Oyster card to potters bar

[traintimemf]

travelling from Newcastle to potters bar and unsure whether to go via London - can you use an oyster card to travel to potters bar from kings cross or is it not in the oyster zone?

 

[yorkie]

No you can't use Oyster

A super off peak return is £132.70, and is valid via London (the same price as a ticket to London)

 

[traintimemf]

No you can't use Oyster

A super off peak return is £132.70, and is valid via London (the same price as a ticket to London)

ok, what I suspected, just that I was thinking changing at Peterborough may have been cheaper than going via London but it turns out I might have a meeting in London for a couple of hours at least 1 way so probs won't bother wasting my time playing around with fares

cheers

 

[yorkie]

ok, what I suspected, just that I was thinking changing at Peterborough may have been cheaper than going via London but it turns out I might have a meeting in London for a couple of hours at least 1 way so probs won't bother wasting my time playing around with fares

cheers

It's the same price, so I would get the Potters Bar ticket, and you can go either way on each leg.

If you purchase an Off Peak or Super Off Peak fare, and travel via London, the restrictions apply to the 'InterCity' part of the journey and not the 'connecting' part of the journey, e.g. you can take any train from Potters Bar to King's Cross, but you are restricted based on the time of the trains departing King's Cross). If you have any questions about this, please ask.

A useful website to plan the journey is www.fastjp.com (you can specify maximum 1 change if that is of benefit to you, and if you want to see itineraries that involve speedy changes between platforms at KGX you can do this by choosing Go via: type KGX, tick must change here, and type a negative value of e.g. -10)

 

[Deerfold]

travelling from Newcastle to potters bar and unsure whether to go via London - can you use an oyster card to travel to potters bar from kings cross or is it not in the oyster zone?

You can, but to get to Potters Bar you'll have to do the last bit by bus (293/313). Having done it from central London I can confirm it'll be a slow trek.