Can someone give me a little advice about public transport in London??

[BethEJo]

Hi guys,

I realise I've left this really late but I thought it's worth asking anyways. Hoping that some of guys who are really familiar with London/who live in London can help me out

Tomorrow, I'm heading to London for the night. Once there, I'll catch the tube to West Brompton from Victoria, and then later in the evening, I'll be catching the train/tube + train from West Brompton to Battersea Park.

Will probably get a taxi back from Battersea Park to our hotel in West Brompton as it'll be late at around 2:30am-ish. The following day, I'll be catching the tube back from west Brompton to Victoria.

So my question is: do you think it's worth me buying an Oyster card for these journeys (Just to mention, that I'll probably be heading to London again mid-Oct, and will be using public transport to get to Waterloo)? Or do you think I would be better off just paying for cash single fares?

Any help would be massively appreciated

TIA!

Ooo also, if anybody recommends the Oyster card, could you let me know how it works/how much they cost. Have looked at the tfl website, but am still a little confused (doesn't take much )

 

[fizz13]

hiya, I don't use the London transport much any more but thinking a 1 day travelcard is the way to go tomorrow then pay single fare on Friday, that's what I would do.
hope somebody who uses it frequently will be able to say more, just didn't want to read and run. hope you have a fab time x

 

[Ware Bears]

Beth, we got Oyster cards a couple of weeks ago. They cost £3 each which you can get refunded if you hand it back but we've kept ours so we can use them next time we're in London plus it'll be quicker/easier to load them up at home in advance. We were only travelling within Zones 1 and 2 so had them loaded with £5.60 per day which is the amount travel is capped at per day in those zones provided we didn't travel before 9:30am. One day we only used about £3 worth so the rest just stayed on the card as a credit.

When you get to Victoria (rail station) go to the travel shop there and they are really helpful. They'll make sure it's loaded with what you want.

Have fun!!