London travelcard sold at Gatwick?

14.8.2011 2:21, Jack Campin kirjoitti:
Specific to London, I've said before here that when possible (weather is
a factor) the city is best explored on foot. When visitors spend too
much time in the underground they sometimes don't get a sense for the
geography (the famous tube map is misleading) nor do they realise how
close various sites actually are.

Underground rides are also horrendously expensive. 400 pence each (if
the rate has not gone up since). For instance in New York a single
ticket costs 225 cents - a fare which equals to 138 pence today. By a 29
dollar rover card one can examine the city seven days.

Markku Grönroos wrote:

14.8.2011 2:21, Jack Campin kirjoitti:
Specific to London, I've said before here that when possible (weather is
a factor) the city is best explored on foot. When visitors spend too
much time in the underground they sometimes don't get a sense for the
geography (the famous tube map is misleading) nor do they realise how
close various sites actually are.

Underground rides are also horrendously expensive. 400 pence each (if
the rate has not gone up since). For instance in New York a single
ticket costs 225 cents - a fare which equals to 138 pence today.

That's the cash fare- the oyster card fare is around half that.

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Nope. It's £12 for an adult all the way to Paddington.

But only on Thameslink via Farringdon routing.

You can't use this ticket on the trains to Victoria.

Victoria alone is £12.50 plus whatever the Underground costs.

Even if it was more expensive it's a much easier way to go - Farringdon
only has 4 parallel platforms against the 17(?) in the mainline station
plus the 2 you need to find for the Circle Line.

I agree that for this particular route this does make some sense, but it
doesn't work for every zone 1 destination.

And I can't see how it matters how many "arriving" platforms a station
has. The passenger is never going to have to search out his arriving
platform, all he has to do is follow the signs to his departing platform

tim



As I said £12.00 "But only on Thameslink via Farringdon". Thank you for
agreeing.

Actually, it does work for all zone 1 destinations because what you're
buying is a National Rail ticket plus a zone 1 underground ticket. Happens
to works for Paddington and any other station in zone 1. Might not be the
most effective way to get to Victoria because there ARE direct trains to
Victoria and my route means changing at Blackfriars (if that interchange is
available, I lose count) or St Pancras but the fare is still £12.00.
Welcome to privatisation!

As for Farringdon versus Victoria for interchange I take the point but at
Victoria you have to exit the platform, cross the concourse, find the tube
entrance, go down the steps, find the right barrier line and then down to
the platform at Farringdon it's simply up the stairs, over the bridge, down
the stairs. Simples.

Am Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:40:23 +0200 schrieb Frank Hucklenbroich:

Hello,

I was wondering if you can buy a London-travelcard at Gatwick Airport upon
arrival?

So, I'm back from my trip.

It was indeed easy to get a ticket at Gatwick-Airport, and the guy at the
ticket-office was very helpful to explain what tariff would be best.

So in the end for me I got a 7 day travelcard for zones 1 - 6 for about 50
pounds, plus I had to pay 5,30(?) GBP for the Gatwick-Express one way (I
guess for the distance from Gatwick to zone 6).

For my son I did get off-peak day-tickets every day for 3 pound (ended up
cheaper than the 7 day-option).

Regards,

Frank

Frank Hucklenbroich wrote:

Am Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:40:23 +0200 schrieb Frank Hucklenbroich:

Hello,

I was wondering if you can buy a London-travelcard at Gatwick Airport upon
arrival?

So, I'm back from my trip.

It was indeed easy to get a ticket at Gatwick-Airport, and the guy at the
ticket-office was very helpful to explain what tariff would be best.

Thanks for reporting back. Glad that the ticket office at the airport
was helpful, that's good to know.

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(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)