London - Counting the Cost

[NumptyNuts]

Ok I am just adding up my costs so i can file them with the accountant. All in all they are on par with when ever I am out and about however I have a massive bill totaling £62.50!!!!!!!!!!!

This bill is the cost of parking and riding into our lovely capital city, included in these fees are

£30 in train fares to get from Luton > London & back
(I can travel from Hull to London & Back again for this price)

The shocker though are the underground tickets a shocking £4 per ticket to travel one stop! I had two of these between KX & Euston.

The rest is made up of parking fees.

I am totally shocked at this - no wonder people still drive into London, I have to stress they are taking the piss with £4 for one stop on the tube, and I had to stand, with the taxi's being robbing cunts too (though I got a refund after raising a complaint)

It may be grim up North but its all this bollox that makes me happy to get back here away from all the stealth taxes in place in the capital.

[JT]

Ok I am just adding up my costs so i can file them with the accountant. All in all they are on par with when ever I am out and about however I have a massive bill totaling £62.50!!!!!!!!!!!

This bill is the cost of parking and riding into our lovely capital city, included in these fees are

£30 in train fares to get from Luton > London & back
(I can travel from Hull to London & Back again for this price)

The shocker though are the underground tickets a shocking £4 per ticket to travel one stop! I had two of these between KX & Euston.

The rest is made up of parking fees.

I am totally shocked at this - no wonder people still drive into London, I have to stress they are taking the piss with £4 for one stop on the tube, and I had to stand, with the taxi's being robbing cunts too (though I got a refund after raising a complaint)

It may be grim up North but its all this bollox that makes me happy to get back here away from all the stealth taxes in place in the capital.


LOL Kings Cross to Euston is about a 2 minute walk. It takes longer to walk to the platforms and from the platforms than it does to walk to the next station

[mysatin]

The shocker though are the underground tickets a shocking £4 per ticket to travel one stop! I had two of these between KX & Euston.


Cash fares are artificially high to encourage use of the Oyster card - it sucks for tourists...

[redwhiteandblue]

You want to try getting a bus. £2 to go one stop.

[NumptyNuts]

LOL Kings Cross to Euston is about a 2 minute walk. It takes longer to walk to the platforms and from the platforms than it does to walk to the next station

It takes about 30 mins to walk around all the construction at Euston, KX & St Pancras -

Next time I will take a cab, the only reason I opted for the tube was because trying to find the taxi rank at Euston is way to complicated.

If you ever come north you will get to enjoy using this thing called a 'car' to get around. :cheers2:

[JT]

It takes about 30 mins to walk around all the construction at Euston, KX & St Pancras -

Dont be silly

[NumptyNuts]

Cash fares are artificially high to encourage use of the Oyster card - it sucks for tourists...

Sucks for me a fellow countryman, it was cheaper to take a taxi to the hotel then the Tube Train!

I have to add also a taxi company London Westminster said were safe and trusting were theiving cheats. Agread fares were doubled!!!!!!!!

The only tourist in that cab was the driver, his reply to my shock at his fare was 'dis iz london' with a sarcy smile across his face!

[NumptyNuts]

Dont be silly

seriously take a walk to the midland main lain platform at St Pancras....

They are doing somethign with Euro Star I was told so the you have to walk round the entire station, then double back on yourself before walking out of the station along the platform to the tempory boarding areas...

I was knackered :(

[mysatin]

If you ever come north you will get to enjoy using this thing called a 'car' to get around. :cheers2:

That's the great thing about London - you don't need a car...

[NumptyNuts]

That's the great thing about London - you don't need a car...

you dont know what you are missing :)

[Elisha Jade]

Ok I am just adding up my costs so i can file them with the accountant. All in all they are on par with when ever I am out and about however I have a massive bill totaling £62.50!!!!!!!!!!!

Think yourself lucky! It cost us nearly that to get from Heathrow to Paddington :)

[Inbedwithfaith]

Ok I am just adding up my costs so i can file them with the accountant. All in all they are on par with when ever I am out and about however I have a massive bill totaling £62.50!!!!!!!!!!!

This bill is the cost of parking and riding into our lovely capital city, included in these fees are

£30 in train fares to get from Luton > London & back
(I can travel from Hull to London & Back again for this price)

The shocker though are the underground tickets a shocking £4 per ticket to travel one stop! I had two of these between KX & Euston.

The rest is made up of parking fees.

I am totally shocked at this - no wonder people still drive into London, I have to stress they are taking the piss with £4 for one stop on the tube, and I had to stand, with the taxi's being robbing cunts too (though I got a refund after raising a complaint)

It may be grim up North but its all this bollox that makes me happy to get back here away from all the stealth taxes in place in the capital.


