On Apr 13, 6:38 pm, "MLD" wrote:
Visited this NG once before and got some good advice. Misplaced some of it
g. Would someone mind repeating the following:
From Heathrow Terminal 4, where does one go to get a PAYG Oyster Pass.
Following that, the path to the Piccadilly Line.
MLD


Heathrow Terminal 4 has its own Underground station on the Piccadilly
line, so simply go to the ticket office there - ask for an Oyster card
with whatever amount of PAYG credit you want on it. There is a £3
refundable deposit for the card. You can either provide your details
and have it registered, or otherwise have an unregistered card.

The one alternative is to buy an Oyster card before you arrive in
London - if you live in certain countries VisitBritainDirect will sell
you a "Visitor Oyster card" in your local currency and send it to you
by post. See this webpage for more information (confusingly it refers
to Oyster PAYG using its old name "Pre-Pay"):
http://www.visitlondon.com/travel/oyster/

Note that "Visitor Oyster cards" are functionally the same as standard
Oyster cards, except (a) they are unregistered and (b) there isn't a
refundable deposit, rather there is a small fee charged instead.

I'd advise anyone arriving at Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 or 3 who need
tickets to at least try their luck at the TfL Travel Information
Centre which is bang opposite the entrance to "Heathrow Terminals
1,2,3" Underground station as it never seems to be as busy compared to
the ticket office at the station proper. There is however no such
facility at either Terminal 4 or Terminal 5 at Heathrow, but I don't
think the queues can be as bad at either of those locations though.

(A bit of background with regards to the geography might be helpful
here - Terminals 1,2 and 3 are all clustered together in a central
area, whilst both Terminals 4 and 5 are some distance apart and as
well as having separate stations they also have separate road access
too.)

Hope you enjoy your time here.