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Could someone please let me know what the cheapest way is to commute to London Bridge from Honor Oak Park?

I will use it for communte on daily basis from Monday-Friday and may do some random trips to Zone 1 during weekends and sometimes in the evenings.


Is monthly travel card for zone 1-2 the best deal?

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Compare the price difference between a rail-only season ticket (?908) against a TfL zone 1-3 travelcard (?1424 pa).


Will you spend more than ?516 on the tube?


Weekly and monthly costs here http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/seasonticket/tickets


http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx

Love_London Wrote:

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> Could someone please let me know what the cheapest

> way is to commute to London Bridge from Honor Oak

> Park?


Bicycle. About half an hour door to door without significant effort. It might take a bit longer than the train, depending on exactly where you want to go, and how long all the waiting and the scuttling take. But that has to be weighed against the real sense of achievement you'll get from not stuffing an annual post-tax grand into a rail franchise.

Honor Oak Park is in Zone 3. If you decide to use a Zone 1-2 travelcard, you'll need at least ?3.20 per day to cover your journey between Brockley and Honor Oak Park using Oyster.


If you're only commuting between London Bridge and Honor Oak Park not using buses or the tube afterwards, you can buy a 7 day paper season ticket for ?22.70. You will need a photocard though, this can be easily done by going to the ticket office with a passport sized photograph which they'll put on for you.


Another option is to buy a Zone 1-2 travelcard and commute to Peckham Rye instead, then use the 63 or 363 which your travelcard will cover.

Both the weekly and monthly are paper season tickets.


If you can get the annual season to London Terminals, you get a gold card which you can put the number on your Oyster card for discounted travel using Pay as you go outside peak hours.


Full prices for season tickets are below.


Days/Months Price

7 Days ?22.70

1 Month ?87.20

3 Months ?261.60

6 Months ?523.10

12 Months ?908.00

Burbage Wrote:

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> Love_London Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Could someone please let me know what the

> cheapest

> > way is to commute to London Bridge from Honor

> Oak

> > Park?

>

> Bicycle. About half an hour door to door without

> significant effort. It might take a bit longer

> than the train, depending on exactly where you

> want to go, and how long all the waiting and the

> scuttling take. But that has to be weighed against

> the real sense of achievement you'll get from not

> stuffing an annual post-tax grand into a rail

> franchise.


I second the bike option - I did an equivalent journey (to Tavistock Sq) for three years from Marmora Road and after the first week where I got used to E&C roundabout it was a doddle. A bit of research and you can find interesting routes that avoid riding behind TFL buses - every day is a changing landscape and it's usually quite companionable with "hail fellow, well met" moments between cyclists, pedestrians and taxi drivers. Add in improved fitness and cash saving - it becomes very difficult to argue against.

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