no off peak fares from herne hill

[womanofdulwich]

I waited until after 9.30 this morning to get a train from Herne Hill to victoria, only to be told there are no "off peak" faees from herne hill to victoria. It is ?4.30 at all times. Yet a 1 day off peak 1-2 travelcard is ?5.60. This seems a strange pricing structure to me. Is it the same from all zone 2 stations?

[ianr]

That's the National Rail Anytime day return fare using a paper ticket. The singles would have been ?2.40 each. NR off-peak is no longer available in London now you can use Oystercards.

The structure encourages the use of Oyster PAYG, which would be ?1.70 each way off-peak. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14414.aspx

[womanofdulwich]

Thanks Ian, shame the miserable cow there could not tell me that- knew someone on the forum would assist.(tu)