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Illford To London Bridge . Cheapest Way To Get There.
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ok here goes again,
offered yet another job on london ( londonbridge ) free digs in illford b&b which is good.
so what is best way to get there to work and back each day , im bring car down also though ill bring my car only to keep belongings/tools inside plus if i get another job then i can travel to it.
so, london bridge to illford, via bus / train or tube and whats best ticket to buy.
THANKS
offered yet another job on london ( londonbridge ) free digs in illford b&b which is good.
so what is best way to get there to work and back each day , im bring car down also though ill bring my car only to keep belongings/tools inside plus if i get another job then i can travel to it.
so, london bridge to illford, via bus / train or tube and whats best ticket to buy.
THANKS
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You need to buy yourself an Oyster Card. It works like a credit card, but you have to put money on it first. Remember, you can't pay with cash on a bus at all now, so don't get caught out. Have a look round the TfL site here:
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You'll pay for car parking at all stations and you're likely to get clamped or ticketed if you leave it in a shopping centre car park. Won't your digs have parking nearby? If not, leave the car behind. You won't use it in London. I'm lucky if I drive 1000 miles a year. Public transport is just so much more convenient.
You don't have to have an Oyster any more, any credit/debit card enabled for contactless payment will work fine, just swipe it on the Oyster reader and pay the same fare. All of Greater London's trains/tubes/buses come under Transport For London so the TFL website will give you A-B journeys and prices, you'd need to check individual station information for parking info (again on the website) but it's unlikely to be plentiful and won't be cheap!
thanks guys, though fitzer am i correct in saying instead of buying a monthly oyster card i will just pay by my credit card, so its the same and the same price ?
i thought the idea of an oyster was to give you a little extra savings on fares if you paid per month or week ? surely if i buy a months oyster then i get more benefits than by paying a day by day journey via my visa debit card ?
i thought the idea of an oyster was to give you a little extra savings on fares if you paid per month or week ? surely if i buy a months oyster then i get more benefits than by paying a day by day journey via my visa debit card ?
Have a look at this page:
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It seems that Oyster does have an advantage over contactless cards, because you can buy a season ticket with an Oyster Card and can't with contactless.
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It seems that Oyster does have an advantage over contactless cards, because you can buy a season ticket with an Oyster Card and can't with contactless.
//It seems that Oyster does have an advantage over contactless cards, because you can buy a season ticket with an Oyster Card and can't with contactless. //
that's true enough CJP, but contactless cards have a weekly "cap" which takes care of that.
https:/ /tfl.go v.uk/fa res-and -paymen ts/cont actless /what-i s-cappi ng#on-t his-pag e-3
discounts cannot be applied to contactless cards so if you're entitled to discounted travel, contactless cards aren't for you.
that's true enough CJP, but contactless cards have a weekly "cap" which takes care of that.
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discounts cannot be applied to contactless cards so if you're entitled to discounted travel, contactless cards aren't for you.
You got some very in depth advice re a similar topic recently, may be worth taking another look alongside all good advice given today.
http:// www.the answerb ank.co. uk/Trav el/Ques tion142 6950.ht ml
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>>>maybe i'm out of touch with the way Oyster works but can you buy a season ticket nowadays?
You can but season tickets but not in the paper form. You have to put them onto your Oystercard as credit. (Oystercards work in TWO ways. You have have season tickets, which are now called Travelcards, on them AND/OR you can have pay-as-you-go credit on them).
Ilford is in Zone 4. London Bridge is in Zone 1. Travel is by National Rail to Stratford and London Underground (Jubilee Line) to London Bridge. Fares are as follows:
Not using an Oystercard or contactless debit card: £5.80 each way
Using an Oystercard with pay-as-you-go credit or using a contactless debit card: £3.90 out in the morning peak. £2.80 to return home.
(Note that, as long as travel doesn't go outside zones 1 to 4 by rail, or anywhere in London by bus, the maximum that can be charged in a day (using either type of card) is £9.20. The maximum that can be charged per week using a contactless debit card (only) is £46.10).
Using an Oystercard with a 7 day Travelcard on it: £46.10 (but that includes unlimited travel within Zones 1 to 4 and on all buses, as well as work travel).
Using an Oystercard with a Monthly Travelcard on it: £177.10 (with the additional free travel mentioned above included).
Using an Oystercard with an Annual Travelcard on it: £1,844.00 (with the additional free travel mentioned above included).
You can but season tickets but not in the paper form. You have to put them onto your Oystercard as credit. (Oystercards work in TWO ways. You have have season tickets, which are now called Travelcards, on them AND/OR you can have pay-as-you-go credit on them).
Ilford is in Zone 4. London Bridge is in Zone 1. Travel is by National Rail to Stratford and London Underground (Jubilee Line) to London Bridge. Fares are as follows:
Not using an Oystercard or contactless debit card: £5.80 each way
Using an Oystercard with pay-as-you-go credit or using a contactless debit card: £3.90 out in the morning peak. £2.80 to return home.
(Note that, as long as travel doesn't go outside zones 1 to 4 by rail, or anywhere in London by bus, the maximum that can be charged in a day (using either type of card) is £9.20. The maximum that can be charged per week using a contactless debit card (only) is £46.10).
Using an Oystercard with a 7 day Travelcard on it: £46.10 (but that includes unlimited travel within Zones 1 to 4 and on all buses, as well as work travel).
Using an Oystercard with a Monthly Travelcard on it: £177.10 (with the additional free travel mentioned above included).
Using an Oystercard with an Annual Travelcard on it: £1,844.00 (with the additional free travel mentioned above included).
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