Transport in London

[POL]

Hi all,
I'm spending 3 days at Heathrow (Fri/Sat/Sun) staying at a hotel there.

Now, on the Saturday, I'm planning on visiting the IWM and perhaps a few other tourist bits, weather depending. I'd also like to get to City on the Friday, which will involve the DLR as I understand it.

For these three days (I'll be using the bus to get round LHR if required! (I.e. 09s in use)) what do I need? An Oyster card? Pre-paid travel card? Something else? Nothing?


Help! You Southerners can't just make it simple, can you?!



Thanks in advance

Chris

[colt99]

If you are visiting different areas Chris, i would suggest a travel card for all zones, this is about £5, and gives you use on the Trains and Buses around London, as long as the station does not route out of the city, ie, stay on london underground and you are ok, it is valid up untill midnight on the day you buy it.
Found this link, it might help
http://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/underground.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HTH
Dave

[POL]

Thanks Dave,
Looking on that link you suggest, there is a 3-day Travelcard that's £6 Off-Peak, which seems to be exactly what I need. It does zones 1-6, after 9.30am on the Friday, which is fine, and all day Sat/Sun.

I'd guess all I need to do to get one of the above is to visit an Underground station of some sort?


This is very confusing, it makes the Manchester Bus/Train/Train thing look simple!


Chris

[Sheff]

Get an Oyster card - makes more sense as it's convenient (especially for diving onto the rear door on bendybuses!) and you can keep whatever credit you don't use for the next time.

[headset 57]

To get around the 'Row the buses are FREE as is the Heathrow Express( HEX) & Heathrow Connect ( HEC ) trains between all terminals. An all zones 2day travel card will suffice.You can get this from the Ticket office at the Underground stations. Oyster doesn't save you anymore than a travel card,especially just for those 2 days. You can't use the HEX with an Oyster or travel card though.

Take the Piccadilly line into London and change at Holborn,onto the Central and then at Bank for the DLR to City. That'll take about 1.5 hours door to door depending on time of day. Get off at Leicester Square for the touristy bit and you can walk down to T Square, The Mall, Big Ben London Eye, etc.

[Sheff]

Oyster doesn't save you anymore than a travel card

Doesn't lose you anything either, but it's more flexible. Travelcards are the Devil's work!

[POL]

So, what i actually want is an Oyster Card, which as far as I can tell is a top-up card that means I can pay for it all in advance and then get on whatever services I want, expect the buses at LHR?


Is that right?

[colt99]

Getting an oyster card could be more expensive, with the oyster card you pay for each journey, i think it's about £1.50 minimum, each time you get on a bus or train, with the travel card you pay once, and can use it all day.
Dave

[headset 57]

Paper ticket is less hassle for a 1 day visit.Oyster ,when it goes wrong does so spectacularly,especially if you don't touch in/out.
It does work on the buses at LHR,but again they're free round the' Row.

[POL]

So, just paying for the ticket might be easier. That's a thought, I'll just do that and save the hassle of working out what to get

Cheers guys!



Chris (Confused of the North.)

[Gary]

Getting an oyster card could be more expensive, with the oyster card you pay for each journey, i think it's about £1.50 minimum, each time you get on a bus or train, with the travel card you pay once, and can use it all day.
Dave

I thought Oyster was capped? Used my Oyster card for the first time on wednesday worked a treat Went from King's cross to wembley park and wembley park to stanmore cost a total of £3.90

[headset 57]

It's capped to no more than a travel card rate for each day.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandt ... 10628.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Matt]

You're probably best just getting a Zone 1-6 Travelcard from Hatton X or Central Terminal Area (T1, T2 & T3) tube station. Its simpler and will pay for itself once you've made a couple of journeys. The three day will save you money but very little.
As stated previously the buses around the immediate vacinity of LHR are free. Look on the bus stop and it will have a small label stating 'Free Travel Zone'.

Enjoy your trip mate