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Topic ID 312
04/11/2004 by 01-mike
Public Transport Prices
I'm being slightly bold in posting a new topic as being new to these forums, but I am so peeved I felt the need!
I recently moved to Hertford after having enough of living in Haringey! (I grew up in Welwyn)
Having lived in London I still need to go there regularly, now my problem is in the options available to get into central London from here.
So far I have tried driving to Coc+fosters station, where I can park for £2.50, then buy an all zones travel card, this takes time depending on time of day and is not cheap.
I have also now tried getting the train from Hertford East (short walk for me) But the price for this is just rediculous! I'm tempted to drive all the way and stump up for the rediculous congestion charge and attempt to find one of the what I presume to be 5-6 parking spaces in the whole of central London!
Is there no other way, have I missed something?
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Reply ID 2027
04/11/2004 by newcomer
An off-peak rail return to London from "Hertford stations" and Zones 1-6 travelcard combo ticket cost £10.
I'm not sure if that's good or bad but it struck me as fairly reasonable. That's certainly what I buy when I go in to the big smoke. If you want peak times, I'm afraid I wouldn't know off-hand.
Reply ID 2029
04/11/2004 by 01-mike
I cant remember what it was now, I think it was about £13, perhaps its just me but for the two of us to go to london we had to pay about £26 now how much would the journey cost in petrol? after all we are supposed to use public transport etc etc...!
Maybe i'm too used to living in London if your already there it does make it a lot cheaper to travel around!
Reply ID 2045
05/11/2004 by jez_p
contact "john smith" who posts on the forum.
He can tell you the cheapest way to get a london season ticket.
I believe his email address (for this purpose) is wagnfares (at ) hotmail (dot) com
It does require you to travel from Hertford North though
Reply ID 2078
06/11/2004 by 01-mike
Thanks for the info but season ticket not really needed at tops i'll need to do the journey once a week, sometime less frequent than that. ( I know your now thinking so what am i complaining about!) Thanks for the help all the same will just have to put up with it me thinks!
Reply ID 2104
07/11/2004 by skanky
If you buy a Network Railcard the price of an off-peak travelcard is £10 midweek and less at weekends. It can only be used off-peak but you can take up to two other people with you on it (they get the same discount). Can't remember how much it costs, but it apid for itself with one trip to Worcester (bizarrely the Network SE covers Worcester, but not Peterborough).
Reply ID 2142
09/11/2004 by Mike
Mike:
I have same problem as you since I go into London sometimes but not often enough to warrant a travelcard. The WAGN peak day rate is £13 from Hert North to London c/w tube thrown in. But I know a good central London car park for £10 all day if you're interested. It's still a little more expensive than the train, (once you've paid Congestion tax and petrol) but worth it, IMHO, to avoid all the horrible experiences of public transport.
And - sometimes I go in ultra early, before congestion charge, and leave after it's finished, and pay less than the train travellers. as the car is off road all day you don;t have to pay Red Ken.
Mike
Reply ID 2158
09/11/2004 by 01-mike
Thanks Mike but too be serious I dont think I would drive all the way, certainly not early enough to miss the charge, I think my best bet is to keep parking at ****fosters and go in from there, seems best on time and pocket!
Reply ID 2161
09/11/2004 by Joby
>****fosters and go
****fosters? Is this some kind of auto-censor for swear words in action on the forum??
Reply ID 2164
09/11/2004 by 01-mike
Yeah believe so, if you look at last time I changed it myself forgot this time ges i can call anyone a **** then!
Reply ID 2165
09/11/2004 by 01-mike
that was supposed to be guess I can't by the way!!!
Reply ID 2640
02/12/2004 by 01-mike
Ouch, just heard they are going up! even more reason to use the car!
Reply ID 2668
02/12/2004 by jez_p
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Originally posted by 01-mike
Ouch, just heard they are going up! even more reason to use the car!
£2 for a single from Ware to Hertford E by train - that works out at 60p/mile
Reply ID 2669
02/12/2004 by jez_p
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Originally posted by skanky
If you buy a Network Railcard the price of an off-peak travelcard is £10 midweek and less at weekends. It can only be used off-peak but you can take up to two other people with you on it (they get the same discount). Can't remember how much it costs, but it apid for itself with one trip to Worcester (bizarrely the Network SE covers Worcester, but not Peterborough).
an off peak travelcard is £10 anyway - in which case you are being ripped off
Reply ID 2683
03/12/2004 by skanky
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Originally posted by jez_p
quote:
Originally posted by skanky
If you buy a Network Railcard the price of an off-peak travelcard is £10 midweek and less at weekends. It can only be used off-peak but you can take up to two other people with you on it (they get the same discount). Can't remember how much it costs, but it apid for itself with one trip to Worcester (bizarrely the Network SE covers Worcester, but not Peterborough).
an off peak travelcard is £10 anyway - in which case you are being ripped off
That's because since privatisation, the network card minimum fare is £10 - which is very poor, you're right. However, if you travel from Stevenage (which I do midweek), you save money you save £3. Seeing as I have saved several times the cost of the network card, I'm being ripped off less than if I hadn't bought one.
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