Do you need a different ticket for the Elizabeth line?
Using London Terminals tickets on the Elizabeth lineCustomers using these tickets must buy a separate ticket or use pay as you go to travel beyond Paddington (if travelling from the west) or Liverpool Street (if travelling from the east).
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Ticket and faresTravel on the Elizabeth line costs £12.80 at all times of the day, for a journey to or from Heathrow airport, where that journey starts, ends or goes through Zone 1. Single journey tickets and Zones 1-6 Travelcards can be purchased from airport station ticket machines.
What about Freedom Pass holders? Freedom Pass holders can travel across the entire length of the Elizabeth line free of charge, even to stations like Iver and Reading that fall outside the London Fare Zones area.
Fares and ticketingThe Elizabeth line has two 'London Terminal' stations on its route - London Paddington National Rail station and London Liverpool Street National Rail station. Tickets for National Rail services to/from London Terminals are not valid on the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Liverpool Street.
There are different caps for the times of day you travel (peak and off-peak) and the transport you use: Cap for bus, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth line and National Rail journeys in London.
First and foremost, it is not a 'tube line' – it is a regular national railway line. But it coexists and operates side-by-side with the London Underground. Perhaps the biggest and most obvious difference are the trains themselves.
Commuters using the Elizabeth Line could save money on their journey by tapping in and out at certain stations. Anyone travelling into the city centre from the outer zones of the capital, such as Reading or Shenfield, could save money because of a ticketing loophole.
To mark the occasion, TfL has designed new Elizabeth Line themed Oyster cards - but how exactly can you get hold of one? On the first day of service for the Elizabeth line, the cards will be dispensed from machines at all stations opening on the line as well as stops in Zone 1.
It retains the familial appearance of its siblings, and uses a bold and assurant purple as its modal colour. The rationale for the selection of these colours is as follows: Elizabeth line Purple - Modal colour and the primary way of quickly identifying the Elizabeth line service across mutiple touchpoints.
It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west; and along the Great Eastern Main Line ...
The avoiding zone 1 fare is defined by changing between the Overground and Underground at Camden Road/Town. However, due to limitations in the way interchanges are stored on the Oyster system it also works if you change at Clapham High Street/North.