Quella della travelcard a Londra è una tematica della quale spesso mi domandate e chiedete informazioni, che poiché non è semplicissima da capire qui proverò a rendere il tutto il più chiaro possibile.
Innanzitutto la travelcard è un biglietto unico di trasporto pubblico, introdotto nel 1981, grazie al quale è possibile circolare a Londra su tutti i mezzi pubblici londinesi (metropolitana, bus, DLR, treni della London Overground e treni National Rail in servizio nella Greater London) senza esser obbligati a pagare un biglietto ogni volta che si cambia mezzo passando dai bus alla tube ai treni.
Le travelcard vengono emesse per periodi di 1 o 7 giorni, ma anche per periodi di un mese e/o un anno.
La validità della travelcard è entro le zone di Londra indicate nel biglietto (zone 1-2 piuttosto che altre).
Intanto, se non l’avete ancora fatto, vi invito a leggere questo articolo su come funziona la travelcard a Londra e le differenze con la Oyster Card.
Inoltre è necessario che sappiate che da settembre 2013 la travelcard settimanale, mensile e annuale è stata spostata su Oyster per quanto riguarda gli spostamenti coi treni della London Overground. Per gli altri mezzi (treni, tube, DLR e bus) potete continuare ad utilizzare la travelcard.
Con la travelcard si può viaggiare in treno a Londra?
La risposta è sì. Ma fate attenzione: potete viaggiare sui treni utilizzando la travelcard solo se circolate all’interno della Greater London.
Ecco come funziona la travelcard a Londra per gli spostamenti in treno. Vi riporto un esempio per farvi capire meglio. Se dovete raggiungere gli studios di Harry Potter a Watford dalla stazione di Euston potete viaggiare col treno e usare la vostra travelcard (fate solamente attenzione alle zone di validità del vostro abbonamento). Se invece dovete prendere il treno da una qualsiasi delle stazioni di Londra per raggiungere un’altra città che non fa parte della Greater London dovrete acquistare un nuovo ticket di viaggio.
Le zone incluse nella Greater London sono indicate di seguito, in ordine alfabetico:
Abbey Wood, Acton, Addington, Addiscombe, Aldborough Hatch, Aldersbrook, Alperton, Anerley, Ardleigh Green, Arkley, Arsenal FC, Avery Hill, Balham, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, Barkingside, Barnehurst, Barnes, Barnet, Barnet, Barnet Gate, Barnsbury, Battersea, Bayswater, Beckenham, Beckton, Becontree, Beddington, Beddington Corner, Bedfont Lakes, Bedford Park, Belgravia, Bell Green, Bellingham, Belmont, Belmont, Belvedere, Benhilton, Bermondsey, Berry’s Green, Berrylands, Bethnal Green, Bexley, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Bickley, Biggin Hill, Blackfen, Blackheath, Borough, Botany Bay, Bow, Bowes Park, Brent, Brentford, Brimsdown, Brixton, Broad Green, Brockley, Bromley, Bromley, Brondesbury, Brondesbury Park, Buckingham Palace, Bulls Cross, Burnt Oak, Bush Hill Park, Bushey Mead, Camberwell, Camden, Camden Town, Canning Town, Canonbury, Carshalton, Carshalton Beeches, Carshalton on the Hill, Catford, Chadwell Heath, Charlton, Charlton Atletic FC, Chase Cross, Cheam, Chelsea, Chelsea FC, Chelsfield, Chessington, Childs Hill, Chingford, Chingford Green, Chingford Hatch, Chipping Barnet, Chislehurst, Chiswick, Church End, City, City of Westminster, Clapham, Clapton Park, Clay Hill, Clayhall, Clerkenwell, Cockfosters, Coldblow, Colindale, Collier Row, Collier’s Wood, Copse Hill, Corbets Tey, Cottenham Park, Coulsdon, Cowley
Cranbrook, Cranford, Cranham, Crayford, Creekmouth, Cricklewood, Crouch End, Croydon, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Cubitt Town,Cudham, Dagenham, Dalston, Dartmouth Park, Deptford, Derry Downs, Dollis Hill, Dormer’s Wells, Downe, Downham, Ducks Island, Dulwich, Ealing, Earl’s Court, Earlsfield, East Acton, East Barnet, East Bedfont, East Dulwich, East Ham, East Sheen, East Wickham, Eastcote, Eastcote Village, Eden Park, Edgware, Edmonton, Elm Park, Elmers End, Elmstead, Eltham, Emerson Park, Enfield, Enfield, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Enfield Wash, Erith, Excel London, Farnborough, Feltham, Finchley, Finsbury, Finsbury Park, Foots Cray, Forest Gate, Forest Hill, Fortis Green, Forty Hill, Freezy Water, Friday Hill, Friern Barnet, Fulham, Fulham FC, Fullwell Cross, Furzedown, Gantshill, Gidea Park, Gillingham FC, Goddington, Golders Green, Goodmayes, Gospel Oak, Grange Park, Green Street Green, Greenford, Greenhill, Greenwich, Greenwich, Grove Park, Grove Park, Gunnersbury, Hackbridge, Hackney, Hackney, Hackney Wick, Hacton, Hadley, Hadley Wood, Haggerston, Hainault, Hale End, Ham, Hammersmith, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hampstead, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Wick, Hanwell, Hanworth, Harefield, Haringey, Harlesden, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Harold