Bluewater from Central London

The_Kaiser

I will be in London for a weeks hooliday in August and would like to visit Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Can you please advise cheapest mode to get there. It would be for to adults and 2 kids (5-10).

I will probably have a 7 day ticket for zones 1 -2.

I am staying near Liverpool Street

Thanks

Browntoa

From London
Trains depart from Charing Cross, Waterloo East, London Bridge or Cannon Street travelling to "Greenhithe for Bluewater", and run approx every 15 minutes


On arrival at Greenhithe
Just hop on Fastrack A towards Bluewater or Fastrack B towards Dartford or Temple Hill, they both travel to and from the station, just a five minute journey. Buses operate from 6am to 11.45pm 7 days a week and operate approx every 5 minutes from 8am to 7pm Monday to Saturday. Please see www.go-fastrack.co.uk for further information.

Please use the bus stop next to the ticket machines on your right as you exit the station building. When you buy your train ticket, ensure you ask for a ticket to Bluewater (Greenhithe for Bluewater). This ticket will include your shuttle bus ticket fare. This is only valid on daily tickets. Please ensure you check when buying your ticket that it does include your bus fare.

http://www.bluewater.co.uk/content/train

dzug1

National Express coaches run from Victoria, not that frequently - £33.60 return for all of you

There's also a frequent bus service (no 96) from Woolwich Arsenal Station which is in zone 4.

http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/096.htm

I am pretty confident that your 7 day card will be valid on that service - buses don't have zones. So you'd just need to get an extension to zone 4

The_Kaiser

dzug1 wrote: »

National Express coaches run from Victoria, not that frequently - £33.60 return for all of you

There's also a frequent bus service (no 96) from Woolwich Arsenal Station which is in zone 4.

http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/096.htm

I am pretty confident that your 7 day card will be valid on that service - buses don't have zones. So you'd just need to get an extension to zone 4

Thanks for feedback guys. If I bought a day ticket for zones 1-4, do I then have to pay a bus fare to Bluewater or does my zone 1-4 ticket cover the cost. Can someone please clarify?

Counting_Pennies_2

Are you sure you want to visit Bluewater, there is now an even bigger store in London, I think it is called Whitelies and everyone is raving about it.

scrap that, Westfield it is called http://uk.westfield.com/london/getting-there/tube

The_Kaiser

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

Are you sure you want to visit Bluewater, there is now an even bigger store in London, I think it is called Whitelies and everyone is raving about it.

scrap that, Westfield it is called http://uk.westfield.com/london/getting-there/tube

Thanks. Will probably go to Westfiield to save us the hastle of travelling to Bluewater.

This site is great for people sharing their knowledge.

dzug1

The_Kaiser wrote: »

Thanks for feedback guys. If I bought a day ticket for zones 1-4, do I then have to pay a bus fare to Bluewater or does my zone 1-4 ticket cover the cost. Can someone please clarify?

A travelcard for any zone covers the cost of all buses that are run/sponsored by TfL - bus travel is not zoned

The 96 is a TfL service.