Author: Bob Handford
The Public Transport Pass Of Choice For Groups Of 10 Or More
A little publicised ticket option for public transport in London is the Group Day Ticket.
If you are a group of 10 or more, this ticket should be what you benchmark any other alternatives against.
First lets get the negatives out of the way.
This ticket is… Continue reading
This not very well publicised river boat service has been operating for many, many years. Bob can remember going on a school trip on the service from Westminster to Kew in the ‘swinging sixties’ era.
The service runs in the summer months only from April until the end of October.
The thought of arriving at Hampton Court by the river just like the main Kings and Queens who used… Continue reading
Author: Bob Handford
Child fares on London’s Underground and Buses are very complicated and fragmented. Every year on January 2nd ticket regulations and prices are reviewed and normally the authorities tinker around to a lesser or greater degree with the child travel concessions.
For 2013 the authorities have been unusually inactive, the only real changes have been fare rises averaging around 4%.
This piece tries to explain as simply… Continue reading
Author: Bob Handford
One of the best long running promotions for visitors to London is the 2 for 1 admissions discount when you have a rail ticket.
The promotion is fundamentally targeted at the British to encourage them to take the train on days out instead of perhaps taking the car. Just by printing out a free voucher from the promotion web site and showing a valid train ticket people can… Continue reading
Author: Bob Handford
There is no simple answer to the Oyster or Travelcard question – either could be the right product for your individual needs.
This blog post is aimed at the visitor to London, visiting for two weeks maximum. If you are a resident, the answer to this question will inevitably be Oyster Card.
Just follow this page through and you should be able to make an informed judgements… Continue reading
Author: Bob Handford
The short clip below demonstrates the ticket barriers on London’s Underground network. You will have to negotiate a set of ticket barriers both on entering the Underground system and when you exit.
Very similar barriers are also in place at London’s railway stations.
If you have an Oyster Card just swipe your card over the yellow… Continue reading
From May 20th 2012, the railways have introduced a new restriction on purchasing 7 Day Travelcards.
Note: this restriction doesn’t apply to 7 Day Travelcards sold by TFL (basically all Travelcards sold not purchased from a railway ticket office)
The good news is that the Photocard is free and you can get one on demand at any railway ticket office in the… Continue reading
Like nearly all journeys using public transport in and around London there is no universal “best” way of getting from A to B.
There is the cheapest, the fastest but seldom an option that wins on all counts.
In the case of getting out to Windsor, perhaps the single most important factor is where you are staying in Central London.
The train from London Paddington to Windsor is probably the… Continue reading
Author: Bob Handford
This post is aimed at those using Victoria Railway Station for the first time curious over what to expect.
To achieve this, the best option is to just play the video clip at the bottom.
Victoria Railway Station is the second busiest railway station in London after Waterloo, its main purpose in terms of numbers is as a commuter hub getting people South and South East… Continue reading
The much loved ‘Routemaster’ London bus (picured below) was retired from active service in 2005 after around 40 years in service. For much of Bob’s London life the Routemaster was the backbone of London’s bus network and it was only when it started to be withdrawn that Londoners got all nostalgic about them.
The Routemaster buses had the driver isolated from the rest of the bus at the front of… Continue reading
