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Help with Tube Prices

Hpool FanHpool Fan
edited May 2012 in General Charlton
Now Lads.....
With reference to Tube prices, what's the best deal with Tube Tickets?
Kings Cross Fri pm , round Covent Garden ish Friday night, same sat morning, over to Charlton, and back to Kings Cross?
Daily Off peak Travel Cards? Oyster Cards?
Baffled!!!!
Cheers in advance

Comments

  • Off_itOff_it
    Walk mate, it's not far. Or get a black cab if it's raining.
  • Covered EndCovered End
    edited May 2012
    Sounds to me like you need to buy an off peak travel card on Friday & Saturday. It will need to cover the zones you need between 1&6. 1 probably being King's Cross & Covent Garden. Whereas Charlton is likely to be in Zone 4.
    Don't pay for zones if you don't need them as it costs more.

    http://www.tfl.gov.uk/
  • NathanPriorNathanPrior
    Get a Zone 1-4 Travelcard.
  • BDLBDL
    Get an Oyster, costs a fiver to buy and then you top it up. Someone else will confirm how much you need to spend to turn it into a travel card... Other than that a zone1-4 travel card for the sat.

    Beware though, travelling in London isn't cheap.
  • Hpool FanHpool Fan
    Cheers chaps
  • SE10SE10
    Charlton is Zone 3.
  • NathanPriorNathanPrior
    Get an Oyster, costs a fiver to buy and then you top it up. Someone else will confirm how much you need to spend to turn it into a travel card... Other than that a zone1-4 travel card for the sat.

    Beware though, travelling in London isn't cheap.
    Why pay a fiver for one when it don't even go on the card nowdays when a travelcard would be cheaper?
  • WoodsywoodWoodsywood
    Get an Oyster, costs a fiver to buy and then you top it up. Someone else will confirm how much you need to spend to turn it into a travel card... Other than that a zone1-4 travel card for the sat.

    Beware though, travelling in London isn't cheap.
    Why pay a fiver for one when it don't even go on the card nowdays when a travelcard would be cheaper?
    How much for a travel card? Zones 1-4
  • NathanPriorNathanPrior
    Get an Oyster, costs a fiver to buy and then you top it up. Someone else will confirm how much you need to spend to turn it into a travel card... Other than that a zone1-4 travel card for the sat.

    Beware though, travelling in London isn't cheap.
    Why pay a fiver for one when it don't even go on the card nowdays when a travelcard would be cheaper?
    How much for a travel card? Zones 1-4
    £7.70
  • Off_itOff_it
    Seriously mate, it's something ridiculous like £4 for a single Zone 1 journey these days, so a travelcard is your best option. I wouldn't bother with an Oystercard (I don't trust them!) , unless you're planning on coming back to London again , just get a paper zone one travelcard for Friday and a zone 1-4 for Saturday (they're about £7-£8 each and cover all buses, tubes and trains).

    Enjoy your trip.
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  • WoodsywoodWoodsywood
    Thanks, £21 quid from Kent
  • Covered EndCovered End
    All the info re Travel card prices can be found in the TFL link I posted at 9.20pm.
  • BDLBDL
    @off-it use my Oyster daily, never had a problem with it. Wish I could put my daily rail ticket on it, would make life easier.
  • WheresmeticketWheresmeticket
    Thought you were on the ponce....
  • RanTooFarRanTooFar
    PAYG Oyster is a rip-off - you pay a peak price for any journey between 4pm-7pm, whereas the extra charge is not incurred if using a paper ticket.
  • Off_itOff_it
    @off-it use my Oyster daily, never had a problem with it. Wish I could put my daily rail ticket on it, would make life easier.
    Fair enough, but I don't really fancy taking the chance!

    Anyway, not really worth getting one for a to day trip to London though, is it?
  • Simon ESimon E
    This website gives you a good overview of the oyster v travelcard conundrum.
    http://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/travelcard_oyster.htm

    However, I would still advise you to get an oyster, so much easier to use, top-up, and leave money on it until you need it next. Even if isnt until next year.
  • PL54PL54
    All proper tourists bunk their fares.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    The £5 deposit on the Oyster card is refundable. Oyster costs are capped, so that they never exceed the cost the comparable one day travelcards.

    I imagine on Saturday you'd get good value from a one day travelcard, whereas on Friday evening if all you take is a single jouney to Covent garden then a single journey back to Kings X, Oyster would be cheaper.
  • Hpool FanHpool Fan
    Cheers chaps
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  • ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    Now Lads.....
    With reference to Tube prices, what's the best deal with Tube Tickets?
    Kings Cross Fri pm , round Covent Garden ish Friday night, same sat morning, over to Charlton, and back to Kings Cross?
    Daily Off peak Travel Cards? Oyster Cards?
    Baffled!!!!
    Cheers in advance
    1-4 zone travelcard about £6.70
  • BadgerBadger
    How do you get a £5.00 deposit refunded?
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