Hi all,

Just trying to work out what the best way of doing Central London to
Heathrow Airport on Oyster PAYG is (without using Piccadilly line).

I heard that there was a bus from Hayes/Harlington so might be worth
taking FGW or Heathrow Connect (interestingly their website says PAYG
not valid but the map seems to disagree) to there before changing.

Any better ways?

Kind regards,

Joe

Joe wrote:
Hi all,

Just trying to work out what the best way of doing Central London to
Heathrow Airport on Oyster PAYG is (without using Piccadilly line).

I heard that there was a bus from Hayes/Harlington so might be worth
taking FGW or Heathrow Connect (interestingly their website says PAYG
not valid but the map seems to disagree) to there before changing.

Any better ways?

It depends on (a) where in Central London you are starting from, (b)
which terminal you are heading for at Heathrow, and (c) what you mean by
"better". (Faster? Cheaper? Fewer changes?) Why don't you want to use
the Piccadilly Line?

Heathrow Connect's website says that "Pre-pay Oyster" is not valid,
which suggests that it might be an old comment that hasn't been revised.
TfL's site says that PAYG is valid between Greenford/West Drayton and
Paddington, which would include the section of HC east of Hayes. I've
emailed HC for clarification.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

"Richard J." wrote:

Heathrow Connect's website says that "Pre-pay Oyster" is not valid, which
suggests that it might be an old comment that hasn't been revised. TfL's
site says that PAYG is valid between Greenford/West Drayton and
Paddington, which would include the section of HC east of Hayes. I've
emailed HC for clarification.

PAYG certainly is valid. Had to go out to Hayes & Harlington on business
last week, and there are multiple validators at the station. As it happens,
I ended up on fGW services both ways, but PAYG is also valid on Heathrow
Connect as far as West Drayton.

Three weeks earlier, business took me to South Greenford, where my Oyster
PAYG was also accepted.

Chris

On Mar 16, 7:05*pm, "Chris Read" wrote:
Heathrow Connect's website says that "Pre-pay Oyster" is not valid, which
suggests that it might be an old comment that hasn't been revised. TfL's
site says that PAYG is valid between Greenford/West Drayton and
Paddington, which would include the section of HC east of Hayes. *I've
emailed HC for clarification.

PAYG certainly is valid. Had to go out to Hayes & Harlington on business
last week, and there are multiple validators at the station. As it happens,
I ended up on fGW services both ways, but PAYG is also valid on Heathrow
Connect as far as West Drayton.

Three weeks earlier, business took me to South Greenford, where my Oyster
PAYG was also accepted.

Legally speaking, all HC services are FGW services between London and
H&H, and therefore are subject to the same fares, conditions, etc (as
they took over the paths of existing FGW slow trains). So PAYG is
valid.

They are then HEx (and not National Rail at all) between H&H and the
airport, so PAYG, Travelcards, railcards, etc aren't valid.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

In article , (Joe) wrote:

Just trying to work out what the best way of doing Central London
to Heathrow Airport on Oyster PAYG is (without using Piccadilly
line).

I heard that there was a bus from Hayes/Harlington so might be
worth taking FGW or Heathrow Connect (interestingly their website
says PAYG not valid but the map seems to disagree) to there before
changing.

Any better ways?

Why not use the Piccadilly?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:
Why not use the Piccadilly?

Given I'd be coming from Cockfosters, I think I would probably die from
bordeom (it's bad enough coming from Covent Garden!)

Joe wrote:
wrote:
Why not use the Piccadilly?

Given I'd be coming from Cockfosters, I think I would probably die from
bordeom (it's bad enough coming from Covent Garden!)

If it's interesting you want...

Piccadilly to Manor House, walk to Haringey Green Lanes*, Sprinter to
Gospel Oak, NLL to Gunnersbury, H91 to Hounslow, whatever buses go to
Heathrow from there depending on terminal.

* A mate lives near there - I usually take the NLL/GOBLIN over the
Piccadilly for boredom avoidance. It's comparable on speed, too.

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Joe wrote:

wrote:
Why not use the Piccadilly?

Given I'd be coming from Cockfosters, I think I would probably die from
bordeom (it's bad enough coming from Covent Garden!)

If sitting in crowded metal tubes for extended periods of time with
nothing interesting to see out of the windows is not your thing, are you
entirely sure that an airport is a wise destination for you?

tom

--
In my view, this is no different than a parent introducing his child to
Shakespeare (except that the iambic pentameter is replaced by a framework
of profanity, misogyny, substance abuse, violence, retaliation, crime
and infidelity). -- Dad Gone Mad, on rap

Tom Anderson wrote:
If sitting in crowded metal tubes for extended periods of time with
nothing interesting to see out of the windows is not your thing, are you
entirely sure that an airport is a wise destination for you?

I wasn't actually travelling - I just wanted to have a look around,
especially the new Terminal 5.

Thanks to all the respondents though!

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:34:21 -0000, Joe wrote:

Hi all,

Just trying to work out what the best way of doing Central London to
Heathrow Airport on Oyster PAYG is (without using Piccadilly line).

I heard that there was a bus from Hayes/Harlington

140 from outside the station. Takes about 15 mins to central bus station
for Terms 1/2/3. Free train from there for Terms 4 & 5

so might be worth taking FGW or Heathrow Connect (interestingly their
website says PAYG not valid but the map seems to disagree)

PAYG is valid Paddington to Hayes & Harlington on FGW or HC

Any better ways?

Not really. Met to Uxbridge then bus A10, if that takes your fancy
--
Fig