Take the following journey: Hayes & Harlington to Woolwich Arsenal.
Three fares (with railcard): £1.90, £0.95 and £2.70.
The 95p fare is routed "Avoiding Zone 1 via Ealing Broadway, Shepherd's Bush, Willesden Junction and Stratford". Seems fair enough.
But then we look at the timings for this Friday...
Hayes & Harlington 13:10 - 13:19 Ealing Broadway GW
Ealing Broadway 13:24 - 13:38 Shepherd's Bush LU
Shepherd's Bush OSI
Shepherd's Bush 13:44 - 13:51 Willesden Junction LO
Willesden Junction Pink Reader
Willesden Junction 13:56 - 14:39 Stratford LO
Stratford Pink Reader
Stratford 14:49 - 14:55 Canning Town LU
Canning Town 14:57 - 15:10 Woolwich Arsenal DLR
The whole journey takes 120 minutes. Plus I'd allow 5 minutes either end to touch in/out and wait.
Let's see how many zone boundaries we pass...
Z5 - Z4 - Z3 - Z2 - Z3 - Z4
That's 5 boundaries, so we are allowed 110 minutes. That means my bargain basement 95p fare suddenly becomes in excess of £5.
Am I looking at this correctly or have I allowed too much time for the connections (bearing in mind that I'm not Usain Bolt)!!
Three fares (with railcard): £1.90, £0.95 and £2.70.
The 95p fare is routed "Avoiding Zone 1 via Ealing Broadway, Shepherd's Bush, Willesden Junction and Stratford". Seems fair enough.
But then we look at the timings for this Friday...
Hayes & Harlington 13:10 - 13:19 Ealing Broadway GW
Ealing Broadway 13:24 - 13:38 Shepherd's Bush LU
Shepherd's Bush OSI
Shepherd's Bush 13:44 - 13:51 Willesden Junction LO
Willesden Junction Pink Reader
Willesden Junction 13:56 - 14:39 Stratford LO
Stratford Pink Reader
Stratford 14:49 - 14:55 Canning Town LU
Canning Town 14:57 - 15:10 Woolwich Arsenal DLR
The whole journey takes 120 minutes. Plus I'd allow 5 minutes either end to touch in/out and wait.
Let's see how many zone boundaries we pass...
Z5 - Z4 - Z3 - Z2 - Z3 - Z4
That's 5 boundaries, so we are allowed 110 minutes. That means my bargain basement 95p fare suddenly becomes in excess of £5.
Am I looking at this correctly or have I allowed too much time for the connections (bearing in mind that I'm not Usain Bolt)!!