Background
London is split into six approximately concentric zones. The boundary of Zone 1 roughly corresponds roughly to the Underground's Circle Line and stations within the zone cover the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London. Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East and Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo are in zone 1 but not in or on the Circle Line. Every London Underground line has stations in zone 1. It includes all of London's principal railway terminals. Underground stations within this zone are typically close together; for instance Covent Garden and Leicester Square tube stations are only an eighth of a mile apart, the smallest distance between any two stations in the network. The zone originates from two central London zones that were created on 4 October 1981 named City and West End, in which flat fares applied, replaced in 1983 by Zone 1.
Read more about this topic: List Of Stations In London Fare Zone 1
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