But prices for passengers travelling out of London will not be changed, meaning commuters will always be charged the cheaper fare - as if they were still travelling from Zone 3. For instance, anyone travelling from Stratford to Westminster will now be charged for a Zone 2 to Zone 1 journey, but commuters heading from Stratford to Romford will still be charged for a Zone 3 to Zone 6 journey.
Overall, the cost of journeys across the National Rail network has increased by 1. Moving Stratford to Zone 2 will not entice me to visit this dystopian future nightmare of a place any more than is already necessary.
Today Stratford has become Zone 2. Wouldn't it be better if the further you had the commute the cheaper it was ES Money. The Escapist. Image source, Google.
Stratford Station is one of eight east London stations to be rezoned. Related Topics. Published 2 January Published 29 December The zones are marked in either white or grey. Scroll around or type in a station name in the search box to see the zone. Find the closest underground or train station to your accommodation. Then find the zone of the station you want to travel to. For example:. There may be occasions when you need to travel outside the zones on your weekly or monthly Travelcard.
The procedure is slightly different if you have a Travelcard loaded on an Oyster card, or a paper Travelcard:. If you already have a weekly Travelcard for certain zones and want to visit a place outside that zone, top-up your Oyster card with some Pay as you go money to cover the cost of travelling between the last zone on your Travelcard and the zone you want to visit. For example, if you have a zone weekly Travelcard and you want to visit Richmond in zone 4, you need to add extra money to your Oyster to cover the fare for zones 3 and 4.
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