List of stations in London fare zones 7–16

Fare zones 7–9 are ancillary zones of the Travelcard and Oyster card fares scheme managed by Transport for London, used for calculating fares from some stations outside Greater London that are not in zones 4, 5 and 6.[note a] Travelcards are available on Oyster with validity in these zones. They are not included in the validity of National Rail out-boundary Travelcards unless mentioned in the Route section as "AAA LDN ZONE 7-9".

Fare zones 10–15 (or A–F by their hexadecimal number) have fares set by National Rail train operating companies and the zones themselves are not publicised. The fare zones are outside Greater London, typically more than 16 miles (26 km) from Piccadilly Circus.

Fare zone 16 is the zone used internally by TfL to denote contactless-only stations outside the Oyster area.

Scope

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The zones extend in segments from the boundary of Greater London to the north and west into Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to the east into Essex and Kent and to the south into Surrey and West Sussex.

Unlike zones 1–6, they do not form complete rings around London but rather patches.[1] They include eight London Underground stations on the Metropolitan line and London Overground stations. Also, Travelcards season tickets for these zones are only sold in limited combinations, unlike in Zones 1-6 where all combinations covering at least two consecutive zones are sold, and outboundary Travelcards (one which includes travel between a station outside the zonal system and some numbered zones) do not include travel in Zones 7-9 unless specifically stated.

Zone 7

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Zone 7 consists of the Hertfordshire stations on the Metropolitan Line and the first London Overground and West Anglia Main Line stations outside zone 6.

Station Local authority Managed by Notes
Carpenders Park Three Rivers London Overground
Chorleywood London Underground also served by Chiltern Railways
Croxley
Moor Park also in zone 6
Rickmansworth also served by Chiltern Railways
Theobalds Grove Broxbourne London Overground
Waltham Cross Greater Anglia
Watford Watford London Underground

Zone 8

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Zone 8 consists of Chalfont & Latimer, the remaining London Overground stations where TfL set fares, and stations in Kent where Oyster is valid.

Station Local authority Managed by Notes
Bushey Watford London Overground also served by London Northwestern Railway
Chalfont & Latimer Buckinghamshire London Underground also served by Chiltern Railways
Cheshunt Broxbourne Greater Anglia also served by London Overground
Dartford Dartford Southeastern also served by Thameslink
Swanley Sevenoaks
Watford High Street Watford London Overground

Zone 9

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Zone 9 consists of Amersham, Brentwood and Chesham. Cuffley and Epsom are technically in this zone (for capping purposes only), but not publicised as such due to cheaper paper fares on weekly, monthly and annual tickets.

The following stations are within zone 9:

Station Local authority Managed by Notes
Amersham Buckinghamshire London Underground also served by Chiltern Railways
Brentwood Brentwood Elizabeth line
Chesham Buckinghamshire London Underground
Cuffley Welwyn Hatfield Great Northern zone unpublicised
Epsom Epsom and Ewell Southern zone unpublicised, also served by South Western Railway

Special Zones

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These zones have their fares set by National Rail companies. Zones are referred to by their decimal or hexadecimal number. Zones are allocated corridors extending out from London, rather than the roughly concentric circles that the non-special zones have.

Zone 10, or Zone A consists of Watford Junction (sometimes called Zone W), and c2c stations out to Grays (sometimes called Zone G)

Zone 11, or Zone B, consists of the stations out to Hertford not covered by numbered zones, as well as Potters Bar and Radlett

Zone 12, or Zone C, is Shenfield station

Zone 13, or Zone D, consists of the stations between zone 6 and Gatwick Airport

Zone 14, or Zone E, is Gatwick Airport station

Zone 15, or Zone F, was reserved for Elizabeth line stations out to Reading,[2] although it hasn't been used.

The following stations are inside the Oyster zonal system, but special fares apply:

Zone Station Local authority Managed by Notes
10/A/G Chafford Hundred Thurrock c2c
Grays
Ockendon
Purfleet
10/A/W Watford Junction Watford London Northwestern Railway also served by London Overground and Southern. Avanti West Coast and Caledonian Sleeper services also call, but are pick-up only when going out of London and set-down only when heading into London, hence can't be used by passengers travelling within the Oyster area.
11 / B Bayford East Hertfordshire Great Northern
Broxbourne Broxbourne Greater Anglia
Hertford East East Hertfordshire
Hertford North Great Northern
Potters Bar Hertsmere also served by Thameslink
Radlett Thameslink
Rye House Broxbourne Greater Anglia
St Margarets East Hertfordshire
Ware
12 / C Shenfield Brentwood also served by Elizabeth line
13 / D Earlswood Reigate and Banstead Southern mainly served by Thameslink
Horley mainly served by Thameslink
Merstham also served by Thameslink
Redhill also served by Great Western Railway and Thameslink
Salfords mainly served by Thameslink
14 / E Gatwick Airport Crawley Gatwick Express also served by Great Western Railway, Southern and Thameslink

Contactless-only (Zone 16)

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The Oyster card supports a maximum of 15 zones.[3] The London pay-as-you-go system continues beyond the zones. Due to technical limitations with Oyster cards, they are not valid and only contactless payment cards may be used. Contactless-only PAYG is valid out to Luton Airport Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, High Wycombe and Reading.

