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« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2017, 21:05:16 »

Thanks!
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« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2017, 10:54:47 »

Thank you Paul. I'm getting confused here about the zones for Watford Jn and Watford tube stations

My colleague - who travels to Watford (met line) leads me to believe that station is in Zone 7

I'm still trying to confirm the zoning for Watford Junction.

Your colleague is right, I was wrongly thinking Watford High St (LO) and Watford (LU) were in the same zone.

But regarding zones, as pointed out earlier "Zone W" is a fudge for Oyster (Smartcard system used by passengers on Transport for London services) PAYG (Pay as you go) purposes, it isn't a term you'll see marked on the map.  Letter Zones are basically just a way of charging "special" fares, usually it means that the fare is set by the TOC (Train Operating Company) rather than TfL» (Transport for London - about).   

IIRC (if I recall/remember/read correctly) "Zone W" was the first to be explained publicly, but the tube maps of the day had the annotation "special fares apply" at Watford Junction...

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« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2017, 15:42:40 »

So let me make sure I understand it I would need two tickets.

Which would be..

1) Weekly RDG(resolve) to West Drayton
2) Weekly Zone 2 to zone 7

My understanding is that I do not need to catch a service which stops as West Drayton - is that correct?

Can I buy both elements of this ticket from a GWR (Great Western Railway) station?

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« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2017, 16:06:19 »

yes, that will work - but you may have to get the z2-7 ticket from an underground ticket seller....loaded on a Oyster (Smartcard system used by passengers on Transport for London services) - you'll need to enquire at w/drayton. they don't make it easy to split
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« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2017, 16:08:19 »

yes, that will work - but you may have to get the z2-7 ticket from an underground ticket seller....loaded on a Oyster (Smartcard system used by passengers on Transport for London services) - you'll need to enquire at w/drayton. they don't make it easy to split

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« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2017, 16:18:30 »

yes, that will work - but you may have to get the z2-7 ticket from an underground ticket seller....loaded on a Oyster (Smartcard system used by passengers on Transport for London services) - you'll need to enquire at w/drayton. they don't make it easy to split

Thanks Chris

You may be able to add a Z2-7 travel card to your Oyster card if you have one registered online, although you would need to nominate a station at which to 'collect' it, which would probably not be strictly within the rules for your first journey unless you hopped off the train at WDT.

I used to occasionally travel in to central London from Gatwick using Thameslink and could purchase a (day) ticket at Gatwick from there to the boundary of Zone 6 and a Z1-6 Travelcard to cover the rest, so it may be possible to do at RDG(resolve) - I wouldn't leave it until your first day of travel to find out though, unless someone here gives a definitive answer in the meantime! As stated I was travelling on day tickets, so no idea if this would work with a season ticket.
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« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2017, 16:32:07 »

day tickets from National Rail only go to z6 - so you need to transact with TfL» (Transport for London - about) to get z2-7
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