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  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 BNibbles

    Member since 08/10/2000

    Reviews written: 564

    5 Stars Take To The Boats 31/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Unhurried, see more from a different viewpoint

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes an hour or so. Costs more than land travel

    I’m a Londoner, so it may seem a little odd that I’m writing about river-boats, something intended for tourists, but having worked there for 30 years, you always put sightseeing on the back burner as something you can do any time, and by implication never get round to! Then I became one of 10’s of thousands of people who can say that they USED to work for BT, and suddenly going to London is no longer a daily grind, in fact I don’t suppose I go “up there” more than twice a month now, and when I do it’s for some leisure reason. I have a friend whose job ... more
  • 68 of 68 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Katerina

    3 Stars Making London slightly simplier 15/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good if you are patient, improving, good deals

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Delays, poor infrastructure.

    Credit to Ciao for letting members submit opinions on helping other members get around London. I have never driven around London before but it is very frustrating and parking is very expensive or non-existent. I’m going to just talk about getting around London through public transport, so if any member is going to come down and visit, I hope you find the following advice helpful. >>So what public transport is there?>> Buses, trains, underground, and taxis are the main forms you are likely to encounter. The buses, well the fleet comprises of many private companies with a monopoly route ... more
  • 67 of 67 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    fromthedarkside

    5 Stars Leave Your Cars At Home 19/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A wide range of transport available for getting around in LONDON!, Travel card cheapest way to travel...

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can get busy, tacky buses/trains, can get hot....

    I love writing about trains and all that. For a change I thought I would probably write about all sorts of transport available right here in the city of London. London has the largest transport system in the United Kingdom. There are so many ways of getting to London and loads of ways getting around in London. I’ve previously written about getting around via the tube but today I’ll write about the other forms of transport as well to give everyone a better idea of travelling in London. OK, as you may have heard there are a lot of ways travelling around in London from Trams to Trains ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 Newfloridian

    Member since 13/11/2002

    Reviews written: 328

    4 Stars Freedom of the City, Old London Town 16/04/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots to see, lots to do, comprehensive travel deals

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Quite expensive, you need to stick with the programme to make it worthwhile.

    The allure and free availability of foreign travel these days has tended to cloud the attractions of destinations closer to home. Turning our eyes away from the distant west for once we recently spent a delightful week in London on a City break holiday. Even though it was April, the weather was cold and windy but dry and we filled our time with a variety of activities. I had no problem finding accommodation in the heart of the city (we booked an apartment two minutes away from Trafalgar Square; two minutes walk from Embankment Station with a view of the London Eye from the front room!). We ... more
  • 42 of 42 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ImogenW

    4 Stars Enter the labyrinth 27/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to negotiate when you know how

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Learning how can take decades

    A couple of years ago, I had a boyfriend who lived in Bristol. He was from the midlands and had never lived in London (bear with me, I do have a point here). He used to tease me constantly, about being a London snob in general (I don't deny it) and about my obsession with the tube in particular. He thought it incredible that Londoners could spend hours discussing the relative merits and speeds of tube route options from A to B. Then he moved to London himself. Now, he understands. There are plenty of ops elsewhere on the relative merits of tubes, buses and taxis. All I am proposing to write ... more
  • 1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    eostre

    5 Stars Travelcards 12/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Can use it all day

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    I've been living a short way outside London for 3 years but am always impressed by the number of buses around in London. I suppose I'm still in tourist mode but I would recommend that if you have the time to spare you consider buying a Travelcard from newsagents underground stations or many other places and ask for a bus map at the same time. We have travelled all around Inner and Greater London and if the traffic is bad then we just hop off have a look around and travel on later. So as well as the well known landmarks which can be easily seen a lot of London's secret wonders can be found ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Liberty1

    4 Stars A good means of transport 02/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Comfort and the experience

    Disadvantages Disadvantages can be difficult to track one down

    When travelling about London one of the easiest ways is to go by taxi, normally or perhaps I should say hopefully, your driver will know the quickest and therefore the cheapest route for you to take,. They normally seem experts at diving in and out of traffic, where the average driver would fear to go. Add to this ,the fact that most are excellant tour guides, if you are a vistor and will normally give you their opinion( hopefully unbiased )on most things. The black cabs are very comfortable to travel in and in fact are often considered a tourist attraction themselves. ... more
  • 2 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dec132

    5 Stars London's Trams 27/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fast and comfortable

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Hardly Any!

    Trams have made a comeback in London. There is a network in and around the bourugh of Croydon - Croydon Tramlink. It is a brilliant way to get around. You may think they will trundle around the roads in traffic, but once out of the Central Area they speed away at 50 m.p.h! Trams are exellent value - 90p single to nearly every stop. Frequenceys are high, on route 3, croydon - neew addington, there is one tram every 6-7 min. Ticket Machines are a bit hard to use at first, and Information Displays at stops arn't very reliable, but on the whole and exellent system! ... more
  • 2 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    zorro

    3 Stars Get a refund for your wasted time! 10/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Money back

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You have to travel on the tube in the first place!

    We've all experienced delays on the Tube, but you can get a refund for all delays over 15 minutes! London Underground don't publicise this very well (understandably - think how much money they stand to lose!) but it is really easy to claim your refund. Each tube station now has 'Customer Charters' outside the ticket booth - just keep your ticket, fill in the details and post it off (freepost of course!) I got my refund for my entire journey back less than a week after posting it off - I'm hooked! The refund comes in the form of a voucher that can be used against any Tube ticket purchased at ... more
  • 2 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    fumo

    5 Stars Parking for the train 10/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages easy, cheap and convenient

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none as of yet

    We always use this way to get into the city. We drive to Lewisham train station and park in the station carpark which costs £1 for the day (last time we parked it did anyway. If we can't park there we go to New Cross and park by the police station just down the road from the train station. We then buy a travelcard and hop on the underground train. The train goes straight to the main tube stations and from there you can explore London to your hearts content using the buses as well. Using the car to get to London saves us money as it costs less than buying four train tickets and then using the ... more
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