List of stations in London fare zones 7–9

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.

Scope

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.

Zone 7

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	Three Rivers	London Underground	also served by Chiltern Railways
Croxley	Three Rivers	London Underground
Moor Park	Three Rivers	London Underground	also in zone 6
Rickmansworth	Three Rivers	London Underground	also served by Chiltern Railways
Theobalds Grove	Broxbourne	London Overground
Waltham Cross	Broxbourne	Greater Anglia
Watford	Watford	London Underground

Zone 8

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	Southeastern	also served by Thameslink
Watford High Street	Watford	London Overground

Zone 9

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	TfL Rail
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

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, is 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	Thurrock	c2c
	Ockendon	Thurrock	c2c
	Purfleet	Thurrock	c2c
10/A/W	Watford Junction	Watford	London Northwestern Railway	also served by London Overground and Southern. Avanti West Coast services also call, but Oyster not valid.
11 / B	Bayford	East Hertfordshire	Great Northern
	Broxbourne	Broxbourne	Greater Anglia
	Hertford East	East Hertfordshire	Greater Anglia
	Hertford North	East Hertfordshire	Great Northern
	Potters Bar	Hertsmere	Great Northern	also served by Thameslink
	Radlett	Hertsmere	Thameslink
	Rye House	Broxbourne	Greater Anglia
	St Margarets	East Hertfordshire	Greater Anglia
	Ware	East Hertfordshire	Greater Anglia
12 / C	Shenfield	Brentwood	Greater Anglia	also served by TfL Rail
13 / D	Earlswood	Reigate and Banstead	Southern	mainly served by Thameslink
	Horley	Reigate and Banstead	Southern	mainly served by Thameslink
	Merstham	Reigate and Banstead	Southern	also served by Thameslink
	Redhill	Reigate and Banstead	Southern	also served by Great Western Railway and Thameslink
	Salfords	Reigate and Banstead	Southern	mainly served by Thameslink
14 / E	Gatwick Airport	Crawley	Gatwick Express	also served by Great Western Railway, Southern and Thameslink

Contactless-only

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, and Reading.

The following stations are contactless only:

Station	Local authority	Managed by	Valid from	Notes
Brookmans Park	Welwyn Hatfield	Great Northern	August 2019
Burnham	Slough	TfL Rail	January 2020
Harpenden	City of St Albans	Thameslink	October 2019
Hatfield	Welwyn Hatfield	Great Northern	November 2019	also served by Thameslink
Iver	Buckinghamshire	TfL Rail	January 2020
Langley	Slough	TfL Rail	January 2020
Luton Airport Parkway	Luton	Thameslink	October 2019	also served by East Midlands Railway
Maidenhead	Windsor & Maidenhead	Great Western Railway	January 2020	also served by TfL Rail
Reading	Reading	Network Rail	January 2020	Pay-as-you-go only valid on Great Western Railway and TfL Rail services
St Albans City	City of St Albans	Thameslink	October 2019
Slough	Slough	Great Western Railway	January 2020	also served by TfL Rail
Taplow	Buckinghamshire	TfL Rail	January 2020
Twyford	Wokingham	Great Western Railway	January 2020	also served by TfL Rail
Welham Green	Welwyn Hatfield	Great Northern	November 2019
Welwyn Garden City	Welwyn Hatfield	Great Northern	November 2019	also served by Thameslink

Changes

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
January 2008: Zones A (Croxley, Rickmansworth and Watford) and B (Chorleywood) merged and renamed zone 7. Zone C (Chalfont & Latimer) renamed zone 8. Zone D (Amersham and Chesham) renamed zone 9.
January 2010: Chafford Hundred, Grays, Purfleet and Ockendon added to system in new zone 'G'. Watford Junction added to system in new zone 'W'.[3]
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[4]
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[5]
March 2016: Swanley added to system in zone 8[6]
February 2019: Epsom added to system in zone 9 (although the zone isn't publicised)[7]
April 2019: Cuffley (zone 9 but not publicised), Bayford (zone 11) and Hertford North (zone 11) added to system[8]
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)[8]
January 2020: Burnham, Iver, Langley, Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Taplow and Twyford added to the system (contactless only)

Notes

Note a: ^ The following stations outside Greater London are in zones 1–6:

References

Transport for London - London Connections Map Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
"Ticketing + Revenue Update Issue No 112" (PDF). Transport for London. September–October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
Transport for London. "Media Briefing Note – Oyster on National Rail" (PDF). Greater London Authority.
"London Rail and Tube Services Map" (PDF). TfL. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
"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.
"Pay as you go travel with contactless and Oyster extends to Swanley". Transport for London. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
"Oyster at Epsom". oyster-rail.org.uk. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
"Oyster card scheme extension agreed". BBC. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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[map-1] Transport for London - London Connections Map Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[A-F-2] "Ticketing + Revenue Update Issue No 112" (PDF). Transport for London. September–October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[atoc-3] Transport for London. "Media Briefing Note – Oyster on National Rail" (PDF). Greater London Authority.

[4] "London Rail and Tube Services Map" (PDF). TfL. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

[Gatwick-5] "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.

[TfL-6] "Pay as you go travel with contactless and Oyster extends to Swanley". Transport for London. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[7] "Oyster at Epsom". oyster-rail.org.uk. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[Herts-8] "Oyster card scheme extension agreed". BBC. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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