Luton to London Bridge

[sreelatha]

Hi,

I am planning to travel from Luton to London bridge as i work in London bridge.Please let me know the possible travel option with less travel charges.

 

[telstarbox]

For Monday to Friday travel, the options are:

Train to Luton to Blackfriars, then walk from the south side exit to work - if your workplace is between Blackfriars and London Bridge this might be best

Train from Luton to St Pancras, then Northern Line to London Bridge

Train from Luton to West Hampstead Thameslink, short walk to West Hampstead, then Jubilee Line to London Bridge

Of these options, Blackfriars is cheapest, as you only need a ticket to 'London Thameslink' whereas the other two require a more expensive Travelcard which includes the Underground.

 

[Romilly]

An anytime day return on Thameslink trains would cost £27.30

A season ticket from Luton to "London Thameslink" (which covers travel for any part of the route between Luton and Elephant & Castle) would cost £98.10 for a week and £376.80 for a month. If you don't travel into London at weekends, you can save money in the course of a year by buying season tickets for a month and any number of extra days (i.e. for a period starting on a Monday and ending on a Friday). Doing that can also help to ensure that you aren't paying for unwanted travel when you are on holiday.

These prices are for Telstarbox's Luton to Blackfriars option. Having to buy a Luton to Zones 1-6 travelcard to facilitate travel on London Underground would cost more.

 

[bb21]

Option 3 (changing at West Hampstead) is also valid on the cheaper Thameslink ticket due to an interavailability agreement.

Inter-available Routes – National Rail tickets valid on LU/DLR services

Subject to tickets being valid between the appropriate stations or for the zones shown, National Rail singles, returns and Season Tickets are valid on LU /DLR services as shown below:

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National Rail tickets which include validity:

between West Hampstead Thameslink OR Kentish Town and London Thameslink Group stations (London St Pancras Intl, Farringdon, City Thameslink, London Blackfriars, London Bridge, Elephant & Castle),

are also valid on LU / DLR services:

between West Hampstead / Kentish Town and Kings Cross-St Pancras Und / Farringdon / Blackfriars / London Bridge / Elephant & Castle via any reasonable route but NOT intermediately, and also NOT where tickets are routed ‘FIRST CAPITAL CONNECT ONLY’,
‘LDN NOT UNDERGROUND’ or ‘NOT UNDERGROUND’

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This page seems to suggest that Option 2 would also be fine.

Thameslink passengers from the north can already use their existing London Thameslink tickets on London Underground services via West Hampstead, Kentish Town and St Pancras International to reach London Bridge.