London transport zone 1 covers central London’s underground and national rail whereas zone 6 covers the outskirts of London. A range of station feature in zone 6, such as Banstead, Ewell East and Ewell West. Epsom is the stop after Ewell West therefore people argue that it should be included in zone 6, as neither Epsom, Ewell West or Ewell East are inside Greater London.

Epsom departs a number of different stations including, London, Horsham, London Bridge and Dorking. This makes it evident that Epsom is a travel hub, therefore a wide range of people would be traveling in and out of Epsom. This could have massive benefits for Epsom’s economy as since more people are travelling via Epsom. There is possibility that income for local businesses would increase, due to more people traveling in the area and impulse buying in local shops. This would benefit the local economy which would allow the money earned to be spent making the area more customer friendly. Although this may upset the local community because house prices may decrease. This would allow families from a variety of areas to purchase or rent accommodation in Epsom, as Epsom is mainly populated by middle class families they may have objections to a younger population.

If you are planning to travel inside zones 1-6 travel card price for one day would cost £12.70, as opposed to travelling using oyster which would cost £12.50. This frustrates many TFL customers as Epsom is a very easy station to arrive and depart from. Customers traveling into Epsom unregularly sometimes are not aware that Epsom is not in the oyster zone. This events in customers using contactless or oyster to pay their fare. Although they are then massively overcharged for their journey because they have not ‘tapped out’ of the station.