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Smartest/cheapest fare for Cuffley to Zone 1

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calemox

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We're about to move to Goff's Oak and it appears that Cuffley, the closest station, doesn't take Oystercards *shock* *despair*

Do you guys have any smart hacks to figure out the cheapest fare for 4-5x a week peak time travel to Zone 1 and return.

Much obliged,
calemox
 
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A Cuffley to Zones 1-6 Annual Travelcard is £2,920 so that's the price to beat.

Crews Hill (the next station in) is in Zone 6 and your annual ticket would be £2,364. An annual car park ticket there is £410 so if you both need to travel you could drive to Crews Hill instead?
 
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Cuffley-London Terminals is £1876. Gets you to/from Kings Cross or Moorgate (and valid on the Tube between these stations, plus Old Street, only). If you would be happy to walk or cycle to work this would be the easiest way to make a decent saving: it's around 30 minutes' walk from KX which is not far off the time it'd take by Tube, cycling would be quicker of course. The Oyster/contactless fare is £2.40 Tube or £1.50 bus - so even if you ended up using the Tube most days you'd be no worse off (two peak journeys on 220 working days = £1056).

Any annual season ticket will be issued as a Gold Card, which gives you 1/3 off off-peak travel within the South East (with a few extensions), and can be added to your Oyster card to bring the off-peak Z12 single fare to £1.60.

Finally, a note of caution: tickets on this route can be issued on a smartcard. I would stick with a paper ticket - there are still a lot of bugs with smartcards to be ironed out, no real advantage and no price difference.
 

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A Cuffley to Zones 1-6 Annual Travelcard is £2,920 so that's the price to beat.

Crews Hill (the next station in) is in Zone 6 and your annual ticket would be £2,364.

Cuffley - Crews Hill Annual Season £552
Zone 1-6 Annual Travelcard £2364
Total: £2916

Saving: £4.00

In this case the Travelcard would be issued on Oyster which, IMO, has some advantages.
 

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Cuffley - Crews Hill Annual Season £552
Zone 1-6 Annual Travelcard £2364
Total: £2916

Saving: £4.00

In this case the Travelcard would be issued on Oyster which, IMO, has some advantages.

But as they are both season tickets, and they are not both zonal, then this would only be valid for trains that call at Crews Hill. (see National Rail Conditions of Carriage section 19)

Some trains to Cuffley do not call at Crews Hill, so this combination wouldn't be valid on them
 
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Reason077

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Good point.

Another option: Cuffley to Highbury & Islington annual season, £1676.

You could use Oyster PAYG from there (easy as there's an on-platform Oyster reader on the Victoria line), potentially saving money if you weren't using it every workday of the year.

200 round trips to Oxford Circus would be £1060 for a total of £2736.
 

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Not a bad part of the world is Goffs Oak. :)

How will you be getting to Cuffley station, calemox?
 

calemox

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Thanks, guys! Lots of food for thought.


@Be3G
Cycle or walk, bus at a stretch :)
 
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