Adding a Zone - Changeover

[wimbledonpete]

Hi

I have an Annual Gold Card, issued at Wimbledon, for zones 2-4. It's on my Oyster card and expires on 11th September. My office is moving so I need to add zone 1 to the ticket.

Today at Wimbledon I was told I couldn't do that on my Oyster card and that I'd need a new paper ticket, for which I'd need a photocard.

Does anyone know if that's actually the case please? I'd rather not go through the faff of getting a photocard and ending up not being able to use my Oyster but obviously will if I have to!

Thanks very much for any advice.

 

[MikeWh]

Unfortunately it is sort of right. You could buy an additional travelcard to cover the new zones, but it must be zones as 2 is the minimum. This is obviously a problem where you only need zone 1.

You might be better off not bothering. As you have zone 2 on your travelcard the most you'll have to pay for a single journey involving zone 1 would be £2.20. Alternatively there might be other ways round it depending on where you are going. Would a bus from Vauxhall be an option? Vauxhall is on the boundary between zones 1 and 2 and all buses are free with any travelcard. If you can give us more details of your journey we can suggest possibilities.

 

[island]

I think it is possible to get a changeover if your Oyster travelcard was originally issued at an NR station. It's a big old faff though so the clerk may have been unable or unwilling to do it. (As I understand it they have to transfer the Oyster travelcard onto a paper one, do the changeover issuing a new paper travelcard, and then transfer that onto the Oyster card.)

 

[wimbledonpete]

Thank you both for this - very useful to know. I do already go into zone 1 quite a lot and Vauxhall + the 87 or 88 buses are indeed my friends. And to be honest when travelling within zone 1 I do tend to use buses rather than the tube as it's included in the price and generally fine unless the traffic is terrible.

The new office is right by Piccadilly Circus - maybe I'll just stick with what I have - in the morning the bus from Vauxhall will be fine but in the evening I think I'd rather go to Waterloo just for the convenience of getting a seat.

Will do some maths - could you tell me if a single Vauxhall-Waterloo or on the tube is £2.20 at any time of day please?

Thanks again - much appreciated.
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Sorry, Mike, ignore me - you said the most I'd pay is £2.20 so I'll just work on that.