2012 freshers commuting?

:O Not a few bus stops!?

Enjoy it guys - I'm going to miss QMUL

Which campus are you at? If you're arriving at Whitechapel outside of peak times and you only want to get to Stepney Green it can be worth just walking it - good for the fitness too

CompSci at mile end, yh i've always tried walking it from whitechapel, but ure right, the market is always packed and u have to stop every 10 seconds to make way :P So if I get a zone 2-5 travelcard on my oyster, does that mean i can interchange at whitechapel for the district line?

Yes. There is a special pink reader you can touch-in on which confirms that you've traveled avoiding zone 1.

Two questions for you my friend - what kind of Oyster do you have and how do you get a travelcard put on it? I'm on an 18+ Oyster and want to get a zone 1-5 travelcard put on it but no idea how I might go about doing that!!

If your a uni student, you got to apply for the 18+ student oyster card................your options for buying a 1-5 zone travelcard..
Using the online service and a debit card, etc and selecting it from the options, they'll automatically update it.
Go to a corner shop which does oyster, they'll take the oyster card onto a reader, tell them what you want, pay and your done.
Or go to a station and using the machines there, touch the reader, pick your option, pay and touch again and its immediately updated.

Thanks for that! Oyster 18+ card is allegedly in the post so I'll have to explore these options, thanks again!

Have you never used a oyster?
unless you dont live in London.

Yes. There is a special pink reader you can touch-in on which confirms that you've traveled avoiding zone 1.

Two questions for you my friend - what kind of Oyster do you have and how do you get a travelcard put on it? I'm on an 18+ Oyster and want to get a zone 1-5 travelcard put on it but no idea how I might go about doing that!!