Figuring out my Oyter Card

[Sarah_W]

I want to travel by tram to East Croydon station then to Picadilly Circus. I'm unsure if it's going to be cheaper for me to buy a day travelcard for £7.50 OR to use my Oystercard as there are a lot of individual journyes and I'm unsure if the oystrcard canbe used fro the overground rain from East Croydon to London Bridge.

Anyone know the answer please?

[bga]

You can't use Oyster PAYG from East Croydon into London Bridge yet unfortunately.
I am pretty sure that the travelcard will be cheaper than the individual journies as it will be £3 alone for LB->Pic->LB

[sleep envy]

IIRC once you have spent the equivalent amount on the OC as it would be to buy a peak/off peak travel card (depends when you start your journey) then it's free for every journey after that point

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tickets/Get...

ETA - read the bit about price cap on page 3

Edited by sleep envy on Monday 27th July 13:18

[Sarah_W]

bga said:

You can't use Oyster PAYG from East Croydon into London Bridge yet unfortunately.
I am pretty sure that the travelcard will be cheaper than the individual journies as it will be £3 alone for LB->Pic->LB

Thanks guys. That seems ridiculous that you can't use an Oystercard for that overline journey. So looks like I'll be better ff buying a paer travelcard to cover all the journys instead of an Oystercard/paper ticket mix. Madness!

[blindswelledrat]

Oh goody. I like these threads.

Ok, Ive got one.
If I buy one apple for 50p and give the man (or woman, no sexism here) a £1 coin, how much will I get back?

I am praying that someone here can tell me or Ill be pretty lost TBH.

[Justayellowbadge]

blindswelledrat said:

Oh goody. I like these threads.

Ok, Ive got one.
If I buy one apple for 50p and give the man (or woman, no sexism here) a £1 coin, how much will I get back?

I am praying that someone here can tell me or Ill be pretty lost TBH.

Ooh, trowelling on the sarcasm.

She wants some help in that department too, if you'd care to pop over to Homes & DIY.

[Carfiend]

I think this is fitting here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgwoPG63B3Y

NWS btw

[ih8thisname]

Carfiend said:

I think this is fitting here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgwoPG63B3Y

NWS btw

, I like that.

[CedGTV]

Sarah, not all overland train companies are aligned with the Oyster card system yet. I travel in from one stop outside the 6 zones of the underground on First Capital connect and can't do so yet.

I think Boris was to do something about this, but it looks like he's just bogged down with a whole heap of st to be honest.

[Skipppy]

CedGTV said:

Sarah, not all overland train companies are aligned with the Oyster card system yet. I travel in from one stop outside the 6 zones of the underground on First Capital connect and can't do so yet.

I think Boris was to do something about this, but it looks like he's just bogged down with a whole heap of st to be honest.

Like writing newspaper columns in return for chicken feed

[zac510]

You could always tram onwards to wimbledon and then district line but that would take ages.

[Sarah_W]

CedGTV said:

Sarah, not all overland train companies are aligned with the Oyster card system yet. I travel in from one stop outside the 6 zones of the underground on First Capital connect and can't do so yet.

I think Boris was to do something about this, but it looks like he's just bogged down with a whole heap of st to be honest.

Thanks for all your help folks. Ended up getting a travelcard at £7.50 to include everything. It's madnessthat we can't use Oyster cards on the overland trains in central London, but a Travelcard works on them!

[Man-At-Arms]

ih8thisname said:

Carfiend said:

I think this is fitting here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgwoPG63B3Y

NWS btw

, I like that.

used to have it as a ring tone

[Uhura_Fighter]

blindswelledrat said:

Oh goody. I like these threads.

Ok, Ive got one.
If I buy one apple for 50p and give the man (or woman, no sexism here) a £1 coin, how much will I get back?

I am praying that someone here can tell me or Ill be pretty lost TBH.

I normaly browse the travel/oyster card forums but I am soooooo glad I can do this st from Pistonheads now - Oystercardheads speed matters on public transport with a travel card.



OP - Can't you just buy a car and drive or use the one you have.

[zac510]

Uhura_Fighter said:

blindswelledrat said:

Oh goody. I like these threads.

Ok, Ive got one.
If I buy one apple for 50p and give the man (or woman, no sexism here) a £1 coin, how much will I get back?

I am praying that someone here can tell me or Ill be pretty lost TBH.

I normaly browse the travel/oyster card forums but I am soooooo glad I can do this st from Pistonheads now - Oystercardheads speed matters on public transport with a travel card.



OP - Can't you just buy a car and drive or use the one you have.

Yeah, there's a great parking spot outside McDonalds on Picadilly Circus!

[Ry_B]

Oyster card?

[Sarah_W]

Uhura_Fighter said:

blindswelledrat said:

Oh goody. I like these threads.

Ok, Ive got one.
If I buy one apple for 50p and give the man (or woman, no sexism here) a £1 coin, how much will I get back?

I am praying that someone here can tell me or Ill be pretty lost TBH.

I normaly browse the travel/oyster card forums but I am soooooo glad I can do this st from Pistonheads now - Oystercardheads speed matters on public transport with a travel card.



OP - Can't you just buy a car and drive or use the one you have.

You've never tried driving to Piccadilly at 6pm have you ;-)