I have to agree with Paul on this one. I mean london is a fucking nightmare. I drove in, got to the Hotel, one loading bay for the hotel. This wouldnt have been so bad if there hadnt have been a clapped out peugot parked in it, with a workman eating a bacon sandwich. I had to park in a disused bus stop. Within seconds i had a parking ticket! I should have stopped in the road! The tube is a nightmare. Its just so bloody confusing, its like a labyrinth! Half expected to see david bowie knocking about! This all said im going for a weekend in february, although i shall be polluting all the way in my car. I wont be using any public transport as its crap, over crowded, over priced and over rated.

[Inbedwithfaith]

That's the great thing about London - you don't need a car...

More likely people cant afford to pay a fiver to park outside their own house and the congestion charges. Give me northern England anyday!

[spann0]

yea £4 tube fares WTf last time I remember being in london it was like £1.20 for one zone single?

or maybe I was buying halfs?

[NumptyNuts]

Think yourself lucky! It cost us nearly that to get from Heathrow to Paddington :)

I take it you didnt fancey the long tube journey from the airport? I was told by the hotel its £40 in cab from the hotel to Heathrow.

A cabbie charged me that for a 10 mins drive !!!!!!!!!

[NumptyNuts]

yea £4 tube fares WTf last time I remember being in london it was like £1.20 for one zone single?

or maybe I was buying halfs?

Last time I was there it was 90p :( and that was not that far back

[Inbedwithfaith]

Last time I was there it was 90p :( and that was not that far back

Come on now, the mp's wage rise has got to be paid for somehow!

[Elisha Jade]

I take it you didnt fancey the long tube journey from the airport? I was told by the hotel its £40 in cab from the hotel to Heathrow.

A cabbie charged me that for a 10 mins drive !!!!!!!!!

Nooo the quicker we got into the centre the better :D After the meet, the cabbie thought we didn't know where we were going and decided to take us on a long way around going up and down various side streets when I knew we were right around the corner from the hotel lol.

[Geezer]

Cost me £30 for a cab to Spanno's house, then £13 something for the train plus another £4 for the tube. Then coming home its was £190 on the meter :eek: luckily it was my mate so I gave him a bullseye.

So all in all about £100 to get there and back, at least those nice yanks paid for the meal, and most of the drinks ;)

[Grisey]

I take it you didnt fancey the long tube journey from the airport? I was told by the hotel its £40 in cab from the hotel to Heathrow.

A cabbie charged me that for a 10 mins drive !!!!!!!!!
And the 15 minute wait outside ? :gaylords:

[NumptyNuts]

And the 15 minute wait outside ? :gaylords:

:clap: LOL

[strictlybroadband]

Ok I am just adding up my costs so i can file them with the accountant. All in all they are on par with when ever I am out and about however I have a massive bill totaling £62.50!!!!!!!!!!!

This bill is the cost of parking and riding into our lovely capital city, included in these fees are

£30 in train fares to get from Luton > London & back
(I can travel from Hull to London & Back again for this price)

The shocker though are the underground tickets a shocking £4 per ticket to travel one stop! I had two of these between KX & Euston.

You need an Oyster card to travel "cheaply" in London. If you pay cash, it's double fare! It's fine if you live here but a pain if you're visiting. You can walk from KX to Euston inside 10 mins!

You should have just got the train further - I went to Brum and back the other day for about £27.

[strictlybroadband]

you dont know what you are missing :)

I used to commute round the M25 daily. 80 miles a day at walking speed. I sold the car 5 years ago and don't miss it.

[Damian]

So all in all about £100 to get there and back, at least those nice yanks paid for the meal, and most of the drinks ;)

Look you! I told them to make it free bar, our Polish pal bar man didnt get it and as soon as I was told people were paying for their own bevvies I sorted it. So don't give me your moaning :P

[NumptyNuts]

I used to commute round the M25 daily. 80 miles a day at walking speed. I sold the car 5 years ago and don't miss it.

That sounds a 100 times better then a bus or a tube :)

[WordsforHire]

Well see, you could have had some cash of that back but you wouldnt take my "foreign" money! !!!

[NumptyNuts]

I heard you get 2 scottish pounds for one english one, bit like the USD

[Vince]

£5.10 for a day's tube pass for Zones 1 & 2. Must admit, I didn't find that too expensive. Black Cabs are great (and cheap compared to Jersey - In November it cost me more to get a taxi from home to Jersey Airport than it did for the flight from Jersey to Doncaster !)

Got to admit I like London - just wouldn't want to work or live there.

GEEZER IS A TEDDY BEAR (I just wouldn't like to get caught stealing his porridge) :)