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wallofbeans

yorkie2 wrote: »

No, the Wandsworth Road to Dalston Junction fare assumes travel via Zone 1, because, as you admit...

But somebody might like the tour of London! Is it not possible to prove you've avoided zone 1 by swiping somewhere along the route?

yorkie2

wallofbeans wrote: »

But somebody might like the tour of London!

You can still go that way.

wallofbeans wrote: »

Is it not possible to prove you've avoided zone 1 by swiping somewhere along the route?

There is no fare defined for that.

yorkie2

wallofbeans wrote: »

Getting from Clapham North to Stratford without going through zone 1 on the tube.

Yes, that's right.

wallofbeans wrote: »

Or to be honest going anywhere south to north without going through zone 1.

There are many journeys for which it is possible to avoid Zone 1.

A high proportion of those will involve the use of National Rail services (including London Overground), but not all. Not that it matters, surely?

t0rt0ise

yorkie2 wrote: »

Not if the default fare gives you the benefit of the doubt and assumes you avoid Zone 1.

People need to be more careful now as the 'benefit of the doubt' thing has recently changed in the favour of the company for many journeys. People must hit a pink reader if travelling round rather than going through zone 1, if ever they see one. It's more important now than it used to be.

ThemeOne

If you're going from Wandsworth Road to Stratford I'd forget any idea of going via Shoreditch High St and Liverpool Street. It'll be two fares, and more expensive.

The system expects you to go via Canada Water.

wallofbeans

ThemeOne wrote: »

If you're going from Wandsworth Road to Stratford I'd forget any idea of going via Shoreditch High St and Liverpool Street. It'll be two fares, and more expensive.

The system expects you to go via Canada Water.

I was never thinking of doing that. It was either Liverpool Street or Stratford. There was talk of going to Shoreditch High Street and then walking to Liverpool Street. But other than that they were separate journeys.

Thanks anyway!

yorkie2

t0rt0ise wrote: »

People need to be more careful now as the 'benefit of the doubt' thing has recently changed in the favour of the company for many journeys.

This is concerning. Do you have any examples?

t0rt0ise wrote: »

People must hit a pink reader if travelling round rather than going through zone 1, if ever they see one. It's more important now than it used to be.

You must touch a pink reader to avoid the Zone 1 charge if there is a fare defined for avoiding Zone 1 which requires you to do so to avoid being charged the Zone 1 fare. In the OP's case there isn't such a requirement.

iAMaLONDONER

wallofbeans wrote: »

But somebody might like the tour of London! Is it not possible to prove you've avoided zone 1 by swiping somewhere along the route?

If you had Z2-3+ travelcard you could do so by breaking the journey at say Stratford ,and then going from Stratford-Dalston Junction.