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Tube (known in some countries as Metro or Underground or Subway)
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Bus
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Train (either “National Rail Train”, i.e. the regular train operators for the UK, or “Overground”, a London-specific set of train lines for getting around the outer areas)
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Tram
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…plus a few others we need not concern ourselves with, such as the DLR & CableCar, which I won't get into
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Bus & Tram: Flat rate of £1.75 per journey
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Tube: varies - based on the zones you travel to and from
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Bus: £5.25
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Tube: £8.10 (Note this is the Zone 1 to 2 cap - other zones have different ones. Works out to about 2 and half journeys)
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Contactless
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Oyster Card
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18+ Photocard or 16+ Zip Photocard
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Railcard.
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Travelcard
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Most important: The TfL Go app. This tell you the status of tube lines & when busses are coming, and on iOS can be pinned as a widget - this is what I did
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Use Google Maps - You can literally just type in where you are and where to go to and it tells you what stations to go from how far to walk, essentially tells you the best route. You can also tell it departure times to plan future journeys. There's also the City Mapper app, but I prefer Google Maps
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Tfl also has it's own journey planner: https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/ (though I generally prefer Google Maps)
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Fare finder: https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/tube-and-rail-fares/single-fare-finder (tells you the cost of journeys)
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If you're going to travel on the train a lot, e.g. to go home, get a railcard. Doesn't really matter how - Santander I know do a free 4 year one with their student account - get it. As I said it will give you a 1/3 off off-peak fares
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Next, get a 18+ Oyster Student Photocard. You can apply for these online (google it), you need your accom address. Note that they might take a while to come!
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Once you get your photocard:
- Go to a tube station, load your railcard if you have one onto your photocard
- Load an Odd Period Travelcard onto your Photocard online, from the date you get the card until the end of the Autumn Term. Then at the start of Spring Term load a odd period travel card for the duration of the spring term on, and same for the Summer Term, etc. This is by far the cheapest way to pay for travel, working out at about £3.50 a day
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If you're going to travel on the train a lot, e.g. to go home, get a railcard. Doesn't really matter how - Santander I know do a free 4 year one with their student account - get it. As I said it will give you a 1/3 off off-peak fares
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Get a regular Oyster Card from a Tube Station
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Load your railcard onto there
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Top up the Oyster Card regularly and use that whenever you do travel
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Got a third in my second year and the highest I’ve achieved in third year was 55%