Reading to London Train

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

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Not been to London for ages and would like to get the train from Reading to Paddington in next week.

Would be arriving in Reading aprox. 9.30am on a Thurs/Fri , is it wise to pre-book a ticket, looks to be the GWR line? I see there are regular trains but not sure how packed they get.
Also, with the Underground - is it best to buy an Oyster or can I just use my contactless bank card on the turnstiles?

Thank you
 
Pre-book on thetrainline.com. It'll give you an idea of premium for arriving in London at different times. I'm pretty sure if you get to London post 10am it's considered off-peak and can be a lot cheaper.

You can just use contactless; Oyster is pretty much "dead" as far as main stream goes.
 
Perfect , thank you dlockers - just had a look and it seems there is a 'Off-Peak Day Travelcard' for less the £30 and that'll allow me to use the Tube too :) I thought that was quite a good deal
 
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Ice Rich said:
Perfect , thank you dlockers - just had a look and it seems there is a 'Off-Peak Day Travelcard' for less the £30 and that'll allow me to use the Tube too :) I thought that was quite a good deal
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Yeah I was going to mention those but kept it simple - day travel cards are excellent. The only rule for off peak is not arriving into London before 1000am iirc.
 
Ice Rich said:
Perfect , thank you dlockers - just had a look and it seems there is a 'Off-Peak Day Travelcard' for less the £30 and that'll allow me to use the Tube too :) I thought that was quite a good deal
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what’s the premium over the regular off peak ticket?

TfL has a daily fare cap with is only about £8 if you stick in zone one and two so that means until it’s travel for £8. I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper than a travel card/paper ticket these days.
 
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what’s the premium over the regular off peak ticket?

TfL has a daily fare cap with is only about £8 if you stick in zone one and two so that means until it’s travel for £8. I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper than a travel card/paper ticket these days.
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In my experience its nowhere near the cap. I think I pay 2 quid for tube as part of a travel card.
 
£24 for off-peak day return ticket and £29.60 for the off-peak travel card which includes unlimited bus, tube an tram so that'll be perfect :)

Thanks sad099, I was hoping to see the Elizabeth Line and actually thought I would be on that from Reading to Paddington but google seems to indicate it'll be a GWR (only takes 25mins too which is much quicker then i thought :D )
 
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