Journey Planner

[Matt Lawrence]

James Laver wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi.  Does anybody know a way of making the TFL Journey Planner show the
>> best route between two places only on transport which has the normal
>> zone-based billing?
>>
>> For travelling from Zone 1 to hotels near Stockley Park it keeps sending
>> me on the Heathrows Express or Connect to Heathrow Airport, both of
>> which incur additional charges unrelated to the zone they look like
>> they're in.
>>
>> I tried restricting it to journeys through Hayes & Harlington, but that
>> only makes the situation worse -- here's a route it's just suggested:
>>
>>     
>
> The heathrow connect does not incur additional charges afaia, i've
> taken it on a one-way train ticket. If you're using oyster PAYG, there
> are additional national rail fares of course.
>   
The Heathrow Connect is subject to "zone-based billing" only as far as 
Hayes & Harlington (zone 5), if you go beyond that you need a(nother) 
ticket.

Matt