Which zone is croydon at in london

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If a general election happened tomorrow, which party would you support? Lib Dem. Oyster is a smartcard which can hold credit to pay as you go, as well as Travelcards.

Thousands of us use these stations every year, even millions at some stations. But the busiest station, East Croydon is not quite the most dangerous. Despite having by far the highest number of crimes in the last 12 months, a period from February to January , East Croydon is only third most dangerous.

It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and is 3 miles 36 chains 5. West Croydon is a combined railway, bus station and tram stop in Croydon, south London. The East London line, part of London Overground, was extended to the station in If you are a resident or long-term visitor there are monthly and annual Travelcards. But Epping, several miles beyond the boundary and even outside the M25, gets to be in zone 6 because of a special arrangement between TfL and the local authorities.

There are several reasons for such oddities. Measurements from Charing Cross, convenient though they are, might be misleading.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, based on Ordnance Survey data. A third is that its boundaries owe as much to the local politics of the early s as they do to any rational sense of what London is.

The only reason Epsom ended up outside, despite being an entirely suburban district surrounded by Greater London on three sides, is because the local Tories kicked up a stink half a century ago. More on that here. That, perversely, means higher fares for the locals today. Jonn Elledge is the editor of CityMetric. Want more of this stuff? Follow CityMetric on Twitter or Facebook.