2 for 1 London Eye - Cheapest Train Ticket? No Oyster?

insurgente

Hi all,

I'll be arriving in London this Friday and my travelling partner-in-crime wants to check out the London Eye. I'd like to use the 2 for 1 offer.... What's the cheapest possible train ticket that would work with this? Does the arrival station have to be the closest one to the London Eye (guessing Waterloo in this case?)

A quick look at the map suggest Vauxhall-Waterloo would be cheap...can we just buy a paper ticket for that route and it be enough? Do paper tickets still exist for such routes?

We'll be arriving in Gatwick, and probably using Oyster/Contactless to get into London. Guess that means we cant use an Oyster to get 2 for 1 entry at attractions? As we'll bet taking the route anyway, does it make sense to just book a Gatwick-London train ticket in advance and use that?

Thanks for any advice!

KeithP

Cannot be Oyster.
Must be a National Rail paper ticket. I.e. not London Underground.

Yes, Vauxhall to Waterloo is good at £3.00 adult single.

When travelling from Gatwick to London, do not use Gatwick Express.
Gatwick Express charge a premium for a non-stop service, but the ordinary Southern service to Victoria is cheaper and takes approximately three minutes longer.

macman

Use Southern to Clapham Jn and then SWT straight into Waterloo: or train to London Bridge and then 2 stops on the Jubilee line to Waterloo.

insurgente

Thanks! can it be any train ticket into London (i.e. to London Bridge) or does the ticket have to say Waterloo on it?

can I get say clapham-vauxhall from any ticket machine? or do i need to physically be at clapham station?

KeithP

insurgente wrote: »

Thanks! can it be any train ticket into London (i.e. to London Bridge) or does the ticket have to say Waterloo on it?

can I get say clapham-vauxhall from any ticket machine? or do i need to physically be at clapham station?

Your ticket from Gatwick to London Bridge would be ok - as long as it is a paper National Rail ticket.

It is perfectly reasonable to walk from London Bridge to The Eye.
Not saying you should, just suggesting that any paper national rail ticket to any central London station will be acceptable.

Any national rail ticket office will sell a ticket between any two National Rail stations - even if the self service machines won't.