Bargain travel to LHR: the N9 night bus
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Bargain travel to LHR: the N9 night bus
I arrived at T5 this morning on the N9 night bus from central London. It cost me £1 on my Oyster Card. The journey time from Aldwych is about 1 hr 15 mins, and from Kensington High Street 1 hour. The buses run roughly every 20 minutes through the night. Worth considering by anyone who is feeling the effects of the credit crunch and has an early flight from LHR. (I realise that it won't necessarily appeal to everyone!)
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There is a night bus map on the tfl site. But I can't find timetables for each route.
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There is a night bus map on the tfl site. But I can't find timetables for each route.
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I definitely find the nightbus the best option for early morning departures when not on expenses. I have a nightbus from my place to Trafalgar Square, and so if timings are right it's not much slower than a cab, and about £100 cheaper.
Luckily, however, I very rarely have to do the crazy early mornings.
Luckily, however, I very rarely have to do the crazy early mornings.
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I like it, the traffic is usually very quiet that time in the morning (for London standards), I have to get a bus to Trafalgar Square first and then change for the N9, total cost for me £2 (two oyster singles), when I have a travelcard then it's free because the buses don't work on the zonal system.
During the daytime, getting to LHR by bus from Central London is nowhere near as easy as the good old N9. The regular route 9 doesn't go as far as LHR, even if it did then I can imagine daytime traffic to be very painful.
As I live fairly central dot2dot is another option when travelling alone at £19 to Heathrow, but for early flights I enjoy the N9 and have the comforting thought that I've grabbed a real bargain (apart from the odd times when I have a lot of luggage).
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The London night bus network is excellent - when I used to live down that way, I had 10 buses an hour to get me home, all through the night, all for £1.
(Although it was more fun to cycle back through deserted streets... London is so much nicer when it's free of traffic...)
(Although it was more fun to cycle back through deserted streets... London is so much nicer when it's free of traffic...)
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The London night bus network is excellent - when I used to live down that way, I had 10 buses an hour to get me home, all through the night, all for £1.
(Although it was more fun to cycle back through deserted streets... London is so much nicer when it's free of traffic...)
(Although it was more fun to cycle back through deserted streets... London is so much nicer when it's free of traffic...)
I consider it a myth that public transport within London (maybe except the HEX) is overpriced as long as you use oyster. Of course the press (particularly the Evening Standard during election time) liked to use the cash fares, particularly on pointless tube journeys such as Covent Garden to Leicester Square, to show how expensive it is.
The cash fares were artificially inflated to encourage usage of oyster which really shouldn't be a problem for anyone as they're easy to obtain and there's plenty of information located in main tube stations.
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It was even better until the beginning of this year, all Oyster bus fares were 90p day or night making my commute to work just £1.80 return. £2 still ain't too bad either.
I consider it a myth that public transport within London (maybe except the HEX) is overpriced as long as you use oyster. Of course the press (particularly the Evening Standard during election time) liked to use the cash fares, particularly on pointless tube journeys such as Covent Garden to Leicester Square, to show how expensive it is.
The cash fares were artificially inflated to encourage usage of oyster which really shouldn't be a problem for anyone as they're easy to obtain and there's plenty of information located in main tube stations.
I consider it a myth that public transport within London (maybe except the HEX) is overpriced as long as you use oyster. Of course the press (particularly the Evening Standard during election time) liked to use the cash fares, particularly on pointless tube journeys such as Covent Garden to Leicester Square, to show how expensive it is.
The cash fares were artificially inflated to encourage usage of oyster which really shouldn't be a problem for anyone as they're easy to obtain and there's plenty of information located in main tube stations.
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