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xjay1337:

--- Quote from: rich83 on July 27, 2015, 04:35:27 pm ---Until you get stuck at a station and need a ticket and the queue is 400 deep. Oyster card or contactless FTW

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NEVER happened to me and i'm there probably once a week on avg. just get a travel card from any station.

rich83:
Ok if you are coming from out of town... but not great idea in the centre.

Eccie:
I just use the http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2014/09/contactless-payments-scheme-launches-on-the-london-underground when i jump on the underground

BeezerDiesel:
I'm only going to be in London two or three days and trying to avoid most of the tourist traps.
The contactless card payments looked my favoured option but it's only any use if all the members in your party have them - as there are four of us and two won't have contactless cards then Oyster Visitor passes it is.

sub39h:
Oyster is always the best way of travelling around London. You have to pay a deposit for the Oyster but it is repaid in full when you return the card to a ticket office at the end of your stay and all the money on the card is refunded to you.

If you're travelling by train between London and Manchester use Virgin trains and get a railcard. If your kids are young enough you may be able to get a family railcard, otherwise use two of the Two Together railcards.

Virgin trains allow you to travel on an off peak ticket any time of the day with a railcard so it may work out cheaper to get the railcards even though you're only making the one journey.

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