Talk:List of stations in London fare zone 2

Proposed article rename
I'm proposing that we rename this article to Travelcard Zone 2, and amend the link texts on referring pages similarly. I explain why, and invite comments, on Talk:London Underground Zone 1. -- Chris j wood 22:54, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

observe acton town is not included!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.129.139 (talk) 08:52, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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Longest journey in a single zone
Actually 86.181... is (almost) entirely correct. Either you are not familiar with London's transport infrastructure, or you really haven't looked at the transport map (the increasingly inaccurately named tube map now includes all London's rail transport). Looking at a map from a reliable source, TfL themselves, is a long way from 'original research' as you claim. Zoned fare systems do throw up some anomalies particularly where journeys are circumferential rather than radial because larger parts of the journey can remain within a single zone. The map clearly shows that the entire journey claimed is within a single zone and therefore really is the longest journey that can be made for a single zone fare of £1.80. If in doubt enter the stations in the TfL fare calculator at. Using 86.181...'s long journey (and using peak fares because the off-peak fares allow multiple zone journeys):


 * Hackney Wick to Clapham Junction gives the single zone fare of £1.80 (and from the map is the longest single zone journey without changing at 19 stops).
 * Clapham Junction to Whitechapel also gives the single zone fare of £1.80.
 * Trains can be changed anywhere on the journey and it will always count as a single zone journey for charging purposes (in this case £1.80 for the combined journey).
 * Hackney Wick to Whitechapel does give the fare of £3.20 because of the assumed change at Canonbury which takes the journey through zone 1 (86.181... was incorrect to say that it is a three-zone journey - it isn't, it's a 2 zone because Whitechapel is a dual zone station in zone 2 and zone 1). It might appear to be 3 zone from the cost because zone 1 is charged at a much higher rate.

The TfL calculator offers a clue by stating that you can travel via Stratford and avoid zone 1 (though it does involve an extra change). The same applies to going via Clapham Junction, though nobody would normally wish to do so (which is probably why the calculator does not suggest it). What you do need to do is tap your card on a pink validator at Clapham Junction (of which there are plenty as there are several normal journeys through this station which can be made by avoiding zone 1). The pink validator merely informs the system that the journey did not come through zone 1 and therefore does not charge for it .

Therefore: from the map (no interpretation required), Hackney Wick to Whitechapel is the longest journey that can be made whilst remaining within a single zone. 185.69.145.220 (talk) 14:29, 23 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Actually scrub most of the above.
 * The journey from Hackney Wick to Clapham Junction is the longest journey that can be made without changing, and where the TfL's system will charge you a single zone fare. The fare calculator and the map support this at least.
 * However: a closer examination of the map shows that it is, at least theoretically, possible to completely circumnavigate London and stay entirely within zone 2. The only two problems are: that I do not know if all the stations where you have to change have pink validators, and that the journey would certainly exceed the journey time limit of two hours so would be charged as two unresolved journeys. But, it is, theoretically possible to make a very long journey within a single zone which the map supports. 185.69.145.220 (talk) 15:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * And I have just found a source for this, though very slightly different (and reversed) to the route that I had in mind so both can definitely go in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.69.145.220 (talk) 15:13, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The TfL map shows which stations are on which lines, and which zones the stations lie in. That is all. It shows no fares whatsoever, nor does it give any indication of where Oyster validators may be found, or what colour they are, or what happens should you fail to touch one of them. It is certainly not to scale, and so is useless for judging distance. You (or 86.181.0.154, see User talk:86.181.0.154) need to locate a reliable third-party source that explicitly supports these claims, in pursuance of our core content policies WP:V and WP:NOR. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 23:24, 23 September 2022 (UTC)