Dougman wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:
On 28 Aug 2006 08:31:04 -0700, "Dougman"

Hate to reply to my own reply, but...
Right there are two real alternatives to your suggestion.

The first is to simply buy a 7 day Travelcard for Zones 1-3. This
depends on how willing you are to make a slight financial loss compared
to the cost of the individual tickets. Personally this is what I would
do but then I value the avoidance of queuing for tickets and having a
ride at will ticket quite highly - I'd typically do something like this
if I was in a foreign city. You can buy all the day tickets in advance
if you wish but I'd choose a quietish ticket office to do it at -
Victoria Tube Station in the morning is perhaps not that place unless
you find the smaller office near the District Line!

This seems to be my favoured option currently, however:

You could buy the 7 day ticket on an Oyster card (smartcard) at Victoria
- you don't need a photocard either if you buy from a TfL outlet such as
a tube station. You will be asked to pay a £3 deposit for the card if
you buy a 7 day ticket or opt for Pay as you go (see below). You can
keep the card and re-use it on future trips to London.
HTH

Would this 7 day travelcard (on an oyster card) still be valid on
national rail? I'm thinking that my fellow travellers would be less
likely to use a credit card style ticket than a paper one. Also, we're
down in London every so often so I could keep this and reuse as
necessary.

Yes - any season ticket (7 days or longer) loaded onto an Oyster is
valid on National Rail within the appropriate zones - it's only the
daily pay-as-you-go which can't be used on NR.

The 7-day ticket will certainly be the easiest possible option, as it
has total flexibility in both choice of mode (Tube, NR, bus etc) and in
time of travel (it's valid at all times of day).

Paul said that you need to put down a £3 deposit when buying this 7-day
Travelcard on Oyster, but I'm not sure that's the case - the following
Ask Oyster answer suggests not:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D215118AD


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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
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