"Jean O'Boyle" wrote:
>
>"David Bennetts" wrote in message
>news:45c4eb64$0$6131$5a62ac22@per-qv1-> The best and easiest deal for the
>tourist is possibly the Travelcard -
>> either one or 3 day. See
>> http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2007/one-day/travelcard-day.asp
>> for details. Note that you can get a cheaper off-peak card valid after
>> 9.30 am, it doesn't matter that you travel in the afternoon peak. These
>> are valid on trains (underground, DLR and buses, and mainline trains on
>> routes within the respective zones). It gives a discount on river trips.
>>
>> Don't ever buy single tickets, as they will cost you a fortune. It now
>> costs 4 pounds for a single ticket between two stations, in the case of
>> Leicester Square to Covent Garden that is only 400 metres.
>
>Thank you, David,
>The card for off peak for three days would probably be our best bet... if I
>read it correctly, for $41. US, we would be able to use underground, all
>trains and buses...What is DLR?
Docklands Light Rail. You can take it down to Greenwich where the
Royal Observatory and Maritime Museum is. It is zone 2/3 (Cuttysark
station).
>Also, the zones are a bit confusing to me having never been to London...Is
>it more advantageous to get a ticket for Zone 1-6 or is Zone 1-D better?
>Our group would like to see as many of the famous and historical places that
>we can get into our schedule of four days.
Almost everything that you are going to want to see is in Zone 1 or at
the most Zone 2. Docklands is between 2 and 3 and either ticket is
good there. |