Sunday, 17 October 2010

Transport in London



Sundays in London are generally pretty quiet as I’ve stated in other blog entries.   I usually use this day to catch up on studies and watch (American) football – yes I am in the United Kingdom but I still follow American football as much as I can.  Instead I will cover something that I experienced nearly every day but still have not wrote about: public transportation in London.   The photo I have here is a standard Overground bus (with Big Ben in the background of course).   The fare for a bus is a fixed rate of 1.20 pounds with an Oyster Card and 2.0 pounds without one, while the fare for the Tube depends on how many Zones you travel through.   For traveling in just zones one and two (most places you would want to go in London), the rate is 1.80 pounds with an Oyster Card, but the Tube is significantly faster than the bus for longer distances.