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London Overground - H

London Overground Ticketing

Ticketing is a mix of paper, Oyster cards, electronic smart cards and contactless payment cards for "pay-as-you-go" travel. As with all National Rail and TfL services in London, passengers can use a Travelcard (daily, seven-day, monthly or annual); as on other National Rail services in London, paper single, return and cheap day return tickets priced under the zonal fare scheme are also available.

As part of an effort to improve safety and protect revenue, TfL has announced that it will introduce ticket barriers at a number of stations. The stations that did not have barriers when TfL took over have been fitted with standalone Oyster card readers similar to those at ungated Underground and DLR stations.

The validators at Blackhorse Road which were needed to enter/exit the Oyster card system when changing to and from the Victoria line were replaced with route validators, coloured pink: these are used to show that a traveller using Oyster PAYG changed lines at that station, showing which of the possible routes was used.

Typically, this avoids paying for zone 1 when the passenger did not travel into it.

Ticket stock is common National Rail stock, as Overground services remain part of the National Rail network, but sometimes with a large TfL roundel in the centre and the repeated legend "Rail Settlement Plan" or on newer versions "National Rail" on a light green background. This ticket stock, coded "TFL" on the reverse, was introduced in November 2007.

London Overground Ticket Pricing

Oyster PAYG is charged on the same zone-based rules as for the Underground and the Docklands Light Railway. Stations outside Greater London (except Watford Junction) are included in the new Travelcard Zones 7-9. On 2 January 2008 Acton Central was moved from zone 2 to 3, Hampstead Heath from 3 to 2 and Willesden Junction from 3 to both 2 and 3.
Paper tickets are charged on the same zone-based rules as for Underground and DLR paper tickets, which were expanded to take in the extra zones covered. Watford Junction has its own fare scale. Paper tickets are significantly more expensive than using Oyster PAYG.

London Overground Overview

London Overground Owner: Transport for London

London Overground Locale: Greater London and Hertfordshire

London Overground Transit Type: Commuter rail

London Overground Number of lines: 6

London Overground Number of Stations: 113 served (81 operated)

London Overground Annual Ridership: 189 million

London Overground Began Operation: 11 November 2007; 15 years ago

London Overground Operator(s): Arriva Rail London (2016–2024)

London Overground Reporting Marks: LO (National Rail)

London Overground System Length: 167 km (103.8 mi)

London Overground Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

London Overground Electrification:

25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead

750 V DC third rail

London Overground Network Map

Acton Central

Anerley

Barking

Barking Riverside

Battersea Park

Bethnal Green

Blackhorse Road

Brockley

Brondesbury

Brondesbury Park

Bruce Grove

Bush Hill Park

Bushey

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury

Cambridge Heath

Camden Road

Canada Water

Canonbury

Carpenders Park

Cheshunt

Chingford

Clapham High Street

Clapham Junction

Clapton

Crouch Hill

Crystal Palace

Dalston Junction

Dalston Kingsland

Denmark Hill

Edmonton Green

Emerson Park

Enfield Town

Euston

Finchley Road & Frognal

Forest Hill

Gospel Oak

Green Lanes

Gunnersbury

Hackney Central

Hackney Downs

Hackney Wick

Haggerston

Hampstead Heath

Harlesden

Harringay Green Lanes

Harrow & Wealdstone

Hatch End

Headstone Lane

Highams Park

Highbury & Islington

Homerton

Honor Oak Park

Hoxton

Imperial Wharf

Kensal Green

Kensal Rise

Kensington (Olympia)

Kentish Town West

Kenton

Kew Gardens

Kilburn High Road

Leyton Midland Road

Leytonstone High Road

Liverpool Street

London Fields

New Cross

New Cross Gate

North Wembley

Norwood Junction

Peckham Rye

Penge West

Queen's Park

Queens Road Peckham

Rectory Road

Richmond

Romford

Rotherhithe

Seven Sisters

Shadwell

Shepherd's Bush

Shoreditch High Street

Silver Street

South Acton

South Kenton

South Hampstead

South Tottenham

Southbury

St. James Street

Stamford Hill

Stoke Newington

Stonebridge Park

Stratford

Surrey Quays

Sydenham

Theobalds Grove

Turkey Street

Upminster

Upper Holloway

Walthamstow Central

Walthamstow Queen's Road

Wandsworth Road

Wanstead Park

Wapping

Watford High Street

Watford Junction

West Brompton

West Croydon

West Hampstead

White Hart Lane

Whitechapel

Willesden Junction

Woodgrange Park

Wood Street

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