(February 1, 2018 at 3:42 pm)shadow Wrote:(February 1, 2018 at 2:02 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I used to live in London. Everything is worth seeing. If you are there for 5-6 days buy a week travelcard (you can get them at most underground stations). It gives you unlimited travel on the underground, London overground, buses, etc. Its pretty cheap considering, and well worth the money.
Yeah, transit in London looks pretty expensive, so that's probably a good call to get a pass. Do you know if there multiple transit companies, or would the card work on all the buses and trains?
It's mostly controlled by Transport for London. https://tfl.gov.uk/
I believe for the week pass you will need to buy an Oyster card, which you can do from a number of places. I would ask when you land. With the Oyster card, you can load the week pass onto it, and then just "scan" the oyster card when you use transport. Here's a useful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukFo6BwI3FY
It should work for the underground (though only in certain zones), buses and London overground. Zones 1+2 are where most things are. You should check which zone your hotel is in though.
