Buses in London
Apr 25th, 2010, 02:23 PM
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Do you pay full price for each bus you e ( as a transfer en-route) or is the second ride at some reduced rate? Just curious as I have usually bought an unlimited pass, but am not sure how the other rides work.
Apr 25th, 2010, 02:26 PM
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There are no transfers...you pay for each trip, however...
There are all sorts of passes....the best is an oyster card loaded with PAYG (pay as you go)...it's £1.20 a trip but it will cap at £3.90 or something like that (as long as you only use buses)...cash fares are asininely expensive £2 per trip...you can also purchase a 1 day travelcard for £5.70 off peak and just show it to the driver or if you use the tube too the oyster card will cap at the same amount as long as you start out after 0930 on a weekday; you can also buy a 1 day ticket at the machines at each stop for 1563.90 (I think it may be a few pence less but I think that's the new price this year, haven't been to London yet this year!
There are all sorts of passes....the best is an oyster card loaded with PAYG (pay as you go)...it's £1.20 a trip but it will cap at £3.90 or something like that (as long as you only use buses)...cash fares are asininely expensive £2 per trip...you can also purchase a 1 day travelcard for £5.70 off peak and just show it to the driver or if you use the tube too the oyster card will cap at the same amount as long as you start out after 0930 on a weekday; you can also buy a 1 day ticket at the machines at each stop for 1563.90 (I think it may be a few pence less but I think that's the new price this year, haven't been to London yet this year!
Apr 27th, 2010, 07:52 AM
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Each bus ride costs £2 if you pay cash. On routes in central London, you buy the £2 tickets from machines at the bus stops but, on most suburban routes, you can pay the £2 to the driver. This only makes sense if you're making only one bus ride during your stay in London.
You can buy a paper one-day bus pass for £3.90 which allows unlimited bus travel throughout Greater London for one day.
If you have an Oyster card loaded with money for pay-as-you-go, each bus ride costs £1.20, with a daily maximum of £3.90. Thus, the first three rides are £1.20 each, the fourth costs 30p, and all subsequent bus rides that day are free.
You can buy a paper one-day bus pass for £3.90 which allows unlimited bus travel throughout Greater London for one day.
If you have an Oyster card loaded with money for pay-as-you-go, each bus ride costs £1.20, with a daily maximum of £3.90. Thus, the first three rides are £1.20 each, the fourth costs 30p, and all subsequent bus rides that day are free.
Apr 27th, 2010, 09:45 AM
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It depends which zones your pass covers. When you buy the train ticket from Gatwick Airport, show the pass and the booking clerk will know what fare to charge (or they can look it up). They should sell you a ticket to the zone boundary rather than the first station in that zone. If you want to get an idea of the fare, the first station in zone 6 is Coulsdon South and the first on the line to London Victoria in zone 2 is Clapham Junction; you can look up the fares to those on the National Rail website.
