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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2008 11:49:17 GMT
can anyone provide me with further information about the london travelcards.
i am planning to visit london in late september/early october, can anone tell me what national rail service i can use the travelcards on as i was hoping to perhaps travel between moorgate and old street on a class 313 emu rather than use the northern line
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Post by Oracle on Aug 15, 2008 12:13:59 GMT
You can use the NR, LU, LO, Trams, Buses, within the Greater London area if you get a card that covers all the zones. Plus you can get add-ons to cover the zones out to Amersham/Chesham and I think just south of Watford Junction? I am out of date in that respect though. If it's a day trip you can get a what I used to buy, a Capitalcard, which is a rail ticket then a one-day all-GL zones travel card (1 to 6 I think it is). I have in the past travelled up for a day and thrashed the card on buses, trains and trams for more than the NR ticket price to get to Town!
If you are staying then you can get cards for more than one day. I leave it to my London colleagues to advise further, and whether applying for an Oyster from your home might be better.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2008 14:57:51 GMT
A map from the TfL website shows what train/ tube services your Travelcard is useable on: www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tube-dlr-trams-and-train-travelcard-zones-map.pdfTravelcards come in a one, three, seven, monthly, period or annual version. The one day version comes in a peak or off-peak version. Off peak being after 0930 on a Monday to Friday. After 0930 and weekends (bank holidays) are all off-peak. The three day version is priced at 3 x 1 day cards and as a result only saves you the time in buying your tickets each day and is rarely the best option for you. Seven day Travelcards and longer, if bought from a Tube station or most newsagents on an Oyster card. You can also opt for an Oyster card and put a money value on it - the same way you top up a pay-as-you-go mobile phone. This option is slighlty cheaper BUT is not valid on the majority of Rail services. But is valid on bus, tube, tram etc. (and is valid Finsbury Park - Moorgate for your 313 emu) |
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Post by Chris M on Aug 15, 2008 19:03:14 GMT
This map (PDF) shows the National Rail services on which you can use Oyster Pay As You Go.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2008 8:50:47 GMT
Here is a slightly newer, but higher resolution, version of the National Rail Oyster Pay-As-You-Go map www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/OysterPAYG.pdfBy the time you visit it might also include all local First Great Western and Heathrow Connect (except to Heathrow itself) services within the zones as they were supposed to added to the network in September. Zones 7-9 (which covers the Metropolitan Line north of Moor Park and the Overground north of Hatch End, except Watford Junction) are not recognized by National Rail and I am not sure you can buy Travelcards covering these zones from their stations, only from TfL ones and ticket stops, which mostly means newsagents. As Oracle says, you should be able to get a Travelcard added onto a normal return ticket to London so that would probably be the cheapest option for a one-off visit. If you will be returning to London in the future, and do not need National Rail services where Oyster cannot be used, then I would definitely recommend buying an Oystercard instead. It is just cheaper and more flexible. |
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