Paper ticket or Oyster?

[GodAtum]

I will be travelling from Guildford to Waterloo then to Uxbridge via the tube and then taking a bus on the weekend but I'm not sure what tickets to purchase.

I could either buy a Super Off-Peak Day travelcard for £10.50 or a Super Off-Peak Day Return for £8.20 and use my Oyster PAYG but I'm not sure how much that is as the TFL website is not very helpful.

 

[Fincra5]

Use the single fair finder. Travelling in zone1 with an oyster card is £1.80

 

[sonic2009]

I will be travelling from Guildford to Waterloo then to Uxbridge via the tube and then taking a bus on the weekend but I'm not sure what tickets to purchase.

I could either buy a Super Off-Peak Day travelcard for £10.50 or a Super Off-Peak Day Return for £8.20 and use my Oyster PAYG but I'm not sure how much that is as the TFL website is not very helpful.

do you have railcard?
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ok noticed you have railcard.

if your railcard discount is loaded on oyster. it's going to cost you £2.40 each way, from waterloo to uxbridge on top of £8.20 return from guildford, better to buy paper ticket

 

[north]

do you have railcard?
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ok noticed you have railcard.

if your railcard discount is loaded on oyster. it's going to cost you £2.40 each way, from waterloo to uxbridge on top of £8.20 return from guildford, better to buy paper ticket

£2.40 is the standard off-peak oyster single fare and is not railcard discounted. The railcard discount applies by setting the cap lower.

FYI you can find tfl fares here

 

[paul1609]

The railcard discount also applies to single off peak journeys on National Rail and seems to have been quite generously set up where there is dual availability with tube even when you go through the tube gates.
I havent sussed it out completely yet but i appear to get a railcard discount between Baker Street and Rickmansworth.

 

[GodAtum]

£2.40 is the standard off-peak oyster single fare and is not railcard discounted. The railcard discount applies by setting the cap lower.

What is the cap for a young person's railcard?

 

[clagmonster]

The daily price caps are here for full price:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/singlefares/5196.aspx
and here for national railcards:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/singlefares/6769.aspx

 

[GodAtum]

Many thanks. By my calculations I will pay a total of £13.20 if I combine a paper ticket and Oyster but only £10.50 if I just by a paper ticket. It's so confusing!

 

[yorkie]

I will be travelling from Guildford to Waterloo then to Uxbridge via the tube and then taking a bus on the weekend but I'm not sure what tickets to purchase. .

Definitely paper.

I still don't think of the Uxbridge line as a 'tube', but rather as a branch on a proper suburban railway, as it certainly was. Sadly my view will have to change when the plastic trains come in and it's an end to comfy deep sprung seats Enjoy the lovely A stocks while you can!

Many thanks. By my calculations I will pay a total of £13.20 if I combine a paper ticket and Oyster but only £10.50 if I just by a paper ticket. It's so confusing!

It's not always cheaper to split tickets, but it sometimes is. Confusing? It sure is, despite ATOC pretending it's "simple"! But in this case, the 'simplest' ticket is the cheapest - how rare!!

 

[GodAtum]

Definitely paper.

I still don't think of the Uxbridge line as a 'tube', but rather as a branch on a proper suburban railway, as it certainly was. Sadly my view will have to change when the plastic trains come in and it's an end to comfy deep sprung seats Enjoy the lovely A stocks while you can!

Deep sprung seats are the best! I remember them on the old slam-door trains that had a door for each set of seats (I cant remember what class they where).

Definitely paper.
It's not always cheaper to split tickets, but it sometimes is. Confusing? It sure is, despite ATOC pretending it's "simple"! But in this case, the 'simplest' ticket is the cheapest - how rare!!

The most annoying thing is TFl claiming that Oyster is cheaper!

 

[yorkie]

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The most annoying thing is TFl claiming that Oyster is cheaper!

Two issues here.

Are TfL saying that splitting tickets, using Oyster for the LU part, is cheaper? I'd be surprised if they are saying that, as it would certainly be incorrect, in fact it would be incorrect more times than not I'd have thought.

Or are TfL saying that Oyster PAYG is cheaper, in general, than paper tickets? If so they probably mean for whole journeys, not split ticket journeys. It's still a bit dubious though, but in general it would be right, for journeys that are wholly available on Oyster.

 

[GodAtum]

Two issues here.

Are TfL saying that splitting tickets, using Oyster for the LU part, is cheaper? I'd be surprised if they are saying that, as it would certainly be incorrect, in fact it would be incorrect more times than not I'd have thought.

Or are TfL saying that Oyster PAYG is cheaper, in general, than paper tickets? If so they probably mean for whole journeys, not split ticket journeys. It's still a bit dubious though, but in general it would be right, for journeys that are wholly available on Oyster.

I think they mean whole journeys. I would like to use Oyster because I could top-up online and not have to queue at the station.

 

[OwlMan]

The most annoying thing is TFl claiming that Oyster is cheaper!

They are on National Rail - within London which is the area that TFL cover.
Once outside London (e.g. Guildford) TFL have no control over the fares.

Peter