is right.

Before the changes, you could go almost right round the North London
Line on a Z2-only ticket. This is much further than "typical" journeys
on such a ticket. A decision was made to bring such long journeys up to
more typical prices by placing some stations in Z3.

Anyone travelling a long way around now needs a Z2/3 ticket. Those
travelling along short segments can still do it with a single-zone
ticket; there should still be "short journey" tickets for those going
one or two stops that happen to cross a boundary.

Is this really unfair? I don't think so.

It certainly seems daft to someone who lives in Holloway and has a Z12
Travelcard that there's this one island in the middle of my locale
where if I forget to buy an extension I'm at risk of a penalty fare --
and if I go there by any other public transport, there's no problem.

It breaks the spirit and the practicality of the zone system,
especially for Travelcard holders. I don't know how the Travelcard
system allocates revenues among the various companies, but if the NLL
feels hard done by through the masses of commuters shuttling from
South Acton to Hackney Wick surely it should be addressed there?

R