Although the contactless payment cap doesn't apply on a zonal basis, Zone 16 is used as a placeholder for contactless-only stations in the fare data.[4]

The following stations are contactless only:

Station Local authority Managed by Valid from Notes
Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire Chiltern Railways June 2024[5] Not shown on London and Rail tube map[6]
Bourne End Buckinghamshire Great Western Railway May 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[7]
Brookmans Park Welwyn Hatfield Great Northern August 2019
Burnham Slough Elizabeth line January 2020
Cookham Windsor & Maidenhead Great Western Railway May 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[8]
Furze Platt
Denham Buckinghamshire Chiltern Railways June 2024[5] Not shown on London and Rail tube map[9]
Denham Golf Club
Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire Chiltern Railways June 2024[5] Not shown on London and Rail tube map[10]
Harpenden St Albans Thameslink October 2019
Hatfield Welwyn Hatfield Great Northern November 2019 also served by Thameslink
Henley-on-Thames South Oxfordshire Great Western Railway March 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[11]
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire Chiltern Railways June 2024[5] Not shown on London and Rail tube map[12]
Iver Buckinghamshire Elizabeth line January 2020
Langley Slough
Luton Airport Parkway Luton Thameslink October 2019 also served by East Midlands Railway
Maidenhead Windsor & Maidenhead Great Western Railway January 2020 also served by Elizabeth line
Marlow Buckinghamshire May 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[13]
Reading Reading Network Rail January 2020 Pay-as-you-go only valid on Great Western Railway and Elizabeth line services
Seer Green & Jordans Buckinghamshire Chiltern Railways June 2024[5] Not shown on London and Rail tube map[14]
St Albans City St Albans Thameslink October 2019
Shiplake South Oxfordshire Great Western Railway March 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[15]
Slough Slough January 2020 also served by Elizabeth line
Taplow Buckinghamshire Elizabeth line January 2020
Twyford Wokingham Great Western Railway also served by Elizabeth line
Wargrave March 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[16]
Welham Green Welwyn Hatfield Great Northern November 2019
Welwyn Garden City Great Northern also served by Thameslink
Windsor & Eton Central Windsor & Maidenhead Great Western Railway March 2022 Not shown on London and Rail tube map[17]

The following stations will be accepting Contactless payment cards:

Station Local authority Managed by Valid from Notes
Apsley Dacorum London Northwestern Railway 22 September 2024[18][19]
Ashford Spelthorne South Western Railway
Basildon Basildon c2c
Bat & Ball Sevenoaks Southeastern Only served by Thameslink
Benfleet Castle Point c2c
Berkhamsted Dacorum London Northwestern Railway
Bletchley Milton Keynes
Bricket Wood St Albans
Chalkwell Southend-on-Sea c2c
Cheddington Buckinghamshire London Northwestern Railway
Datchet Windsor & Maidenhead South Western Railway
Dunton Green Sevenoaks Southeastern
East Tilbury Thurrock c2c
Egham Runnymede South Western Railway
Eynsford Sevenoaks Southeastern
Garston Watford London Northwestern Railway
Hemel Hempstead Dacorum London Northwestern Railway Limited service also served by Southern
How Wood St Albans London Northwestern Railway
Kempton Park Spelthorne South Western Railway
Kings Langley Three Rivers London Northwestern Railway
Laindon Basildon c2c
Leigh-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea
Leighton Buzzard Central Bedfordshire London Northwestern Railway
Otford Sevenoaks Southeastern Also served by Thameslink
Park Street St Albans London Northwestern Railway
Pitsea Basildon c2c
Sevenoaks Sevenoaks Southeastern Also served by Thameslink
Shepperton Spelthorne South Western Railway
Shoeburyness Southend-on-Sea c2c
Shoreham Sevenoaks Southeastern Only served by Thameslink
Southend Central Southend-on-Sea c2c
Southend East
St Albans Abbey St Albans London Northwestern Railway
Staines Spelthorne South Western Railway
Stanford-le-Hope Thurrock c2c
Sunbury Spelthorne South Western Railway
Sunnymeads Windsor & Maidenhead
Thorpe Bay Southend-on-Sea c2c
Tilbury Town Thurrock
Tring Dacorum London Northwestern Railway
Upper Halliford Spelthorne South Western Railway
Virginia Water Runnymede
Watford North Watford London Northwestern Railway
West Horndon Brentwood c2c
Westcliff Southend-on-Sea
Windsor & Eton Riverside Windsor & Maidenhead South Western Railway
Wraysbury

