zone 1 annual travelcard

pxtb

i just moved to king's cross and I work in tower hill. I just realized that even though I only need a zone 1 ticket, I would have to buy a zone 1 and 2 travel card. I don't need the zone 2. Does anyone know of a way for me to travel by tube within zone 1 without buying the ticket for zone 2? I am looking at an annual travelcard...

Keith

Surely the Oyster card will work out cheaper if you are making just that journey?

ticketcollector

There is no Zone 1 Travelcard anymore. Annual or otherwise.

Ken decided instead of increasing Zone 1 prices, he would just merge the Z1 and 2 together. Therefore there was no obvious price increase but a totally new product. Clever eh,

pxtb

Thanks for that ticketcolelctor. It looks like there is no loophole to get what I want so I just bought the zones 1 and 2 annual card.

Northsea77

Note: annual tube travel cards give you a 1/3 off all national rail journeys. just flash your 'gold card' recipt you got when you bought the card, plus your tube pass when buying or travelling.

Northsea77

For anyone else wondering what the cheapest thing to do is for your journey go to: http://www.mediauk.com/content/oyster-card-calculator.muk which tells you which is cheapest for you (pay daily, or annual etc)

pxtb

this is off topic but I was actually planning to get a 16-25 railcard but it looks like that wouldn't give me more benefit because of what you just stated about annual travel card. Can you confirm? btw, excellent link!

Keith

So you paid £968?

With Oyster it would of been £705.

Well done.

pxtb

Keith wrote: »

So you paid £968?

With Oyster it would of been £705.

Well done.

Yes. What you mean £705 with Oyster?

gner_ex

pxtb wrote: »

this is off topic but I was actually planning to get a 16-25 railcard but it looks like that wouldn't give me more benefit because of what you just stated about annual travel card. Can you confirm? btw, excellent link!

The gold card is only valid in London and the South East, but the 16-25 is valid nationwide.

gner_ex

pxtb wrote: »

Yes. What you mean £705 with Oyster?

I think he is saying that if you JUST go Kings Cross to Tower Hill each day, just making that one journey and (possibly) if you don't go anywhere at the weekend, that you would have been cheaper doing Oyster pay as you go.

He didn't try to say that in a constructive way though.

Remember that whenever you travel by national rail in the South East region, you need to show your gold card, and ask for a "Boundary Zone 2" to XYZ ticket. This will be cheaper on two fronts - first of all, you'll only pay for the bit of the journey that doesn't cover into the central London station, and secondly you'll get 1/3 off (after 09:30 weekdays).