On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:26:16 +0100, 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.

Or shock, horror travel to Herne Hill and then get a bus (3, 37 or 196)
across to Brixton. This gives 20 buses per hour on that stretch.

For the real cheapo option you could simply get a 109 bus from Croydon
to Brixton using Oyster Pre-Pay and pay £1 in the morning peak and 80p
on the way home. I accept this is only an option if you have the time to
spare for a longer journey. Buses run every 6 mins for most of the day.
--
Paul C


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