All zone travelcard

[metromuppet]

Hi all!
What are the best things to do railway wise with a all zone travelcard? Like the best trains and lines to have a quick ride on?

[madrid]

Answer:

To go where ever you want as long as you dont cross over beyond zone 6. I think in a general direction thats within the M25.

"Like the best trains and lines to have a quick ride on?"

Answer:

Waterloo to Surbiton is a suggestion.

[JSReeves86]

west london if you wanna see any freight etc.

JR

[stuartpalmer]

Don't miss the Docklands Light Railway. Get a seat up front (you may have to go to a terminus to do this). With no driver spoiling the view, the section Canary Wharf - Lewisham is just like a Disneyland ride.

[chuxn2005]

Wandsworth Road Is Brillaint, even on weekend's, Yous hould travel in groups there I've been told although I've never come accross any trouble myself And It's in Zone 1 ( I think)

Andy

[NiallGray]

Hi all!
What are the best things to do railway wise with a all zone travelcard? Like the best trains and lines to have a quick ride on?

This is going back a few years, but just for nostalgia, my Dad and I tended to the do the following.

Train to Richmond, then onto the North London Line all the way to Broad Street, with a stopover at Willesden (you get to cross a few major lines and see a variety of traffic). From Broad Street we'd go next door to Liverpool St.
After there it was onto the tube to Kings Cross. After there we'd go into St Pancras for a while , before walking along to Euston.
From Euston to Waterloo on Northern Line, before taking the first available train to Clapham. Finally it'd be back on a train home from Clapham. We'd leaved home about 8am on a Saturday and these trips normally lasted about 12 hours.

The alternative route was always train to Waterloo, cross to Waterloo East and catch train to London Bridge. After a while get a train back to Charing Cross. From there you get tube all the way to Marylebone (always a quick visit) and Paddington. Then it'd be over to Euston and/or Kings Cross, before heading back to Victoria and finishing the trip again at Clapham, before heading home.

Occasionally we'd go to Stratford (always a lot going on) and Fenchurch Street, (which was the opposite!) but on the whole we did the above.

Obviously you couldn't do Broad Street anymore but otherwise the routes are still do-able.

[spirochaete]

Virgin run a service from kensington olympia to east croyden a couple of times a day which I think is a nice 125 train, tho I don't think it goes that fast. Should be a nice route, going over the river and all.

I don't see why you won't be able to use a travelcard for that, it's zone 1 to zone 5, but I may be wrong. Also make sure you get off at the right stop or you might end up in reading or brighton.

Chiltern railways from marylebone have some nice air conditioned trains too, and they go past wembly stadium for some minor sightseeing. I think they go out to rickmansworth on a 1-6 travelcard, or all the way out to amersham if you stretch to zone D, tho it runs on london underground track here so is pretty slow. But the countryside is nice.

Most of the other commuter trains are pretty old and without air conditioning in this hot weather, so are probly best avoided.

Ooh one more, the southern trains route from harrow weald to clapham junction and beyond is pretty nice too.

Hope it helps.

[salopiangrowler]

Do clapham junction evening rush hour around mid winter its pitch black on the end of the platform and its just an amazing experience to see 5 - 6 units coming at you at onces all light up and Arching furiously, god i miss the slammer's

[metromuppet]

With the ultra bright lights of the new units im supprised people do not use sun glasses!

[Anonymizeruk]

My advice for using an all-zones card?
Just go wherever the hell you feel like!

I usually go stock chasing with a travelcard, so for example, I want to go after Electrostars, its victora / clapham / london bridge etc, and Desiros, its Waterloo and so on

Cheers

Gaz