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If you are doing some sightseeing in London you can buy a day travelcard, which gives you unlimited transport on the tube, train and buses (within the zones purchased).
If you purchase it after 9.30am on weekdays it is cheaper (a zone 1-3 day card is about 4.60 pounds).
On the weekends you can buy a weekend travel card that works out cheaper for the two days.
If you are in London for longer, you can also buy weekly and monthly travel cards.
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If you are planning to use mass transit in the London area, whether it be train, subway or bus, you can make your life easier by buying a multi-purpose Travelcard. In our case, we purchased two 15 pound sterling (US$26) each cards at the Farnham train station (using a credit card) and simply got aboard when the train to London pulled in. Part-way along the one hour journey, the conductor came by to check for tickets and simply glanced at our cards. Once in London, we also used the cards for three different subway rides (Waterloo-Westminster, Westminster-Covent Garden and Covent Garden-Waterloo) by inserting them into the passenger turn-styles. The cards are cheaper if you buy them for longer than a one-day useage, unlike our "17-December-05" ones. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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Is the "London Pass" value for money?
Of course, it depends where you want to visit, so you should check the price against the various entrance charges. But remember that most of the national museums and galleries in London are free entry now. These include:
- British Museum
- National Gallery
- National Portrait Gallery
- Science Musem
- Natural History Museum
- Victoria & Albert
- Tate Modern
- Tate Britain
- Museum of London
- National Maritime Museum
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich
- Imperial War Museum
So be sure that you are not paying for something you don't need.
The London Pass costs a minimum of £34 for 1 day (not including transport) and the coverage is fairly limited. It does cover The Tower of London, HMS Belfast, St Paul's, Kew Gardens, and London Zoo, but most of the other attractions offered are fairly minor (but all worth seeing in ther own right, of course). It also allows you to skip the ticket queues at busy attractions, and includes some restaurant offers and discounts at gift shops.
Some major tourist attractions like Westminster Abbey, Madame Tussaud's and the London Dungeon are not covered by the London Pass.
Also, you will have to pay extra for a Transport for London (TfL) Travelcard with the London Pass. This adds £5 to the one day card price for a zones 1-6 off-peak (ie after 9:30am) card.
Any visitor to London will certainly need a TfL TravelCard, but most visitors will only require zones 1 & 2, and you can get a one-day off-peak card for these zones for £5.30.
In my view, the London Pass is not very good value unless you want to visit the attractions that are included in it in a short space of time. Mostly, I think that visitors would be better-off just getting the TravelCard that they need.
For further information, see the following websites:
London Pass
TfL TravelCards
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Read all the other Travel Card postings for useful info - then read this.
If you are heading for London from home you can order a Travel Card or Heathrow Express Travel card online from Transport for London. The price is based on the number of days and zones you plan to travel - up to 7 days.
The Heathrow Express fare gives you a roundtrip from the airport to the city in addition to unlimited travel in London Zones 1& 2 for a week - for 42.80 pounds. (Less, for fewer days.)
Note : you MUST order from abroad. The card will be mailed to you at least 1 week prior to your departure.
Imagine how simple it will be to step off the plane and onto a train that whisks you into London - with no annoying stops at the exchange desk! Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/MetroWebsite: Transport for London Other Contact: overseas ticket link
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London has an incredible public transportation system. The Tube (subway train system) and the buses are the best way to travel in the city. We took a cab only once, and that was after a late dinner.
If you are going to be exploring the city for 3 days or more, I highly recommend getting a a Visitor TravelCard. There are several zone and length-of-stay options to meet individual needs. We got a weeklong Zone 1 & 2 travelcard, which we used 5 or 6 times a day, getting more than out money's worth.
THE CATCH: These passes cannot be bought once you are in London. They must be purchased prior to you trip. I ordered mine on line a month before we left and got them about a week later. You receive a voucher that you cash in at a train station for the weekly pass. We went to the train stop at Heathrow airport, exchanged the voucher for a pass, and headed off.
It beats having to dig for unfamiliar change in a big crowd. And if you get confused and accidently exit the station or get on the wrong bus, you get a do-over at no extra charge! Leave a Comment
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I reckon a bargain way to travel around London - especially as a tourist coming from countries with exchange rates not as strong as the £ and therefore every cost matters!? - is the wonderful bus pass but with the £1 advantage more of as a Zone 2-3 Travelcard.
