Posted on 06/04/2016 19:44
I will be spending a week on the Alderstead Heath Caravan site near to Croydon, and will be visiting the capital a few times. My OH is retired and therefore has a bus pass, I've retired, but not old enough to get any passes, etc
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so have been looking at an Oyster Card as I can use it, apparently, on any public transport. Is it ok for as far as Croydon and is it worth using?
Posted on 06/04/2016 20:22
This might help? https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/visiting-london/visitor-oyster-cards
David
Posted on 07/04/2016 09:15
The good thing about the pay as you go Oyster card over a contactless credit card, is that there is a daily cap above which you will not be charged. The size of the cap depends on the maximum zone you travel in. However, I think the caps are separate for train/tube and bus.
Posted on 07/04/2016 11:11
Just a point about using National Bus passes on London buses. Outside of London it seems to be the norm to scan the bus pass on entering the bus if the bus has that facility. However when we were at Abbey Wood and got the bus to Greenwich it seemed to confuse the driver when we tried to scan the pass, so on the second trip we just showed the pass to the driver and left the decision on whether it should be scanned to him. Pensioners in London have a Freedom Pass which works like an Oyster Card but without the cost!!!
David
Posted on 07/04/2016 14:47
Just a point about using National Bus passes on London buses. Outside of London it seems to be the norm to scan the bus pass on entering the bus if the bus has that facility. However when we were at Abbey Wood and got the bus to Greenwich it seemed to confuse the driver when we tried to scan the pass, so on the second trip we just showed the pass to the driver and left the decision on whether it should be scanned to him. Pensioners in London have a Freedom Pass which works like an Oyster Card but without the cost!!!
David
Can OH's national bus pass be ok to use within London. I know he can use it anywhere in the UK, but London seems to be in a little world of its own
- just checked about Freedom Pass - you need to live in a London borough, so that's out as we live in Manchester
Posted on 07/04/2016 22:15
Some "foreign" ie other counties bus passes tend to not work outside your own area, our friends Notts passes never work here and ours work on some Cambs buses but not others,its never been a problem ,as drivers just wave you on,
If you are not of a "certain age" for travel in london an oyster card is the way to go as it gives "cheaper" travel than a ticket per journey,and if you are wanting to get anywhere "quicker" use the Underground
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