Correct charge for out of zones Oyster Travel.

[JonathanH]

Any ideas if they do a season ticket of a Boundary Zone ticket? Like a weekly from Boundary 5 to Potters Bar?

Appreciate everyone's responses on this.

No, it would be necessary to have a season ticket for Potters Bar to New Barnet (ie first station in Zone 5).

 

[greatkingrat]

There isn't even a bad website with boundary fares on PAYG. They are simply not published.

'Paper' boundary fares are available on the BRfares website, which is a good website.

Sounds like a subject for an FOI Act request?

 

[JonathanH]

Sounds like a subject for an FOI Act request?

I think it has been tried. TfL say it isn't their problem. DfT say it isn't their problem.

 

[neodoughnut]

Thanks for all the responses everyone! So it looks like I will get daily paper Anytime Return Tickets From Potters Bar to New Barnet as it works out a lot cheaper than the Weekly Season Ticket (I work 4 days a week - 4 x £5.40 vs £28.00).

 

[Watershed]

I would imagine that just indicates that the extension fare from Zone 5 to Potters Bar, which is unpublished, is more than the point-to-point fare for New Southgate to Potters Bar.

The rip-off unpublished extension fares strike again... under the Consumer Rights Act, if a price is not agreed before the service is provided, only a "reasonable" price may be charged.

I fail to see how TfL can claim that the inflated extension fares are "reasonable", particularly given that there's nothing that TfL publishes which warns that extension fares may be more expensive than point to point fares.

Of course, whether TfL will willingly refund you the difference is a different question to whether they're obliged to do so. If they refuse, you'll have to consider whether it's worth your time and effort to pursue the matter further.

But I'm sure I've actually purchased tickets in the past with Boundary Zones from ticket offices? And even TVMs?

The 'paper' Boundary Zone fares (in some cases they may also be able to be fulfilled as e-tickets or on a smartcard) are completely separate to the Oyster/contactless PAYG extension fares.

 

[Surreytraveller]

Any ideas if they do a season ticket of a Boundary Zone ticket? Like a weekly from Boundary 5 to Potters Bar?

Appreciate everyone's responses on this.

Either a season to the boundary station, or a season from Potters Bar to Zone 6

 

[JonathanH]

Either a season to the boundary station, or a season from Potters Bar to Zone 6

There is no such thing as a season from Potters Bar to Zone 6. The 'boundary station' is New Barnet, in Zone 5.

 

[Alex365Dash]

Any ideas if they do a season ticket of a Boundary Zone ticket? Like a weekly from Boundary 5 to Potters Bar?

Appreciate everyone's responses on this.

You can get a weekly ticket between Potters Bar and New Barnet for £28, but it’s priced at approximately 5.2x the Anytime Day Return so day returns will probably be better value unless you go out on one of the weekend days more than once every 4 weeks.

Which, to be fair for you, might be a possibility…

EDIT: Beaten to it, didn’t turn the page!

That said, a Flexi Season can be purchased between Potters Bar and New Barnet for £41 and gives a day’s worth of travel in and out of Zone 5 for any 8 days you pick in a span of 28. This would bring it to a daily cost of £5.13/day - you’d need to buy these every two weeks.