Mark Bestley wrote:

And in the area just outside London that is still covered by TfL (like
Amersham is), Epsom Downs has only one train an hour. Now *that's*
poor
service.

What is there around Epsom Downs that's covered by TfL?

The station (and Banstead) is in zone 6 for Travelcards. (Belmont is in
London and has just the one train an hour) Also no trains on Sundays.

Yes but being in the zones isn't really "covered by TfL" in my book - they
don't run the service (although wasn't there talk of the branch being
coverted to tram?) and I don't think the buses round there are in Zone 6.