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Travelcards useless?
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Definitely use contactless if you can. Next best is PAYG Oyster (you can set up auto-top-up too, but then you ALWAYS have money on the card that can't be used for other stuff).It's only numbers.0
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Looks like you're making the whole journey using only one means of transport.
A lot of people would have to use a combination, e.g. a train followed by a tube journey. In that case the peak and off-peak costs would be £5.40 and £4.20 - £48 per week.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
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What macman said...
For me, coming in from Zone 3; PAYG is cheaper if I only use the trains and walk between station and office. As soon as I make one extra train journey (or 1.5 bus journeys) in the month; then a Monthly Travelcard is better value. Plus the flexibility of jumping on a bus if it's rainy/ SouthEastern have delivered me to a different station because of a problem/ going to visit a client elsewhere in Zone 1.
I guess contactless would work equally well if I got any cashback for it.I need to think of something new here...0
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