I use these buses quite a lot and IME while, yes, the last part of the journey is often a crawl, this is factored into the timetables and the bus should arrive within reasonable limits of the timetabled time. Last time I arrived twenty minutes early; before that, on time. Occasionally it all goes pear-shaped, but not often.
Nick
In message , tim..... writes
At the local village station, they only seem to sell an 'all-zone' Travelcard (zones 1 to 6 - but maybe excluding Heathrow?). £23 covers the return fare to the London terminus station, and unlimited travel on the underground and London buses. Off-peak (leave here after 09:30, but return at any time) is cheaper.
Going to London myself only once or twice a year, I generally buy a one day travel card, £6ish the last few times, now it has gone up to £7.30 iirc. Last time I went, I only used one bus, and walked everywhere else, making the £6ish ticket rather expensive.
Oyster is looking more attractive, if you are intending to come back another day in the future. IIRC, it costs £10, £5 (refundable, eventually) deposit, and £5 toward the fare. These figures may be slightly wrong,as it is a couple of months ago when I looked into it. You can top up the card automatically if needed. The TFL website is not the clearest, well, certainly wasnt for me, but if you keep looking there, you will find the details.
In message , at 16:03:14 on Sun, 13 Jan 2013, Ian Jackson remarked:
It varies, here's an example of a journey where a Z1-4 Travelcard is available as a daily ticket, plus Z2-5 (etc) for seven-day ones:
In message , at 15:46:41 on Sun, 13 Jan
2013, "Dave Plowman (News)" remarked:Not on the bus, because people are just not well enough conditioned to swiping when they get off. So buses are a flat fare.
Which you don't tend to do on a bus.
Ignoring foreign holidays, I can't remember when I last climbed the steps of a bus:-)
>In message , Roland Perry writes
Really? Probably about the last time I used London Underground.
Oh yes. Why does no one tell me these things!
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If I go to London from Cambridge I get a travel card that covers the rail trip then the tube and buses at Cambridge station, but I believe you can get the same from most any manned tube station..
Except "they" have your money... I guess it's to much to ask to pay via a RFID enabled bank debit card. Not that I trust that either.
On the tube you beep in and beep out. "They" know where you started and ended a journey and how long you took...
They're either working on it or have already done it. Pay at Oyster rates with a contactless debit card. Already available on the buses, later this year on the tube apparently.
Which is as good a reason as any to dislike it.
Excludes some of the extreme stations in the Chilterns - e.g. Amersham. Maybe inter alia.
You don't have to register your oyster card or load it from a debit card: you can pay for it all in cash. Then they will know that somebody made the journey but they won't know who.
Nick
But they will know which card made the journey and if "they" find that card on you...
Ah, I thought that you had to supply some form of ID to buy one, as you used to for a season ticket.
Then again, with the new CCTV linked software, they can follow you anyway, as and when they get it up and running.
You can still pay for each journey in cash. Dunno for how much longer.
Yes, if going in 'overground' that's a good deal. £3.50 surcharge for a Tube travelchard for the central zones at least.
They don't. They use an Oyster card.
Which BTW I was advised against as visitors make mistakes.
Andy
Yes, but at £4.50 a throw.
But they know who you are.
Although, in theory, if you bought a ticket with a credit/debit card, they could still track you...
But difficult to get black helicopters down there.
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