London tube Ticket (OT)

When I've travelled into London, you can book from my local Rail station direct to an Underground station - I collect the tickets from the station, and it prints the appropriate travelcard ...

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Jethro_uk
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NOT using the Metropolitan line if you can use the train to/from Marylebone;)

I was thinking more of comfort and speed - Metropolitan line from Baker street seemed to take ages in a not very comfortable carriage, while Chiltern back to Marylebone was comfortable and seemed much quicker.

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docholliday93

Yup, 300 metres. Travelled between them and onwards last week!

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Bob Eager

Have not travelled on the line since Met rolling stock has been replaced. Prior I would get out feeling I had been on fast spin cycle. The older aluminium ones used to bounce around terribly.

Chiltern trains, however, are very often full to the gunwales. And they are quicker - usually fewer stops.

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polygonum

Not anywhere but I don't know the zone boundaries at all. Would a card for the single central zone cover all the tourist sites?

How close can I drive to London before either becomes an possible problem? IIRC the pollution zone is more or less anywhere inside the M25, some vehicles don't pay to enter that others do. Do you get enough warning about an impending charge to be able to avoid it. TBH if I was driving in central london and came a cross a congestion charge point I'd want to stop and turn round, is that possible? It's OK for the "locals" to know the rules and think them obvious but for many a trafic jam is 4 cars in a queue for > 2mins, all parking is free and all roads are free.

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Dave Liquorice

Yes but there's a gulf between what's allowed and what people actually use it for. They like to think they'll be swanning around London, visiting art galleries and stuff, but the novelty soon wears off. I don't even use it for the bus most of the time as I need the exercise

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stuart noble

If you approach London from the M40 direction, there are big signs about restricted commercial vehicles in plenty of time to choose to turn around at next junction. And down the A40 you get lots of of CC warning signs - saying how far away it is. Certainly at that point you can easily ensure you miss the CC zone by turning round or going to one side or t'other of it. If anything, the signs are too early, and too worry-inducing.

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polygonum

A Google for 'congestion charge map' tells you exactly where it is (certainly a lot less than anywhere inside the M25). On the other hand, 'london pollution zone map' shows that the zone hits the inside of M25 ring quite a lot (or is very close to it), and to the east of London, a bit of the M25 actually seems to pass through it.

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Ian Jackson

Most of the more common ones - you can download a map showing the zones from TfL.

The pollution thing only really applies to trucks - or possibly some older diesel camper vans. The CC area is all too easy to enter without realising it - there are no barriers. So again best to plan your route. Again, you can download a map showing it.

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Dave Plowman (News)

I'd rather do my walking somewhere pleasant like a park or common. And use the bus to get to the high street.

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Dave Plowman (News)

How long is a Tube train? Has the front entered LS before the back has left CG?

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Huge

In message , at 14:20:56 on Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Huge remarked:

6 x 18m = 108m, so not even close.
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Roland Perry

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

My 2.4l Diesel Hilux got a personal letter from the Mayor inviting me to stay away or risk a £100 fine! Most ordinary cars should be fine.

I think there is a list on the DVLA site.

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Tim Lamb

Zones 1 & 2 cover all the main central tourist stuff. Effectively, they cover inside and including the Circle line on the tube map.

If you want to go to places like the Docklands and Greenwich to the east, or Kew Gardens to the West, you need extra zones.

The low emission zone doesn't affect you unless you are driving anything with a diesel engine over 7 seats, and the congestion charge doesn't apply to vehicles with more than 8 seats, taxis (London Hackney carriage licences only.), or private hire vehicles registered with TfL. I could, for instance, put a large petrol engine in the coach and forget about the low emission zone. I'd just need a mortgage for the fuel bills...

Maps of the zones are available, and if you don't know London, you need to preplan your journey anyway, as unless your map reader is up to Olympic Gold medal standard, you won't have time to read a map or, quite likely, do more than glance at your GPS screen.

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John Williamson

In London, it's often quicker to walk to your local high street than use the bus. Even out in the wilds of Hounslow and Richmond, I never had to walk for more than ten minutes to get to the local shops. Buses and trains were for visiting the main shops in the West End.

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John Williamson

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John Williamson

A bus from Richmond to the West End? You must have plenty of spare time.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Does the bus stop anywhere before Park Lane? For example, the Cambridge buses take about a hour to get to Stratford, and then another hour to get from Stratford to Victoria. You can get off at Stratford and take the tube which saves about half an hour - especially if you're using a Travelcard and wanted to go somewhere other than Victoria in the first place.

Theo

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Theo Markettos

They were pretty over-zealous with the latest round of vehicles included in the LEZ.

My 2.4l VW Caravelle was included, but after quite a bit of wrangling with both TfL and DVLA they did eventually manage to count to 7 (seats), and accept that my vehicle was exempt.

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Dom Ostrowski

No, I used the tube. Then walked from the nearest station to the shops I wanted. If feeling lazy, I might have caught the bus to the station, but that hardly ever happened.

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John Williamson

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