"David Cantrell" wrote in message
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On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 03:29:06PM -0000, Paul Scott wrote:

Another pertinent point is that NR fares change in January. There could
be
wholesale changes to do with the London Fare Zones (as they are described
by
DfT) at that time, like there were in January 07.

I'd hardly call a handful of stations changing zone "wholesale changes".


Thats why I included 'to do with' - for instance if NR zonal fares became
the same as TfL's in Jan 08, that to me would be 'wholesale changes'.

Despite last January's announcement, NR fares for point to point journeys
currently vary depending if rail only, or rail and tube are used, and are
issued with the station names printed on them. It is highly likely that any
major changes to the zone map such as 1-9 replacing 1-6 and A-D will happen
coincidentally with the NR annual change date, because the zones are agreed
by DfT not TfL alone.

I was also trying to illustrate was why there won't be major changes to
'Overground' fares this Sunday - even if there is a special PAYG
introductory fare available (as suggested) it doesn't in itself change the
underlying 'rail' fares to 'LU/tube' values.

Paul