Comments on: Travelling to London? Forget Oyster http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/ PHP, WordPress and Business Ramblings Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-11405 Sarah Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:38:36 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-11405 Hi Ash, thanks for your comment. So you kinda agreed with what I said, useful for starting your journey within London ;) When I used to commute, I remember one day the train company couldn't give me the underground access on my standard ticket. Can't remember why. Anyway, they told me to get the underground ticket once I got to London and it wouldn't cost any different, and they were right. So I assumed that the cost of a travel card is charged the same within London as it is when you get it as extra to a railway network card. To discover it's almost 50% cheaper was quite a surprise. It's a shame, because otherwise it would be a good idea for anyone regularly going to London to have. Hi Ash, thanks for your comment. So you kinda agreed with what I said, useful for starting your journey within London ;)

When I used to commute, I remember one day the train company couldn't give me the underground access on my standard ticket. Can't remember why. Anyway, they told me to get the underground ticket once I got to London and it wouldn't cost any different, and they were right.

So I assumed that the cost of a travel card is charged the same within London as it is when you get it as extra to a railway network card. To discover it's almost 50% cheaper was quite a surprise.

It's a shame, because otherwise it would be a good idea for anyone regularly going to London to have.

]]> By: Ash http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-11401 Ash Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:31:07 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-11401 OK, just because it cost you £2.60 more than a return to get a travelcard, it doesn't mean you can get a travel card for £2.60. If you bought a travel card in london it costs about £6 I think. Maybe more. Oyster cards are useful only for journeys within london, not from places outside of. OK, just because it cost you £2.60 more than a return to get a travelcard, it doesn't mean you can get a travel card for £2.60. If you bought a travel card in london it costs about £6 I think. Maybe more. Oyster cards are useful only for journeys within london, not from places outside of.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-9821 Sarah Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:45:19 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-9821 Yes ;) We checked the price list on the TFL website and the £4.60 was listed for off peak travel between Zones 1 and 2. Until I bought a standard return and a return plus travel card from the train station I didn't know how much extra we paid for a travel card on our train tickets. As I said, perhaps the train company gets a considerable reduction but it's pretty large making an Oyster card far more expensive! Yes ;)

We checked the price list on the TFL website and the £4.60 was listed for off peak travel between Zones 1 and 2.

Until I bought a standard return and a return plus travel card from the train station I didn't know how much extra we paid for a travel card on our train tickets.

As I said, perhaps the train company gets a considerable reduction but it's pretty large making an Oyster card far more expensive!

]]> By: David Salisbury http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-9820 David Salisbury Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:42:10 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/07/05/travelling-to-london-forget-oyster/#comment-9820 Sanity check: Did you remember to swipe it through on the way out as well? Not all stations have their gates shut, but you still need to swipe it through. Sanity check: Did you remember to swipe it through on the way out as well? Not all stations have their gates shut, but you still need to swipe it through.

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