Hill, Harold Park, Harold Wood, Harringay, Harrow, Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow Weald, Hatch End, Hatton, Havering, Havering Park, Havering-atte-Bower, Hawley’s Corner, Hayes, Hayes End, Hayes Town, Hazelwood, Hendon, Heston, High Barnet, Higham Hill, Highams Park, Highbury, Highgate, Highgate Cemetery, Highwood Hill, Hill End, Hillingdon, Hillingdon, Hither Green, Holders Hill, Holland Park, Holloway, Homerton, Honor Oak, Hook, Hornchurch, Horns Green, Hornsey, Hounslow, Hounslow, Hoxton, Ickenham, Ilford, Isleworth, Islington, Kenley, Kennington, Kensal Green, Kensal Rise, Kensal Town, Kensington, Kensington & Chelsea, Kentish Town, Keston, Kevingtown, Kew, Kidbrooke, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Kingsland, Kingston upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames, Ladywell, Lambeth, Lampton, Leaves Green, Lee Valley Park, Lessness Heath, Lewisham, Lewisham, Leyton, Leytonstone, Limehouse, Lisson Grove, Little Woodcote, Locksbottom, London, London Zoo, Longford, Longlands, Lower Clapton, Lower Edmonton, Lower Feltham, Lower Sydenham, Loxford, Madame Tussaud’s, Maida Vale, Malden Rushett, Manor Park, Marks Gate, Marylebone, Mayfair, Merton, Mile End, Mill Hill, Millwall, Millwall FC, Mitcham, Monken Hadley, Monks Orchard, Morden, Morden Park, Mortlake, Motspur Park, Mottingham, Mount Pleasant, Muswell Hill, Myddleton Ho., National Gallery, Neasden, New Addington, New Barnet, New Beckenham, New Charlton, New Cross, New Eltham, New Malden, Newbury Park, Newham, Newington, Newyears Green, Nine Elms, Noak Hill, Noel Park, Norbiton, Norbury, North Acton, North Cheam, North Cray, North Harrow, North Hillingdon, North Hyde, North Kensington, North Sheen, North Wembley, North Woolwich, Northolt, Northumberland Heath, Northwood, Northwood Hills, Norwood, Norwood Green, Notting Hill, Nunhead, Oakleigh Park, Oakwood, Old Ford, Old Malden, Orpington, Osidge, Osterley, Paddington, Palmers Green, Park Langley, Park Royal, Parsons Green, Peckham, Penge, Pentonville, Perivale, Petts Wood, Pimlico, Pinner, Pinner Green, Plaistow, Plaistow, Plumstead, Ponders End, Poplar, Pratt’s Bottom, Preston, Primrose Hill, Purley, Putney, Queensbury, Rainham, Rayners , ane, Raynes Park, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames, Roehampton, Romford, Rotherhithe, Roxeth, Ruislip, Ruislip Gardens, Ruislip Manor, Rush Green, Sanderstead, Sands End, Selhurst, Selsdon, Seven Kings, Shacklewell, Shadwell, Shepherd’s Bush, Shirley, Shooter’s Hill, Shoreditch, Shortlands, Sidcup, Silvertown, Single Street, Sipson, Slade Green, Snaresbrook, Somers Town, South Acton, South Beddington, South Croydon, South Hackney, South Hampstead, South Harefield, South Harrow, South Hornchurch, South Kensington, South Norwood, South Ruislip, South Street, South Tottenham, South Wimbledon, South Woodford, Southall, Southborough, Southend, Southfields, Southgate, Southwark, Spring Grove, St Helier, St John’s, St John’s Wood, St Luke’s, St Margarets, St Mary Cray, St Pancras, St Paul’s Cray, Stamford Hill, Stanmore, Stepney, Stockwell, Stoke Newington, Stratford, Strawberry Hill, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Streatham Park, Streatham Vale, Stroud Green, Sudbury, Summerstown, Sundridge, Surbiton, Sutton, Sutton, Sydenham, Teddington, Thamesmead, The Hyde, The Wrythe, Thornton Heath, Tokyngton, Tolworth, Tooting Graveney, Tottenham, Tottenham Hale, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Totteridge, Tower Hamlets, Tower of London, Tower of London, Tufnell Park, Tulse Hill, Twickenham, Underhill, Upminster, Upper Clapton, Upper Edmonton, Upper Elmers End, Upper Holloway, Upper Norwood, Upper Sydenham, Upper Tooting, Upper Walthamstow, Upton, Upton Park, Uxbridge, Vauxhall, Waddon, Walham Green, Wallington, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow, Walworth, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Wanstead, Wapping, Watford, Wealdstone, Welling, Wembley, Wembley Park, Wennington, West Acton, West Drayton, West Dulwich, West Green, West Ham, West Ham United FC, West Hampstead, West Harrow, West Heath, West Hendon, West Kilburn, West Norwood, West Wickham, Westbourne Green, Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Whetstone, Whitechapel, Whitton, Widmore, Willesden, Willesden Green, Wimbledon, Winchmore Hill, Wood Green, Woodcote, Woodford, Woodford Bridge, Woodford Green, Woodlands, Woodside, Woolwich, Worcester Park, World’s End, Yeading, Yiewsley.
Vi ricordo infine che potete controllare tratte, orari e costi per spostarsi in treno (piuttosto che con la tube) sul sito della National Rail.
