London Banter - View Single Post - Zonal fares

Colin Rosenstiel · January 13th 07, 03:15 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Nicks) wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote in message
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Nicks wrote:

Now resolved - SWT clerk must have done his homework and managed
to sell me a ticket only to Vauxhall, not London Stations yesterday.

Interesting. I sometimes travel out from Vauxhall, where I've
always been sold a ticket from "London Terminals", though I haven't
yet made any such journey this year.

If it's a return ticket then it's useful to have the facility to
travel back to Waterloo, either because the train doesn't stop at
Vauxhall or because that's where I'm heading. I shall see what I'm
sold in the future - perhaps it'll be from Vauxhall for shorter
journeys/those in the zones, and from "London Terminals" for longer
journeys/those outside the zones, as perhaps for such longer
journeys there still isn't a price differential between going from
Vauxhall or Waterloo. Perhaps someone with the current NFM might be
so kind as to investigate?

At Vauxhall the ticket machine offered me a fare to New Malden
based on the zone 2 to zone 4 fare - so this will not be from
London stations.

Another linked issue for me - I have an annual travelcard which is
zones 5 and 6 - so I've been buying tickets to Vauxhall from New
Malden - as this is in zone 4 - SWT clerks have happily sold me 3
tickets this way this year - however for the latest ticket the
clerk said that I need to get a ticket from Berrylands which is in
zone 5 - as he said that my zonal pass is not valid from the
boundry of zone 5 to the first zone 4 station. I suspect he may be
right until the new fares become truly zonal - any guidance
anywhere on this please?

Surely you should be buying a Boundary Zone 5 ticket to Vauxhall?

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Colin Rosenstiel