> (apologies for the earlier incomplete post)
>
> Following the recent discussions on redrawing the zone boundaries I
> thought it would be interestint to work out what the boundaries would look
> like on a pure distance based system. All stations were placed into zones
> according to their distance from Charing Cross. The number of stations was
> kept constant so for each station that moves in, one has to move out.
>
> In general it seems that boundaries are too close together in North and
> South London and too far apart in East and West London.
>
> STATIONS MOVING IN
> Zone 2 to Zone 1
> Battersea Park, Camden Road, Camden Town, Kennington, Mornington Crescent,
> Oval, Queenstown Road (Battersea)
> Zone 3 to Zone 2
> Balham, Cricklewood, Crouch Hill, Hampstead Heath, Harringay, Harringay
> Green Lanes, Highgate, Stamford Hill, Streatham Hill, Tooting Bec, Tulse ...

> (apologies for the earlier incomplete post)
>
> Following the recent discussions on redrawing the zone boundaries I thought
> it would be interestint to work out what the boundaries would look like on a
> pure distance based system. All stations were placed into zones according to
> their distance from Charing Cross. The number of stations was kept constant
> so for each station that moves in, one has to move out.
>
> In general it seems that boundaries are too close together in North and
> South London and too far apart in East and West London.

> Peter Smyth wrote:

>> (apologies for the earlier incomplete post)
>>
>> Following the recent discussions on redrawing the zone boundaries I
>> thought it would be interestint to work out what the boundaries would
>> look like on a pure distance based system. All stations were placed into
>> zones according to their distance from Charing Cross. The number of
>> stations was kept constant so for each station that moves in, one has to
>> move out.
>>
>> In general it seems that boundaries are too close together in North and
>> South London and too far apart in East and West London.

>
> (snip list)
>
> Good stuff but I'm not sure measuring distance from Charing Cross is
> fair... one of the main points of the zone system as-is is that central
> London is busy and therefore Zone 1 journeys carry a "premium" cost. ...

> Zone 6 to Zone 4
> Kingston

> Peter Smyth wrote:
>

>> Zone 6 to Zone 4
>> Kingston

>
> The single largest move in your scheme - and it's one of the key
> stations in the constituency mentioned in the original article
> about this.

>>> Zone 6 to Zone 4
>>> Kingston

>> The single largest move in your scheme - and it's one of the key
>> stations in the constituency mentioned in the original article
>> about this.

> You can see why local MP Ed Davey is making such a fuss about it!