London fare zones London fare zones Rail service fares in Greater London and the surrounding area are calculated in accordance with the London fare zones system managed by Transport for London. Within London, all London Underground, National Rail, London Overground, TfL Rail and Docklands Light Railway stations are assigned to nine fare zones. Fare zone 1 covers the central area and fare zones 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 form concentric rings around it. Some National Rail stations and all Transport for London served stations outside Greater London in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey are either included in fare zones
West London Orbital Line, Bakerloo Line, High Speed 2, Crossrail and the Piccadilly Line. It is anticipated the line will be operational by the mid-2020s, reflecting the fact that it makes use of existing under-used rail infrastructure rather than requiring significant lengths of new track or tunnels to be built. An unrelated scheme of the same name was previously proposed in June 2008 by the West London Business group. That proposal involved the construction of a new underground line across West and South West London and did not progress beyond concept stage. The West London Orbital line consists of a number of distinct