In October I will need to go to Heathrow (zone 6) from Stratford (zone
3). I have Oyster with:
1. monthly travel card for zones 1-3
2. 10£ for pay-as-you-go needs

How will I be charged? For zones 4-6, or 3-6, or 1-6? (I will also
cross zones 1 and 2).
And on return journey, when I will enter in zone 6, and exit in zone 3
(Heathrow - Stratford) - will it be the same?

Help me please! :-)

alex_t wrote:
In October I will need to go to Heathrow (zone 6) from Stratford (zone
3). I have Oyster with:
1. monthly travel card for zones 1-3
2. 10£ for pay-as-you-go needs

How will I be charged? For zones 4-6, or 3-6, or 1-6? (I will also
cross zones 1 and 2).
And on return journey, when I will enter in zone 6, and exit in zone 3
(Heathrow - Stratford) - will it be the same?

Assuming those are the only "out of zone" journeys you make on those
days, you should just be charged £1.00 (before 0700 and after 1900
Monday to Friday, all day at weekends) or £1.80 (between 0700 and 1900
Monday to Friday) for a Single for Zones 4-6.

HTH,

Barry

Assuming those are the only "out of zone" journeys you make on those
days, you should just be charged £1.00 (before 0700 and after 1900
Monday to Friday, all day at weekends) or £1.80 (between 0700 and 1900
Monday to Friday) for a Single for Zones 4-6.

Great!
Thank you :-)

Barry Salter wrote:
alex_t wrote:
In October I will need to go to Heathrow (zone 6) from Stratford
(zone 3). I have Oyster with:
1. monthly travel card for zones 1-3
2. 10£ for pay-as-you-go needs

How will I be charged? For zones 4-6, or 3-6, or 1-6? (I will also
cross zones 1 and 2).
And on return journey, when I will enter in zone 6, and exit in
zone 3 (Heathrow - Stratford) - will it be the same?

Assuming those are the only "out of zone" journeys you make on those
days, you should just be charged £1.00 (before 0700 and after 1900
Monday to Friday, all day at weekends) or £1.80 (between 0700 and
1900 Monday to Friday) for a Single for Zones 4-6.

Actually the PAYG fare would be for Zones 3-6, otherwise he would not
have a valid ticket between Northfields and Boston Manor (across the
zone 3/4 boundary). The costs are the same, though.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Actually the PAYG fare would be for Zones 3-6, otherwise he would not
have a valid ticket between Northfields and Boston Manor (across the
zone 3/4 boundary). The costs are the same, though.

As long as the price is the same - I don't really care ;-)
But thank you for information - good to know anyway.

Actually the PAYG fare would be for Zones 3-6, otherwise he would not
have a valid ticket between Northfields and Boston Manor (across the
zone 3/4 boundary). The costs are the same, though.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Actually it would be for 4-6, because his travelcard covers zones 1-3,
and so the extension would be for the additional zones he is travelling
through - zones 4-6. Otherwise he'd be paying twice for zone 3.

wrote:
Actually the PAYG fare would be for Zones 3-6, otherwise he would
not have a valid ticket between Northfields and Boston Manor
(across the zone 3/4 boundary). The costs are the same, though.

Actually it would be for 4-6, because his travelcard covers zones
1-3, and so the extension would be for the additional zones he is
travelling through - zones 4-6. Otherwise he'd be paying twice for
zone 3.

The travelcard covers his journey as far as Northfields (zone 3) and not
beyond. He then needs an extension which is valid from Northfields to
Heathrow, which has to be a zone 3-6 single. Your logic would work if
Northfields were a boundary station in both zones 3 and 4, but it isn't.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

The travelcard covers his journey as far as Northfields (zone 3) and not
beyond. He then needs an extension which is valid from Northfields to
Heathrow, which has to be a zone 3-6 single. Your logic would work if
Northfields were a boundary station in both zones 3 and 4, but it isn't.

No, I think it's your logic, that is strange. With your logic if I have
ticket for zone 3, and separate ticket for zone 4, I cannot travel
between zones 3 and 4 without buying 3rd ticket for 3-4 combined.

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:52:52 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

wrote:
Actually the PAYG fare would be for Zones 3-6, otherwise he would
not have a valid ticket between Northfields and Boston Manor
(across the zone 3/4 boundary). The costs are the same, though.

Actually it would be for 4-6, because his travelcard covers zones
1-3, and so the extension would be for the additional zones he is
travelling through - zones 4-6. Otherwise he'd be paying twice for
zone 3.

The travelcard covers his journey as far as Northfields (zone 3) and not
beyond. He then needs an extension which is valid from Northfields to
Heathrow, which has to be a zone 3-6 single. Your logic would work if
Northfields were a boundary station in both zones 3 and 4, but it isn't.

For LU fares you add on the zones as they are contiguous. You do not
have to buy from the last station within a zone.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:52:52 GMT, Richard J. wrote:

Actually the PAYG fare would be for Zones 3-6, otherwise he would
not have a valid ticket between Northfields and Boston Manor
(across the zone 3/4 boundary). The costs are the same, though.

Actually it would be for 4-6, because his travelcard covers zones
1-3, and so the extension would be for the additional zones he is
travelling through - zones 4-6. Otherwise he'd be paying twice for
zone 3.

The travelcard covers his journey as far as Northfields (zone 3) and not
beyond. He then needs an extension which is valid from Northfields to
Heathrow, which has to be a zone 3-6 single. Your logic would work if
Northfields were a boundary station in both zones 3 and 4, but it isn't.

As others have said, this is not how it works in practice. If you
like, the Travelcard is valid to the Z3/4 boundary (a point on the
track somewhere between Northfields and Boston Manor), and only a Z4-6
single is needed to cover from there to Heathrow.