London Banter - View Single Post - Gold card discounts on Oyster PAYG

[email protected] · March 3rd 10, 11:03 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(martin) wrote:

On Mar 3, 12:41*am, Mizter T wrote:

It's worth noting the Network Railcard-discounted inboundary
Travelcard - i.e. zones 1-6 - still costs £5.00 this year, which is
now cheaper than all the off-peak Day Travelcard and Oyster PAYG caps
(for they are now at the same level), i.e. including the zones 2-6 cap
which is now £5.10.

Cheaper too than two PAYG z1-3 tube journeys. Though you'd have to do
a lot of weekend travelling before it started paying for itself (a
Network Railcard costing £25).

Actually, given that I work every second weekend, and try not to be a
hermit on the other weekends, I probably would just about come out
ahead. Given that I'd be too lazy to queue up at a ticket office every
time, £5 weekend caps would be quite nice, really. Ah well, ain't
gonna happen.

OTOH, if you live in Cambridge, you only need to make four day trips to
London Terminals in a year and you're quid's in. You save at least £6.80 a
trip at current prices so it only needed three trips before the Network
Card price increase last May.

I persuaded a voluntary body I'm on to pay for mine one year on the basis
that it would cost them less overall in my expenses claims.

Presumably the £5 Travelcard doesn't work so well with the Senior Railcard
price caps?

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Colin Rosenstiel