asdf wrote:

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:51:08 +0100, Demiurge wrote:

From September 11th I'll be travelling from East Croydon to Brixton (train
from E.Croydon to Victoria, then tube to Brixton), peak times, on Mondays,

Wednesdays and Thursdays. I'm planning to buy a one-day travel card each day
(£10.40 per day). Would Oyster be of any use to me, i.e. reduce my costs at
all? I've never used it before.


In a word, no. However, you would be able to reduce your costs by
avoiding travelling through Zone 1.

Possible routes would be:

East Croydon - Clapham Junction - Vauxhall - Brixton
East Croydon - Balham - Stockwell - Brixton
East Croydon - Herne Hill - Brixton (not many trains on these routes)
East Croydon - Beckenham Junction (Tramlink) - Brixton

This would enable you to travel on a Z2-6 Peak One Day Travelcard at
£7.40 per day.

The TfL Journeyplanner also shows an alternative route of train E.
Croydon - Tulse Hill and then bus 2 or 432 to Brixton. It estimates this
journey time 00:36 so if it is correct it would not take longer time
than train/tube via Victoria. With this train-bus route a Z3-5 7-day
travelcard will save some more money because it costs £18.40. Divided by
3 days that is about £6.13 a day. Then, a few pounds more can be saved
by buying monthly or longer travelcards.

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