London - single ride bus ticket
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London - single ride bus ticket
I know there used to be street side ticket machines that sold various bus tickets. My 7 day travelcard will have expired and I need one more bus trip, from the Charing Cross area to St Pancras. I looked on Google street view but have not been able to make out any ticket machines in the area. Maybe they have been discontinued. Do I have any single ticket options? No need for a one day unlimited pass, as I need just the one bus ride. Thanks.
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There is no such thing as a single ride bus ticket any more.
The easiest solution is to use your Oyster card or contactless credit or debit card and swipe it over the touchpad at the bus entrance.
If you have neither, the only options are to buy a single day travelcard (from thousands of newsagents and convenience stores), take a taxi or buy a tube ticket and use the tube.
The easiest solution is to use your Oyster card or contactless credit or debit card and swipe it over the touchpad at the bus entrance.
If you have neither, the only options are to buy a single day travelcard (from thousands of newsagents and convenience stores), take a taxi or buy a tube ticket and use the tube.
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It seems hard to believe but you can't buy a ticket on the bus itself. You can buy a single ride for 1.50 but as flanneruk states (and as I understand it) it needs to be loaded onto either an Oyster card or a contactless payment card - a credit/debit card registered with London Transport.
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Thanks, all. I will shift my plans from the paper travelcard to an Oyster with a 7 day travelcard loaded plus a few extra pounds just for this sort of thing. And instead of turning in the card when I leave, I will save it for a future trip. There always has been a future trip, and always will be.
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Is it just you? Or are you traveling with someone else? If the latter, you need the paper travelcard for the 2for1 deals, which will save you a lot more than just the 1.50 and some hassle for a bus ride.
If you're on your own, just do the oyster.
Is it just you? Or are you traveling with someone else? If the latter, you need the paper travelcard for the 2for1 deals, which will save you a lot more than just the 1.50 and some hassle for a bus ride.
If you're on your own, just do the oyster.
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Yes, just for me. I got in the habit of getting the National Rail travelcards over the years ago when I would often end up traveling with another person and would use the 2-4-1 vouchers. And I stuck to that even when I was going alone.
Time to break that unnecessary habit.
It is possible my USAA credit card could be used for cashless, but no matter what some kid on their customer service line says, I could not be certain it would work on the bus until I tried it, and that might catch me short. Oyster for me from now on!
Time to break that unnecessary habit.
It is possible my USAA credit card could be used for cashless, but no matter what some kid on their customer service line says, I could not be certain it would work on the bus until I tried it, and that might catch me short. Oyster for me from now on!
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If your contactless card works at the Heathrow tube platform barrier, it'll work on every bus.
If your Amex, Visa, Mastercard or Maestro card's got the contactless symbol (https://www.emvco.com/best_practices.aspx?id=117) it'll almost certainly get you through the Heathrow barrier. If it won't work at Heathrow, go and buy an Oyster
The issue isn't snotty kids: it's what charges your overseas credit card company imposes on what it sees as foreign transactions. TfL bunches each day's charges, and transmits your daily total as one charge.
To take an artificial example: a typical £5 deposit plus £44.80 load the same day for 7 days PAYG would incur one charge on one £49.80 transaction.
Seven daily triggerings of the £6.40 daily cap with an overseas contactless card would create seven daily card charge charges on seven £6.40 transactions.
If your Amex, Visa, Mastercard or Maestro card's got the contactless symbol (https://www.emvco.com/best_practices.aspx?id=117) it'll almost certainly get you through the Heathrow barrier. If it won't work at Heathrow, go and buy an Oyster
The issue isn't snotty kids: it's what charges your overseas credit card company imposes on what it sees as foreign transactions. TfL bunches each day's charges, and transmits your daily total as one charge.
To take an artificial example: a typical £5 deposit plus £44.80 load the same day for 7 days PAYG would incur one charge on one £49.80 transaction.
Seven daily triggerings of the £6.40 daily cap with an overseas contactless card would create seven daily card charge charges on seven £6.40 transactions.
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Here is the correct link:
https://www.emvco.com/best_practices.aspx?id=117 (w/o that pesky trailing parentheses )
https://www.emvco.com/best_practices.aspx?id=117 (w/o that pesky trailing parentheses )