I'm convinced that once upon a time Iver station was in zone 6 (the last station on the GWML in zone 6 is currently West Drayton). Did I just imagine this?
I'm convinced that once upon a time Iver station was in zone 6 (the last station on the GWML in zone 6 is currently West Drayton). Did I just imagine this?
When do you think it was in Zone 6? I think the latter is more likely!
Iver is in Buckinghamshire, not Greater London and as far as I'm aware, it has never been in the travelcard zones
About 10 - 15 years ago i planned a "one day travel card bash" and I remember specifically working out how long I would have to wait for a train back at Iver. In the event the bash never happened but the other day while standing at a tube station I looked at the London Connections Zones map and I was surprised to see that in my view "Iver was no longer in Zone 6".
Must have just misread the zone map at the time!
I would like to mention that although in Buckinghamshire, the northern end of the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground is part of the Travelcard zones.
Iver is in Buckinghamshire, not Greater London and as far as I'm aware, it has never been in the travelcard zones
Only because of Oyster. Zone 6 finishes at Moor Park. Before Oyster stations beyond Moor Park were not in Travelcard zones; the map said "special fares apply" apart from for a year or two when they brought in zones A-D.
http://www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps/tube98.jpg
http://www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps/tube99.jpg
Travelcards from Zones A-D were available from before Oyster came in. They came in in the late nineties, whilst the first Oyster cards were issued in 2002.
Zone maps used to show the first station outside the zones in a different colour, which is probably where the confusion arises.
Strangely enough, Shepperton and Staines are/were in Middlesex, but like Iver are not part of the Travelcard zones.