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Post by alex92ts on Aug 29, 2011 10:45:20 GMT
I've always wondered, why are there stations in more than one fare zone on the Tube, DLR and LO network? I've also wondered why some lines have more than others. I.e. the Central Line has just 2, and the Met has just 1. But, the DLR has 7. Thanks  |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Aug 29, 2011 10:53:37 GMT
It's to avoid having unreasonably high fares for relatively short journeys - for example Gloucester Rd to High Street Ken via earls Court and west Ken to west Brompton via earls Court are both single-zone fares.
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Post by castlebar on Aug 29, 2011 10:56:43 GMT
How's this for an explanation?
There are 3 stations, A, B & C
If B is in 2 x different fare zones, passengers from both A & C can both access it without cossing into a second zone, whereas if B were only in the same zone as either A or C, a fare for using two different zones would be charged from the other one of the 2 stations.
SEEMples! This is something that has actually been thought out properly and designed to help the travelling public!!!!!!! (Gosh)
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Post by superteacher on Aug 29, 2011 11:20:06 GMT
Although I believe some stations that were previously in two zones were subsequently moved into one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2011 14:55:24 GMT
Some of them are of limited use though, aren't they? I can't imagine many people getting much benefit from travelling from Shoreditch High Street to Hoxton. Hoxton might as well just be Zone 2.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Aug 29, 2011 15:33:09 GMT
Shoreditch HS was zoned the way it was for the opposite reason though - the old Shoreditch was Zone 2, but to avoid the loss of fare revenue from people travelling from South London to the City, the operators insisted that SHS be a Zone 1 station.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2011 19:56:57 GMT
But Shoreditch HS isn't a double fare zone station. Hoxton, on the other hand, is, and for no good reason from what I can see.
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Post by bicbasher on Sept 14, 2011 15:54:40 GMT
There was an arrangement where ELL customers from Dalston to Wapping could travel to any Zone 2 station on Oyster PAYG between those stations and only pay the Z2 fare as long as they didn't use SHS.
Yet I think it's now a Z1-2 single fare from Dalston to Wapping now?
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