Oyster Card & Tube Travel

glider3560

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

A group of us are heading to London for a weekend (Friday to Sunday), we'll be wanting to travel around on the Tube all 3 days. What's the best way/ticket for us to buy?
Depends what zones you need.

A paper 3 day ticket can be bought from National Rail stations:
Zones 1-2: £18.40
Zones 1-6: £21.20 off-peak, £42.40 anytime

Also railcard discounts available if any of you have one.

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Does having an Oyster Card make it easier when going through Tube stations or is there no difference?

An Oyster card means you place the card on the reader, a paper ticket has to be inserted. Both just as quick with experience, although commuters don't seem to like people with paper tickets :cool:

completelybonkers_2

glider3560 wrote: »

Yes, you can.

If the clerk doesn't know how to issue the tickets, tell them to do this (it might help if you print/write this down, word for word):
Enter Origin as LONDON TERMINALS (1072)
Enter Destination as LONDON ZONES 1-3 (0033)
Go through as you would for a 7 day SEASON ticket
Issue ticket type 7TS (TRAVELCARD 7DS) for £32.20

Alternatively you can buy them as paper tickets online, go to https://tickets.southernrailway.com/sn/en/JourneyPlanning/SeasonMixingDeck
Enter the following:
From: 1072
To: 0033
Start Date: As required
Passengers: As required
Check the box next to Weekly
Click Search
Click the £32.20 box and click Buy Now
Go through and buy as usual - ticket will be sent by post or TOD

Wow, thank you so much for your help.
x

jordylass

If you are traveling with children, paper tickets are better, you can get the children's passes for £1 each with your daily travelcard.

Also if you have any kind of railcard (friends and family, forces/16-25) these can be attached to your oyster card and give you 34% off 'off-peak' fares.

dzug1

glider3560 wrote: »

A paper 3 day ticket can be bought from National Rail stations:
Zones 1-2: £18.40
Zones 1-6: £21.20 off-peak, £42.40 anytime

??? I thought 3 day tickets were abolished a year ago

glider3560

dzug1 wrote: »

??? I thought 3 day tickets were abolished a year ago

It shows in the current edition of the fares manual?

dzug1

glider3560 wrote: »

It shows in the current edition of the fares manual?

Interesting.

Is there anywhere those fares are actually advertised to the public?

I have (in the past) been sold tickets from the fares manual that don't actually exist - or at least shouldn't have existed.

wealdroam

dzug1 wrote: »

??? I thought 3 day tickets were abolished a year ago

Me too.

TfL don't mention a three day ticket on their Tickets page.

p00hsticks

dzug1 wrote: »

You might be better buying one day travelcards for each day at a rail station - these allow 2 for 1 entry to many tourist attractions.

http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/ If you buy the cards at a tube station or get an Oyster the offers do not apply

From the sound of it the OP is travelling into London for the weekend by train anyhow ? In which case, they can use their train tickets to and from London to take advantage of the 2-4-1 offers, for the period between the inward and outward journeys - you simply need to show tickets for both the outward and return trips.

alanrowell

completelybonkers wrote: »

And can we buy them on the day at a DLR station - ie Canning Town?? Sorry. )

They have to be bought at TRAIN stations, not Tube or DLR stations.

That means at the booking offices at places like Kings Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Marylebone, Paddington, Victoria, Waterloo, Charing Cross, London Bridge, Liverpool Street

NiteRider

My partner and I are visiting London for the first time. Please can someone answer the following question? Thanks

At the end of our trip we will return the Oyster cards to get our £5 back. Does all the credit on the card have to be used first or will the balance also be refunded in cash?