Train Tickets To London

[Chappers]

I'm going up to London on saturday, it's been a while since I went there for pleasure purposes, usually just go there for airports etc...

I think I remember buying a ticket for the train that also included the tubes...do you get them or am I remembering wrong?

Also, I'm pretty sure the ticket was valid for a couple of days and I could use it as a return for up to 3 days...is that right?

[generationga]

no yoou can get a ticket that includes all connections

[Buenchico]

It's hard to say which type of tickets will be available to you because you've not stated where you're travelling from.

There are some types of ticket which are common to all rail operators and other which are only offered by one particular train company. Most train stations can sell you a 'walk-up' ticket which includes a London Travelcard on the same ticket but you might still find it cheaper to pre-book your rail tickets and buy your Travelcard separately. (To get the cheapest bargains, you usually have to book well in advance. However, some discount tickets are available up until 1800 on the day before travel, so it could still be worth checking).

Go to http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ and enter your journey details. Then select the option to show fares. Then select the further option to show single fares. (With advance purchase tickets it's often far cheaper to buy two singles than a return).

If you find some bargain fares, a Travelcard (for unlimited bus & tube travel in Zones 1 & 2) will cost you �4.90 per day at weekends. Other Travelcard prices are here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2006/o ne-day/travelcard-day.shtml

Chris

[dot.hawkes]

I went to London last week and the ticket person at my local station gave me one that had all zones on it for the underground, which I used in the machines as you go thru the underground barriers, it cost an extra couple of pounds on the London ticket, two colleagues who travelled from Preston were not given this ticket and I had to wait whilst they queued to buy a day pass for the underground from those dispensing ticket machines at Euston. So if you ask when you book you should be ok, it isn't automatically issued. Oh and I travelled back the next day but didn't need to use it as we took a taxi back to Euston but the return ticket was valid in the same way.

[dzug]

Any station will sell you a ticket to zone 1 rather than the London terminal. If you don't ask for it some ticket clerks will ask you if you want it, others will just sell you what you asked for. It covers one and only one underground journey in zone 1 each way

In London and the southeast you can buy a one day travel card that covers you for your day return journey to London plus free travel on the underground, buses, etc, in all zones. It's off-peak only, but from some stations a more expensive peak version is available.

Some train companies are beginning to offer these travelcards from further afield - eg Great Western do, Virgin do not, well not from Lancashire anyway, only the West Midlands. You need to check that they are not more expensive than buying separate tickets

If you are actually within the zonal area you can get a 3 day travelcard for all modes of transport - maybe that's what you are thinking of.