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Old October 30th 05, 12:32 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Will an oyster card work for me?

In message . com, at
05:07:18 on Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Miss Uk Railway
remarked:
This week, I'm travelling from Rugby to Euston and back with Virgin
every day. I will then need to make a daily return trip from Euston
underground to Westminster underground.

Would it be cheaper to buy 5 x daily zone 1 return tickets or an Oyster
card? I've no idea how Oyster works - can I buy it at Euston tomorrow
morning and do I simply put money onto it, i.e. pre-pay?


Yes. Allow the normal queuing time plus ten minutes. Will cost you £3
deposit plus whatever amount of credit you choose to add.

Does this method work out cheaper than buying ordinary single/returns?


Ten singles on paper tickets is £20, on Oyster £17, so you'll break even
in a week. Next time you are in London you'll be saving the 30p each
ticket, and soon saving £1.50 when paper singles go up to £3, and Oyster
falls to £1.50 .
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Roland Perry