I need to do the above trip next Sunday, arriving around lunchtime and
returning a few hours later. I have an Annual Gold Card valid Brighton -
London Terminals, and an oyster card with a PAYG balance on it.

I feel that the ideal route would be FCC to Kings Cross then Northern line
to Angel, but the Gold Card isn't valid north of Blackfriars, and there
isn't a sensible way of validating the Oyster card for travel between there
and Angel. The option of picking up the Northern Line at London Bridge
doesn't work because engineering works mean FCC aren't going that way. Is
there a paper ticket (effectively a zone 1 return) I can buy before getting
on the train at Brighton to cover the Blackfriars-Angel bit, or would I be
better off doing something else like travelling via Victoria, or taking a
bus from Blackfriars?

All ideas most welcome ...

D A Stocks

On 14 Nov, 12:12, "David A Stocks" channel4.com> wrote:

"Mizter T" gmail.com> wrote

Assuming the normal Thameslink Sunday timetables apply, even if you can't
make it back on to teh same train at Blackfriars after touching in, the
train from Sutton should be 5 minutes behind the train from...

"Mizter T" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1195043506.590490.239380@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

... but City Thameslink is closed on Sundays.

I don't think there are - certainly not near enough for you to be able to
re-board the same train (that's what I meant by a *sensible* way to validate
the Oyster card ...). If anyone knows please shout! If only they had
validators on the trains ...

Thanks for that!

On 14 Nov, 13:49, "David A Stocks" channel4.com> wrote:

But of course. I forgot about that.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, David A Stocks wrote:

I'd probably get off at Blackfriars, then go to Angel via the Circle and
Northern lines and Bank/Monument. Not very clever, but straightforward!

The train to Victoria takes 10 minutes longer than that to Blackfriars
(comparing the 1100 and 1116 trains, anyway), so that seems a retrograde
move.

Good lord no.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:12:09 -0000, "David A Stocks"
channel4.com> wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

I read that and was genuinely perplexed as to why you might say that?
I'm not a number 4 bus regular (though I think I have been on it at
some point) but it goes a pretty direct route, and crucially a route
which will be quiet at the weekend (especially on a sunday).

Having checked the timetable for that route I note however the big
downside, which is that on sunday it is only every 15 minutes (and
somewhat to my astonishment only every 20 minutes before 10am), which
is around half it's normal weekday daytime frequency. Someone who knew
the ropes could try a bit of bus hopping outside St. Paul's tube
station, but that's not really appropriate here.

asdf wrote:

Very good point, I'd overlooked that. And of course for the one gets a
zones 1-6 Day Travelcard. Not that this will help the OP!

MIG wrote: