Tips on annual travel card for train into London using tube?

[seadragon]

I am close to accepting a job in Regent street but cant get any prices to Piccadilly Circus tube station. I assume I am doing it wrong, ie I need a train travel card and also a tube travel card, who knows. I am probably leaving from Baldock in Hertfordshire.

Can someone please enlighten me?

[Skodaku]

seadragon said:

I am close to accepting a job in Regent street but cant get any prices to Piccadilly Circus tube station. I assume I am doing it wrong, ie I need a train travel card and also a tube travel card, who knows. I am probably leaving from Baldock in Hertfordshire.

Can someone please enlighten me?

The attached would seem to answer your need. Just read the script. You can add bus or tube to your rail season ticket.

Next ?

http://www.railsaver.co.uk/Train_Season_Tickets.ht...

[seadragon]

Thanks, the season ticket part takes me to the National Rail site, which I have already tried. Piccadilly Circus doesnt come up as a search option

I guess I need to buy a season ticket for overland rail and another season ticket for underground, can someone please advise?

Many thanks

[surveyor]

seadragon said:

Thanks, the season ticket part takes me to the National Rail site, which I have already tried. Piccadilly Circus doesnt come up as a search option

I guess I need to buy a season ticket for overland rail and another season ticket for underground, can someone please advise?

Many thanks

They already did!

[BFleming]

It depends on where you're travelling from - but you need to ask for a season ticket which includes London zones 1-6.
If you click on this link it's 100% accurate re pricing: http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/seasonticket...
If you just put in your local station & the London terminus you go to (e.g. Reading to Paddington) it'll give you the price just to Paddington, and also another price with Zones 1-6 included.
Once you see the price difference, you'll understand why people use fold-up bikes! It works out about £800/year extra to add Zones 1-6.
But either way, it's definitely just one ticket.
HTH

Edited by BFleming on Friday 28th February 09:27

[Slidingpillar]

Now retired, but I had a rail and tube season ticket as described. Rail stations are used to such a request.

[eastsider]

I'd suggest you start with a month using oyster pay as you go and see how much it actually costs you that way. Most season tickets/travel cards aren't much of a discount unless you go to the same place, the same way, every single day. On an annual pass if you factor in 4-5 weeks holiday, some sickness probably, some work days requiring you to go elsewhere, it becomes pretty close to even at best. If you use it a lot in the evening / weekends then there are benefits but its pretty marginal to be honest, and a large sunk cost over £1000 in one hit.

[sjg]

Doing a peak zone 1 journey costs £2.20 on Oystercard. Do that twice a day for 230 working days a year and it's over a grand. Cheaper than a standalone zone 1/2 travelcard, but more expensive than tacking on zone 1-6 travelcard to your season ticket.

Else it's just under 2 miles to walk from Kings Cross to Piccadilly Circus (maybe a little less if he's referring to Regent St) so walking is viable if you have time. Or Brompton bike it, or you can get a cycle hire key for £90/year - although you may have to still walk part way to find a spare one in the morning.