Within London, all London Underground, National Rail, London Overground, TfL Rail and Docklands Light Railway stations are assigned to six fare zones. Fare zone 1 covers the central area and fare zones 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 form concentric rings around it.
Greater Anglia operates a train from Chelmsford to Stratford (London) every 15 minutes. Tickets cost £11 - £17 and the journey takes 27 min.
Trains from Chelmsford arrive into London Liverpool Street, just a stone's throw from Shoreditch, Old Street and the City. The journey from Chelmsford to London is around 35 minutes*, though some fast services take just 32 minutes to reach the capital.
Shenfield railway station
| Shenfield |
|---|
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | C |
| National Rail annual entry and exit |
It is not that Chelmsford is squalid or decaying — far from it. It is affluent, clean, and (with the exception of the apparently obligatory Friday night roarings and vomitings by Essex men whose income exceeds their tolerance of alcohol) remarkably orderly.
Commuters travelling from Brentwood or Shenfield can now use Oyster Cards at both the stations. Transport for London launched the scheme which has seen the installation of Oyster Card readers for Greater Anglia train services on Wednesday.
Price caps for Oyster & contactless card payments, compared to Travelcard prices - 2020
| Zones | Oyster daily cap | 7-day cap** |
|---|
| Zone 1-2 | £7.20 | £36.10 |
| Zone 1-3 | £8.50 | £42.40 |
| Zone 1-4 | £10.40 | £51.90 |
| Zone 1-5 | £12.30 | £61.70 |
Oyster card doesn't work as far out as Basildon. You can buy one-day travelcards at Basildon which include train travel between Basildon and London and unlimited travel in the London travelcard area.
Grays railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line serving the town of Grays, Essex. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by c2c. Although outside the London fare zones, the station became part of the Oyster card pay-as-you-go network in 2010.
Step 6: When you are exiting the bus you don't need to tap out (like you do for other public transport), just make your way to the doors that are at the back or the middle of the bus.
Yes, Visitor Oyster cards never expire. You can top up your pay as you go credit at any Tube station ticket office or machine, Oyster Ticket Stops, Travel Information Centres and some National Rail stations. Can I get a refund of any unused credit at the end of my trip to the UK?
On 11 January 2016, payment using Oyster and contactless payment cards was introduced at Redhill, as part of the Oyster extension from Merstham to Gatwick Airport. The station is outside of the London Fare Zone area, and special fares apply.
A 1-Day Travelcard is a paper ticket which allows you to travel as much as you like, as often as you like, for a single day. You can use it on the bus, Tube, DLR, tram, London Overground and most National Rail services within London. Travelcards are not valid on riverboat services.
Using the passThe pass allows free travel on buses, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground and most National Rail services in London. Pass holders also get a discounted fare on River services and the Emirates Air Line. 60+ Oyster pass holders are not entitled to free travel on services outside of London.
Gatwick has no Oyster fare zone and specific fare cap, your Oyster is just debited for the fare between Gatwick and London. If you interchange between the Gatwick Train journey and the London Underground / DLR networks you will have to pass through ticket barriers at the interchange rail station.
As a general rule a Travelcard is more expensive than an Oyster card or Contactless payment card. The exception is if you make 3 or more journeys for 6 days or more within a 7 day period. Otherwise an Oyster on a Pay As You Go basis or a Contactless payment card is cheaper.
It's publicised that if you use contactless to pay for travel in London, it's the same price as using an Oyster card. Of course, if you have a railcard discount (or similar) applied to your Oyster, that will always be cheaper than contactless. Discounts cannot be applied to contactless payment cards.
Underground
| Contactless Single Fares 2020 |
|---|
| Single:off-peak | Single:peak |
|---|
| Zone 1–2 | £2.40 | £2.90 |
| Zone 1–3 | £2.80 | £3.30 |
| Zone 1–4 | £2.80 | £3.90 |
Central London is in zone 1. Travelcards are valid for 1 day, 7 days or 1
month. The passes are valid for travel on all types of transport in London including: the Underground (the tube)
Monthly Travelcards: 2020 prices.
| Monthly Travelcards 2020 |
|---|
| Zones 1–2 | £138.70 |
| Zones 1–3 | £162.90 |
| Zones 1–4 | £199.30 |
| Zones 1–5 | £237.00 |
But one of the main reasons the tube is so expensive is that tube tickets are effectively subsidising road maintenance, ferries, tunnels, and a wealth of other things that should be paid for by the taxpayer.
Oyster Card Capped Prices
| Select type | Day Anytime Price | Off Peak Day Price |
|---|
| Adult Zones 1-2 | £7.00 | £7.00 |
| Adult Zones 1-4 | £10.10 | £10.10 |
| Adult Zones 1-6 | £12.80 | £12.80 |
A 60+ London Oyster photocard allows you to travel free on public transport in London from the age of 60 until you qualify for a Freedom Pass. To be eligible for a 60+ London Oyster photocard, you must: Live in a London borough. Be aged 60 or over.
The cheapest way to travel is with an Oyster card. An Oyster card allows you to travel between all parts of London on the Underground, Trams (DLR), Overground, some river boats, Emirates Air Line, and the iconic red London buses.
A pay as you go adult fare is £1.50 with a contactless payment, Oyster, or Visitor Oyster card. If you make another bus or tram journey within an hour of touching in on a bus or tram, your second journey will be free. UK issued contactless payment cards are accepted, just look out for the contactless symbol.
Now, free app TfL Oyster (available on Apple and Android) allows you top up your Oyster card on your phone, and collect the top-up from any tube or rail station, tram stop or river bus pier as little as 30 minutes later. (Future versions of the app will allow you to collect the top-up on buses too.)
You pay an administration fee of £20 using a credit or debit card. You can get a photocard valid for up to three years of your course. We'll post your 18+ Student Oyster photocard to you once your school, college or university has approved your application.
An Oyster card is an electronic plastic smartcard that can be loaded with pay-as-you-go transport credit. There are two options available to tourists: the regular Oyster card used by London natives, and the Visitor Oyster card, which is specially designed for use on one-off trips.
You can get an Oyster card:
- Online with a contactless and Oyster account, if you live in the UK.
- At Oyster Ticket Stops in many newsagents in London.
- At all Tube, London Overground and most TfL Rail stations.
- Some DLR and National Rail stations.
- At Visitor Centres.
- At the Tramlink Shop in Croydon.
Oxted to London Underground Zone 1-6.
Travelcards
- Online from the TfL Visitor Shop or from VisitBritain shops before you arrive in London.
- From Tube station ticket machines.
- At London Overground and TfL Rail station ticket offices.
- Most National Rail stations.
- TfL Visitor Centres.
For example, there is a daily cap on Oyster and contactless cards of £6.40 in zone 1 to 2. A one-day travelcard in the same zone would cost you £12.
You can find out how much money you've got on an Oyster card at ticket machines by holding your card against the yellow Oyster card reader. Or you can check your balance anytime online if you register your Oyster card and have an account. If you haven't already you can do that on the TfL website.
Weekly bus pass 2020If you're in London for 5, 6 or 7 days and only use buses, a one-week bus pass costs £21.20. The pass entitles you to travel on buses all over London within zones 1–6.
