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Colin Rosenstiel · November 8th 07, 09:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Michael Hoffman) wrote:

A.Lee wrote:
Myself and a friend will be in London for a day in a few weeks time,
and would like some advice on if, and which, travelcard we should
buy.

If you are traveling by train the cheapest option may be to get an
out-boundary Travelcard from your home.

If you will only be traveling by LU/DLR/Bus on the day (no National
Rail), then Oyster will be cheaper if you don't consider the GBP 3
deposit. You can re-use it or cash it in.

If you don't want to bother with keeping or returning your Oyster
card, then the Travelcard will be cheaper.

I was going to write much the same. The vital missing piece of data is
where the OP is starting his journey from.

In my case, starting from Cambridge with a Network Card, far and away the
cheaper option than any others mentioned here is a Day Travelcard, £3.30
over the price of a day return to the London Terminal station.

It's only not worth it if I'm only making up to two Zone 1 tube trips, in
which case I use my little used but TfL rip-off avoidance device Oyster
Card. They cost £1.50 each on Oyster, BTW.

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Colin Rosenstiel