Paul Scott wrote:

"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
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Mizter T wrote:


So here are my comments on this...

Since beginning of this year all point-to-point *non-season* tickets -
i.e. single and day returns - for journeys wholly within London (i.e.
zones 1-6) have had their prices set on a zonal basis (although they
are still issued on a named origin and destination basis and
validity). At the time we were told that season tickets would also
eventually also be priced on this bases.

Southern seem to have annual seasons priced on a zonal basis. I buy an
annual season for a journey entirely in one zone, so rather than buy a
ticket for the trip I actually do most days, I buy a season ticket between
the last stations within the zone, so if I ever need to go to them it
costs me nowt extra. The first time I bought such a ticket the staff
seemed a bit surprised, but they weren't this year and I guess it must be
pretty common by now - you'd be daft not to. I've also found a bit of a
validity loophole, which the staff accept is valid, but I'm keeping quiet
on that one :-)


Aren't Southern also the only TOC that have proactively arranged for the
zone 6 boundary to be changed, to make things a bit simpler in a particular
area, the Tattenham Corner line IIRC?

Paul S

I presume Southern must have pushed for the 2006 changes which led to
a significant extension of zone 6 - and it wasn't just the Tattenham
Corner line, see this 2005 thread that I started for the details -
"Zone 6 conquers ten further Southern stations".

In January 2007 Ewell West and Ewell East also came into the Zone 6
fold, which led to the next station along from Ewell West, Stoneleigh,
being shunted in to Zone 5, despite the fact it's in Surrey rather
than Greater London - though Chigwell on the Central line is in Zone 4
yet in Essex.

I'd be interested to know what the actual process is for making
changes to the London zonal system. The TOCs generally appear to claim
that the DfT is the final arbiter, but I'd imagine that TfL gets a say
in it as well. Does anyone know for certain how it works?