You got to love public transprot in London

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:27 pm

Dontt get a travelcard then Ash, ask the jobsworth at East Croydon for a monthly season ticket between East Croydon and London Bridge and it should be cheaper then, according to national rail anyway.

Either way, finding that info out has meant the last hour has flew by.

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:36 pm

Ashley wrote:
pk- wrote:
Serox wrote:
LEQ wrote:
Weird, I thought it was just done on length rather than at what time of day, I get a weekly to Clapham Junction and I pay the same rate regardless of what time I travel.
not 100% sure how it works in different areas. I know that to use transport in peak hours the prices are higher:/

What a bunch of tossers. They know you have to get that train and charge whatever they want.

Sick of the prices going up when they feel like it.
if you buy a weekly or monthly one it's the same price whenever you buy it, but if you buy a single or a return or whatever during the peak hour then that's how they rinse you for cash. the stnuc.

the jubilee line between canary wharf & london bridge during rush hour is like travelling down the devil's arsehole
Try catching the bedford train and climbing a wall made from suitcases just to get on the fucking thing.

Virgin Trains are currently my Public Transport stnuc of the Year - they've got this scam going on where they make about half the train first class, so obviously the second class carriages become massively overcrowded, and then offer an upgrade to first class for 15 quid. So basically they're saying "we've deliberately screwed up the capacity of this train to leave you the choice of paying us more or standing up for three hours in an overcrowded aisle." That takes some neck.

But yeah, having lived in Not London for quite a long time I still think of it as the fucking promised land as far as public transport goes. I mean, even if you only use the buses it's still cheaper (on a PAUG Oyster card), more flexible, and more reliable than anywhere I've lived in the UK...

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:57 am

Bear faecal matter pon ya hands lads !!!

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:59 am

Not me bruv.

I don't poo in the mornings and currently wear gloves to work due to the coldness. I wash my hands even if I just take a piss which requires the use of a couple of fingers and a thumb and thats about it.

tempromental · Post by **tempromental** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:58 pm

My Travel card used to cost £1600 for a year!
Starting at Dartford (one stop outside zone 6 :rolleyes:) and inc all zones 1 - 6, but now i just drive as i dont need to go into zone 1 anymore, it only takes 25 - 30 mins from my house to Docklands and there no congestion charge round there either

automat3000 · Post by **automat3000** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:47 am

I travel from Folkestone to King's Cross every day, which is just over 2 hours

. £100 a wk travelcard (can never afford a monthly and 4get about the season (£4000), besides i can't predict my employment status for a whole year, i can't usually keep a job for that long.

Thankfully my office is a doss house so i arrive late and leave early, the piccadilly line's not that bad, and the train's almost empty at Folkestone. I get one of the nice extra-legroom disabled seats every morning.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:00 pm

Ashley wrote:Not me bruv.

I don't poo in the mornings and currently wear gloves to work due to the coldness. I wash my hands even if I just take a piss which requires the use of a couple of fingers and a thumb and thats about it.

You pinging your latex gloves about to venture into the underground lol
Just because you wear gloves doesnt mean your clean, you still have to touch stuff, them faeces bacteria is probly pon ya face right now

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:05 pm

pdomino wrote:
Ashley wrote:Not me bruv.

I don't poo in the mornings and currently wear gloves to work due to the coldness. I wash my hands even if I just take a piss which requires the use of a couple of fingers and a thumb and thats about it.
You pinging your latex gloves about to venture into the underground lol
Just because you wear gloves doesnt mean your clean, you still have to touch stuff, them faeces bacteria is probly pon ya face right now

You live up north mate so I would worry about yourself before you comment on other people.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:10 pm

HAHAHA
This is the gritty north, we do synchronised swimming in tanks of raw sewage just for fun

prolife · Post by **prolife** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:52 pm

My travel to college costs me £160 a month.

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:54 pm

ProLife wrote:My travel to college costs me £160 a month.

Wtf? how far do you have to travel?

prolife · Post by **prolife** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:59 pm

Ashley wrote:
ProLife wrote:My travel to college costs me £160 a month.
Wtf? how far do you have to travel?

Train straight to Gatwick then change and off in another direction. I only go college 3 days a week too.
I been paying for it myself but its reached the point where some days I cant go as I cant afford it but the local education place say they will (probably) pay for my fares and reimburse anything I've already spent. Still waiting to hear from them though. I try bunking but get stung 90% of the time. Have amassed something like £130 in fines since I started college 5-6 weeks ago.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:16 pm

When I went college in Kentish town it was a joke..

Plumstead > London Bridge / Charring X > Kentishtown on the northern

What jarrs me is... If you get the northern.. the amount of people who get on at London Bridge to go to bank, when its a 10 minute walk

.

Luckily know its just a 180 bus for half hour

MARCHMELLOW · Post by **MARCHMELLOW** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:20 pm

ok ok ok , i got one for ya... this will confuse the hell out of ya

* i travel from Seaford to worthing by train

* after 10 am cost = £4.60 with youngpersons railcard

* before 10 am cost £13.60 without youngpersons railcard

* before 10am cost with youngpersons railcard = £16

yep thats right, before 10am it is actually MORE expensive to use a youngpersons railcard as 'minimum fairs' apply. anyone ever heard of a minimum fair with a savercard being MORE then the price of a normal fair???

i'm confused.com and pissedoff.com too

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