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Hi,
Why is Hertford North to Moorgate cheaper than Hertford North to Covent Garden – is this due to having to change from national rail to tube (at either Finsbury Park or Highbury & Islington)?
On a slightly different note, what is the cost of getting from H North to South Bermondsey (this would weekend and so off-peak). I thought about avoiding zone 1 although the cost difference seems to be minimal?
Finally, can I expect any improvements to rail costs at peak time in the future? Peak time cost is mental, especially given I cannot use my railcard (16-25); it is crazy to me to pay upwards of £12.00 one-way and then less than £5 the other (coming into Covent Garden, charged £12.80 ; leaving off-peak out from Moorgate, charged £4.75). I am soon-to-be working and not sure how I will afford the transportation costs (or weighed up; the housing costs to be closer).
Hi,
Yes, using the Underground from Hertford North will add extra to the cost for travel to zone 1. I don’t think there is likely to be any significant reduction in peak fares anytime soon. In to Covent Garden and out from Moorgate is quite an interesting journey combination. How do you get between the two during the day?
There are no avoiding zone 1 fares between Hertford North and South Bermondsey. You can avoid zone 1 if you go to Bermondsey on the Jubilee line via Stratford. The cheapest fare means using Thameslink between either Finsbury Park or St Pancras and London Bridge and then Southern to South Bermondsey. If Thameslink is shut for engineering works then you may have to pay the extra to use the tube.
The fare structure from the GN stations is quite interesting and not logical! You pay the same fare to any NR station in zones 1-6 (travelling via z1 and using NR only) as you do to Moorgate, this would include to South Bermondsey. So, for example, Hertford N to East Croydon, Slade Green, Hampton Ct, Elstree & Borehamwood, Hatch End are all £7.20 off peak, 10p more than a journey avoiding zone 1. This fare also covers the tube between Finsbury Park and Kings Cross on the Victoria and Piccadilly lines as well as Kings Cross to Liverpool Street on the Northern (excluding starting / finishing a journey at Angel), Circle , Metropolitan or H&C lines and Farringdon to Abbey Wood (but NOT Stratford and beyond) on the Elizabeth Line. The rationale for a lot of this is that NR tickets have traditionally had interavailability with the underground between Finsbury Park and Moorgate going back to the pre-1975 time when Hertford North trains ran to Moorgate via Kings Cross and the ‘widened lines’.
Any journey requiring a tube journey, or Elizabeth Line to Tottenham Ct Red and the West, beyond those listed above will cost more – £9.90 for any journey ending in zones 1-6. The same applies to C2C, GA, Elizabeth line (Stratford & beyond), and Weaver line stations in z2-6 via Liverpool St (the assumption is you use the tube between Moorgate and Liverpool Street even if you walk via the Elizabeth line platform).
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