MIG

On Jul 4, 9:39 pm, "davidmetzg...@" <davidmetzg...@>
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> On Jul 4, 3:06 pm, MIG <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
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> > On Jul 4, 7:47 pm, "davidmetzg...@" <davidmetzg...@>
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> > > On Jul 4, 2:34 pm, MIG <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > > On Jul 4, 7:09 pm, "davidmetzg...@" <davidmetzg...@>
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> > > > > On Jul 4, 9:45 am, MIG <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > > > > On 4 Jul, 12:01, Helen Deborah Vecht <helenve...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > > > > > "davidmetzg...@" <davidmetzg...@>typed
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> > > > > > > > Another thing if i go from Heathrow central to wembley would the
> > > > > > > > oyster card know the difference if i want via rayners lane or
> > > > > > > > transferred to the jubilee via greenpark?
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> > > > > > > You could take a 140 bus from Heathrow to Harrow on the Hill and another
> > > > > > > bus (223?) from Harrow to Wembley or take the Metropolitan Line, thus
> > > > > > > avoiding central London. Unlike the Underground, the 140 bus also runs
> > > > > > > through the night.
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> > > > > > > Alternatively, you could take the Picadilly Line from Heathrow to
> > > > > > > Sudbury town, which is quite close to Wembley, and then get a 204 bus.
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> > > > > > > A single bus journey on Oyster is only 90p.
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> > > > > > > Where in Wembley are you going? There are several Wembley stations.
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> > > > > > > A 7 Zone 1-6 day Travelcard is unlikely to be good value for money
> > > > > > > unless you plan to:
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> > > > > > > 1) Regularly travel before 09.30
> > > > > > > 2) use National Rail a lot,
> > > > > > > 3) travel all the way from Zone1 to Zone 6 most days.
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> > > > > > I'd be inclined to replace this with "A seven day 1 - 6 zone
> > > > > > travelcard is likely to be good value for money unless you never  ..."
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> > > > > > They really are hugely better value than any capping limit, even if
> > > > > > you only use them over five days.
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> > > > > I'm taking a flight from JFK to LHR with my girlfriend I want to go to
> > > > > the hotel near Wembley Arena the flight arrives at 20 25 then the next
> > > > > day we want to start using the 7 day card to explore London .-
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> > > > In that case it might be best to get a seven-day zone 1 - 4 travelcard
> > > > on Oyster (for your explorations from Wembley), and on the same Oyster
> > > > card store enough Pay As You Go credit for your journeys between
> > > > Heathrow and the boundary of zone 4.
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> > > > You will have to use the London Underground Piccadilly line for PAYG
> > > > to be valid.
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> > > > If your total stay is more than seven days, it might be worth asking
> > > > for the travelcard to start in the morning and use Pay As You Go all
> > > > the way to Wembley on the first evening.  If the whole visit is not
> > > > more than seven days, this wouldn't help.
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> > > We arrive on a thursday evening and leave the follwing thurs we want
> > > the zone 6 as i have been in london many times . Can you specify that
> > > you want the 7 day to start fri when i buy it thurs night?-
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> > Yes.  It will be easiest to do it at the counter.  Ask the clerk for
> > an Oyster card loaded with a seven-day travelcard starting the next
> > day (which will mean that you don't have to pay a £3 deposit for the
> > card itself) and ask for enough credit to be added for your first
> > journey to Wembley that evening (I am not sure what route it assumes,
> > with regard to your earlier question).
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> what would 2 bus rides cost on oyster?-

Always 90p per bus, therefore £1.80. An Underground journey is one
price regardless of whether you change, but the price is less after
1900 hours and depends on the zones covered.