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. 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 from Piccadilly Circus.
Fare zone 16 is the zone used internally by TfL to denote contactless-only stations outside the Oyster area.
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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Underground | also served by Chiltern Railways | |||
| also in zone 6 | ||||
| also served by Chiltern Railways | ||||
Zone 8 consists of, the remaining London Overground stations where TfL set fares, and stations in Kent where Oyster is valid.
| Station | Local authority | Managed by | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also served by London Northwestern Railway | ||||
| also served by Chiltern Railways | ||||
| also served by London Overground | ||||
| also served by Thameslink | ||||
| Sevenoaks | ||||
Zone 9 consists of, and . and 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also served by Chiltern Railways | ||||
| zone unpublicised | ||||
| zone unpublicised, also served by South Western Railway |
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 (sometimes called Zone W), and c2c stations out to (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 station
Zone 13, or Zone D, consists of the stations between zone 6 and Gatwick Airport
Zone 14, or Zone E, is station
Zone 15, or Zone F, was reserved for Elizabeth line stations out to,[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 | |||||
| 10/A/W | 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 | |||||
| also served by Thameslink | |||||
| 12 / C | also served by Elizabeth line | ||||
| 13 / D | mainly served by Thameslink | ||||
| mainly served by Thameslink | |||||
| also served by Thameslink | |||||
| also served by Great Western Railway and Thameslink | |||||
| mainly served by Thameslink | |||||
| 14 / E | also served by Great Western Railway, Southern and Thameslink |
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,, and .
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | Chiltern Railways | June 2024[5] | Not shown on London and Rail tube map[6] | ||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[7] | |||||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[8] | |||||
| Buckinghamshire | Chiltern Railways | June 2024 | Not shown on London and Rail tube map[9] | ||
| Buckinghamshire | Chiltern Railways | June 2024 | Not shown on London and Rail tube map[10] | ||
| also served by Thameslink | |||||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[11] | |||||
| Buckinghamshire | Chiltern Railways | June 2024 | Not shown on London and Rail tube map[12] | ||
| also served by East Midlands Railway | |||||
| also served by Elizabeth line | |||||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[13] | |||||
| Pay-as-you-go only valid on Great Western Railway and Elizabeth line services | |||||
| Buckinghamshire | Chiltern Railways | June 2024 | Not shown on London and Rail tube map[14] | ||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[15] | |||||
| also served by Elizabeth line | |||||
| also served by Elizabeth line | |||||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[16] | |||||
| also served by Thameslink | |||||
| Not shown on London and Rail tube map[17] |
| Station | Local authority | Managed by | Valid from | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of 2024 | ||||
| Only served by Thameslink | ||||
| Limited service also served by Southern | ||||
| St Albans | ||||
| Also served by Thameslink | ||||
| Also served by Thameslink | ||||
| Only served by Thameslink | ||||