In article i,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

When it's to zone 9.

Woke up at a friend's place in Wallington, near Croydon and far
from the Pays du PAYG. Wanted to go home to god's own Finsbury
Park, then visit a convalescing friend in Watford and then come
home again. So, bought a Z1-9 travelcard.

I happily used to the ticket to take the Southern to Victoria, the
Vic to FP and back to Euston, and London Midland to Watford
Junction - where the ticket machine ate my travelcard. I asked a
member of staff, who i think was some sort of ticket inspector, and
he asserted that this was right and proper - apparently outside Z6,
a travelcard is good for one trip inward and one out. So it is not,
as the name might suggest to the naive, a travelcard.

I had a look through this charming booklet:


http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...d-tickets-Zone
s-7-9-plus-watford-junction.pdf

And there's no mention of this. It does suggest you read this:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...s-zones1-6.pdf

Which merrily chortles:

Travel as much as you like in one day using a Day Travelcard

And doesn't go on to qualify that with regards to Watford.

So, what gives? Where's the rule that says Watford gets to eat my
ticket? Where else am i at risk from surprise cartivory?

I assume what's happening is that a Z1-9 travelcard is actually a
return from BZ9 to Z1-6, much as you might buy a return from
Chelmsford to Z1-6, and as such, is only valid for a trip in from
Z9 followed by a trip out, as the fellow i spoke to indicated. In
which case, it's a perfectly consistent and legit product, but *is
not a bloody travelcard*.

I imagine there have been threads about this here before, and i
probably should have paid attention. But i didn't. So, what are my
chances of getting Trading Standards to shut down the Z1-9 TC scam?

Isn't Watford Junction outside Zone 9? I thought it comprised just Chesham
and Amersham.

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Colin Rosenstiel