In the following question what do " peak" and "off-peak" mean? Can you explain it?

Question

"Does anyone know how much a peak and off-peak adult's and children's all zone (1) day travelcard to London costs from a zone 8 train station (British rail)?"

Answer 1

You have been told about peak and off peak, I do not understand your comment about a 'zone 8 train station (British rail)' as the zoning for Transport for London only goes up to zone 6 - there is no Zone 8 for travel with the capital. If you are travelling from a city which does have a Zone 8, then that zoning is irrelevant for travel to and from London. You would have to tell us the station you are travelling from to obtain fares information, but you can get it yourself from, for example, www.thetrainline.com.

Answer 2

Peak hours are the busiest times of transit! This is the time people are traveling to/from work. These times are from 7:00 - 9:00am & 4:00 - 7:00pm. On some rapid transit systems, these times of travel my be even more expensive than other travel. Non-peak hours are simply, not the hours listed. There is no peak times on weekends or holidays. Be careful because some rapid transit carriers have shorter/longer peak times depending on the city.

Answer 3

off peak means it can be used after 9:30am

Peak times are 7am - 9:30am and 4pm - 7pm - these are times when people are trying to get to and from work, it's so maniac it isn't a good time for tourists to be travelling on some parts of the underground

Ticket prices:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandti...

Answer 4

"Peak" means the busiest times on weekdays, during the morning and early evening, when commuters are travelling to and from work.

"Off peak" means at any other time.