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Commuting Question (Sorry not regarding rolling stock)

Gribbo
Gribbo Posts: 8,488
in General Charlton
When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

General Charlton as it is railway related

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,028

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    Just bunk it mate. You must have picked up enough French to convince a ticket inspector you're a stupid foreigner who doesn't understand English.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,488
    DaveMehmet said:
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    Just bunk it mate. You must have picked up enough French to convince a ticket inspector you're a stupid foreigner who doesn't understand English.
    Wouldnt have a problem convincing anyone I'm stupid, it's getting over the turnstiles I'd struggle with mate
  • soapy_jones
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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Stig said:

    Charlton Life porn.



  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,683
    Trainline's season ticket calculator.

    https://www.thetrainline.com/season-tickets
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Stig said:

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  • ROTW
    ROTW Posts: 642
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    Your brother asked you to dust of your toolkit?
    Just remember the 3ph colour code is no longer red, yellow & blue.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,488
    ROTW said:
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    Your brother asked you to dust of your toolkit?
    Just remember the 3ph colour code is no longer red, yellow & blue.
    Bingo!
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    edited July 2022
    Stig said:


    N-class locomotive, built at the Ashford Works.  

    It should really have been called the "Jimmy Seed", as it was built in 1933 (the year Jimmy joined Charlton), was converted to oil-fired (temporarily) in 1947 (the year he won the FA Cup) and was taken out of service in April 1966, a few short months before Jimmy died. 

    (One for @jimmyseed perhaps) 
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Chizz said:
    Stig said:


    N-class locomotive, built at the Ashford Works.  

    It should really have been called the "Jimmy Seed", as it was built in 1933 (the year Jimmy joined Charlton), was converted to oil-fired (temporarily) in 1947 (the year he won the FA Cup) and was taken out of service in April 1966, a few short months before Jimmy died.  
    Chizz, you've earned your badge. Fully qualified Anorak. :smile:


  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    depends if you are going to be mobile every day or based somewhere with occasional site visits/call outs 

    if you are based somewhere for the majority of the week, i'd just do a monthly return to London then tap your way around when you need to

  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,488
    cafcdave123 said:
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    depends if you are going to be mobile every day or based somewhere with occasional site visits/call outs 

    if you are based somewhere for the majority of the week, i'd just do a monthly return to London then tap your way around when you need to

    Thanks for the sensible answer mate, without the racial, antic-gaelic, trainist, railwayist undertones, unlike some other I don't care to mention
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited July 2022
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  • stevexreeve
    stevexreeve Posts: 1,386
    If you don't go for an annual, don't forget you can buy season tickets for any time span longer than a month.

    So get a ticket that finishes on a Friday or the day before you go on holiday. And then start again on the next working day.

    With inflation at 10% it might make sense to buy an annual starting on Jan 1st just before the prices go up. 

  • illichassavedit
    illichassavedit Posts: 254
    DIY Option?
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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,229
    cafcdave123 said:
    Gribbo said:
    When going into town on a weekly / monthly / yearly basis, is it best to buy a conventional ticket, or tap down a debit card / Oyster?

    It'll be Redhill - London Bridge for the next 18 months or so, then I'd possible need to use the tube to get to other locations in the smoke after that.

    General Charlton as it is railway related

    depends if you are going to be mobile every day or based somewhere with occasional site visits/call outs 

    if you are based somewhere for the majority of the week, i'd just do a monthly return to London then tap your way around when you need to

    This is what I was going to suggest.  Just a train in to London Bridge and is it every day?  Then buy a season ticket.  Even if you just buy a monthly its cheaper than paying by day.  When I just used the train I only purchased a train ticket not a travel card.  Once I switched over to the the DLR I bought a yearly travelcard but then once I did that I turned in to a lazy bitch and got a bus up and down the hill to the station as it wasn't costing me extra.   
  • ROTW
    ROTW Posts: 642
    Annual? FFS, he will only last a week working on the tools.
    He will no doubt quote some French working derivatives and his brother will lamp him.
  • ROTW
    ROTW Posts: 642
    Excuse the electrical pun.
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  • CatfordCat
    CatfordCat Posts: 219
    I didn't realise you could do Oyster or contactless at Redhill (it's outside London) but it appears you can

    This TFL page has more on daily costs and a link to National Rail season ticket calculator.

    From where I am, a weekly season ticket comes out at about 3.5 x the price of daily (anytime / peak) return tickets, monthly seasons offer a bigger saving, annual ones a bigger saving still, so assuming you're going to be travelling 5 (or even 4) days a week, you're probably going to save by buying a season ticket.

    And as has been mentioned, train ticket / season ticket prices go up in January each year - think it's linked to inflation rates, so will probably go up a heck of a lot next year.

    If work is in walking distance to London Bridge, then almost certainly not worth buying a travelcard (which would include all underground, TFL buses, DLR, croydon trams and other trains anywhere in greater london) but just use contactless or oyster on the odd occasions you do go on somewhere else.

    A ticket from Redhill to London Bridge would probably be issued to 'London Terminals' which (while it's not obvious) means the old southern region terminus stations, so you can change somewhere and travel to Victoria, Charing Cross, Cannon Street as well.  I think the limit on the Thameslink line is City Thameslink, but you'd have to check on that.

    Also worth bearing in mind with a season ticket you can use it at weekends as well, and for journeys between any stations on the route, so if you wanted to go (say) to Croydon at the weekend you could.  (not that i'm advocating going to croydon)

    You can get a part refund on a season ticket, so you'd not be stuck with an annual season if you moved house or changed jobs or started doing work from home or something. 

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