London Underground

The_Kaiser

Whats the cheapest way for travelling on the underground?

Will be in London for 3 days (Friday to Sunday) can you buy 3 day passes?

Thanks

The Kaiser

Browntoa

prices for 1 day here

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2005/one-day/travelcard-day.shtml

for 3 day here

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2005/one-day/travelcard-day-2.shtml

map showing the zones on this page

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/maps/

alanrowell

If you use the Tube more than twice a day in Zones 1-2 (ie where most tourists will be) then the passes do become cost effective

trini_honey

If you've got a child with you, you can get family travel cards. You'll pay 80p for Friday and free on Saturday and Sunday(child), but they will be issued with a card, and a maximum of £4.00 per adult. (depending if you get all zones). This info can also be found on tfl site.

If no child, then refer to what the other posters have said. Also you could do the busses. A day ticket cost £3.00. Children are free. Tubes are probably quickest, but London's buses are good.(Well from my experience anyways, and compared to 10yrs ago when I lived in London.)

geo555

Can you buy a family travel card and travel without having a child?
£6 for a one day travel card (zones 1-6)
£4 + 80p for a family travel card (zones 1-6)

alanrowell

geo555 wrote:

Can you buy a family travel card and travel without having a child?
£6 for a one day travel card (zones 1-6)
£4 + 80p for a family travel card (zones 1-6)

No - read the "points to note" - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2005/downloads/tfl-fares-2005.pdf#page=16

manhattan

does anyone know if the zone 1-2 £4-70 ,1 day off peak ticket covers docklands?

i cant find any details covering this on the website.

vanoonoo

shuffled you over to public transport hope thats ok

vanoonoo

manhattan wrote:

does anyone know if the zone 1-2 £4-70 ,1 day off peak ticket covers docklands?

i cant find any details covering this on the website.

some stations are in the traditional zones 1-2 on dlr:

see map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/pdf/network/zones.pdf

hope thats of use

bylromarha

My word. The t + c on family travelcards was a bit hard to get your head round.

We travelled on tube in July and were going to buy 2 adult tickets from the machine. The guard, who had already helped us plan our journey, stopped us and told us to go and get a family travelcard (first time of Tubing as a family, so didn't know they existed!) as it would save us money.

:T to the guard!