Changes

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  • January 1997: Debden and Theydon Bois moved from Zone A to Zone 6, Epping moved from Zone B to zone 6 and Moor Park moved from zone A to zones 6 and A
  • January 1998: Amersham and Chesham moved from zone C to zone D
  • January 2004: Watford moved from zone B to zone A
  • November 2007: Carpenders Park, Bushey, Watford High Street and Watford Junction added into the system outside the TfL fare zones. [20]
  • January 2008: Zones A (Croxley, Rickmansworth and Watford) and B (Chorleywood) merged and renamed zone 7, with Carpenders Park added. Zone C (Chalfont & Latimer) renamed zone 8, with Watford High Street added. Zone D (Amersham and Chesham) renamed zone 9. Watford Junction added to zone 'W' (zone 10).
  • January 2010: Chafford Hundred, Grays, Purfleet and Ockendon added to system in zone 'G' (zone 10). [21]
  • January 2013: Theobalds Grove and Waltham Cross added to system in zone 7. Cheshunt added to system in zone 8. Brentwood and Broxbourne added to system in new zone 11. Shenfield added to system in new zone 12[22]
  • May 2015: Brentwood moved from zone 11 to Zone 9
  • September 2015: Dartford added to system in zone 8
  • October 2015: Rye House, St Margarets (Hertfordshire), Ware and Hertford East added to system in zone 11
  • January 2016: Merstham, Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords and Horley added to the system in new zone 13. Gatwick Airport added to system in new zone 14[23]
  • March 2016: Swanley added to system in zone 8[24]
  • February 2019: Epsom added to system in zone 9 (although the zone isn't publicised)[25]
  • April 2019: Cuffley (zone 9 but not publicised), Bayford (zone 11) and Hertford North (zone 11) added to system[26]
  • August 2019: Potters Bar and Radlett added to system in zone 11 - the last stations to get Oyster
  • August 2019: Brookmans Park added to system (contactless only)
  • October 2019: St Albans, Harpenden and Luton Airport Parkway added to system (contactless only)
  • November 2019: Welham Green, Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City added to system (contactless only)[26]
  • January 2020: The contactless area is expanded from West Drayton to Reading on the Great Western Main Line only (excluding the branches).
  • March 2022: The Henley branch and Windsor & Eton Central are added into the contactless only area.[27]
  • May 2022: The Marlow branch is added to the contactless-only area.
  • June 2024: The contactless-only area is expanded from West Ruislip to High Wycombe.[28]
  • TBC: The contactless-only area is expanded to all stations on the c2c network, London Northwestern Railway from Watford Junction to Bletchley and St Albans Abbey, South Western Railway from Feltham to Virginia Water, Shepperton and Windsor & Eton Riverside, and Southeastern from Swanley and Orpington to Sevenoaks.[29][30]

See also

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Notes

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  • Note a: ^ The following stations outside Greater London are in zones 4–6:

References

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  1. ^ Transport for London - London Connections Map Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Ticketing + Revenue Update Issue No 112" (PDF). Transport for London. September–October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ TRU112, page 11, Transport for London
  4. ^ FOI-1501-1920, Freedom of Information Request, Transport for London
  5. ^ a b c d e by (11 June 2024). "TfL-style contactless payments expanding on Chiltern Railways: More stations go live this month". ianVisits. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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  19. ^ "Essex stations unaffected by contactless rollout delay after 'cyber security' incident". EssexLive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  20. ^ Tube Map, November 2007
  21. ^ Transport for London. "Media Briefing Note – Oyster on National Rail" (PDF). Greater London Authority.
  22. ^ "London Rail and Tube Services Map" (PDF). TfL. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  23. ^ "Contactless payments and Oyster to make travel to and from Gatwick Airport seamless". Southern. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  24. ^ "Pay as you go travel with contactless and Oyster extends to Swanley". Transport for London. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  25. ^ "Oyster at Epsom". oyster-rail.org.uk. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  26. ^ a b "Oyster card scheme extension agreed". BBC. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  27. ^ "Pay as you go with contactless extended to GWR branch lines". Great Western Railway. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  28. ^ "Pay as you go expansion". Chiltern Railways. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Pay as you go with contactless area of validity map" (PDF). National Rail. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Pay as you go with contactless expansion". South Western Railway. Retrieved 27 July 2024.