Lets explain - a bus pass for the day which means you can use the London red buses all around London ie all the zones out to zone 6 is £3 or for the week its £14.
Thats a bargain i reckon!!
You can get a free map of the London Buses for Central London from most tube stations, especially the large ones such as Victoria Station. and so marked on this map are the bus routes linking all around the city centre. So its a handy map for using to find your find around.
The advantage of paying £1 more to call it a zone 2 to 3 travel card means you can use all tube and overground trains from zone 2. Handy stations such as Nottings Hill Gate, vauxhall and Earls Court are both Zone 1 and 2. So you can use Zone 2 stations to go out further to places around Zone 2 and 3 - Clapham Common, Brixton, Putney and Wandsworth, Gunnersbury Park, Kew Gardens though you might want to catch a bus any further from there to say Richmond as its then Zone 4. So this makes a real cheap bonus for you!
You can also get free tube train maps called A Visitors Guide to Travelling ARound London that include the zones marked on them and also include where the overground trains connect so that can be useful too for faster travel.
The trick is still to use an Oyster card - which are electronic smartcard that are bought for £3 - and you put on this your travel card - but you can also carry money on it for single journeys which are charged at a lower rate when on an Oyster card - so if you do want to make a zone 1 tube trip it will only cost you £1.50 - otherwise use the excellent buses all over and then the tube and trains around Zones 2 and 3!! Leave a Comment Theme: BusWebsite: www.tfl.gov.uk Other Contact: www.visitbritaindirect.com
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(fares updated 2 January 2008)
Any visitor to London is going to need a Travelcard or a cash Oyster card, as the fare structure on public transport penalises those who pay cash. Travelcards are available from all tube stations and many newsagents etc. You can find out where to buy them at: ticketlocator.tfl.gov.uk
Travelcards can be used on the Tube, DLR, London Overground and National Rail within the zones covered and on all London Buses displaying the familar London Transport sign. They also include a 1/3 discount off scheduled Riverboat services. Travelcards cannot be used on the train services to Heathrow.
A one-day off-peak (ie after 9:30 am) Travelcard for
zones 1 & 2: £5.30
zones 1-4: £5.90
zones 1-6: £7. 00
Three-day Travelcards are also available:
zones 1 & 2: £17.40 (Peak. If you´re only travelling off-peak then three one-day cards are cheaper)
zones 1-6:£40 (£20 off-peak)
A 7-day Travelcard for zones 1 & 2 costs £24.20.
Travelcards are often the cheaper option if you are going to use the bus or tube for more than one or two journeys in any one day. Cash single fares are now very expensive:
Bus fare
£2.00 cash
90p Oyster card (up to a daily maximum £3 if you travel by bus only)
Zone 1 Tube journey
£4.00 cash
£1.50 Oyster card, up to a daily maximum of:
- £6.30 (if any of your travel is between 0430 and 0930 Monday to Friday),or
- £4.80 (if your trave is after 0930 Mon-Fri)
Since Oyster Card rates are capped at £0.50 below the relevant one-day Travelcard price, it is usually cheaper to use Oyster cash fares if you are travelling less than 7 days.
It is possible to buy an Oystercard before you get here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/visitortickets/5192.aspx Leave a Comment
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I love traveling on the "Tube" in London. Its the best and most economical way of getting around.
Recently on a day layover from a business trip I discovered this very ingenius way of traveling, the "Oyster Card". Its a refillable smartcard that never expires. Determine the amount you want to put into the card and use is as you wish.
For more indepth information about the Oyster Card, check out their website. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherWebsite: https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do
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London is a small place, or should I say the parts of London visitors want to see is! I very rarely travel on the buses and Underground in London when visiting the sites, simply because they are all so near to each other.
Most of the major attractions are situated within a couple of square miles of each other and can be easily reached on foot. I also think that the best way to discover anything is on foot, you have more time to stop and look at things that take your interest.
But if you must travel around the city on public transport I would recommend getting a day/week pass for both the Underground and bus system, which are limited to travel after 9.30 a.m. but who want's to get up early when on vacation anyway. These passes are much cheaper than individual tickets and can be purchased for one person or a family. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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London requires ID cards for the purchase of week or longer travelcards for the Tube. These are free, but you have to supply a passport size picture. These identification cards can be made at any Tube station.
If you are a student, you can get a student ID card that will give you 30% off travel cards. The only problem is that they initially charge you 10 pounds for the card. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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