If you just came to London you have to choose the transport. This is very importent because if you dont know anything about prices and transport system you may spend for that a huge amount of money :-)
The main transport options in London are bus (mostly you will see "double dekker"); Underground train (as a rule they are comfortable and fast); Trams; Overground train; National Rail and cycling/walking.
A very useful website is Transport for London website (www.ftl.uk/gettingaround1106.aspx) which contains links to various popular maps, including Underground, Overground trains and bus maps (day and night). Yuy can find also "Jorney Planner" which will tell you how to get from one address, postcode or station to another, and the approximate time for jorney.
Street maps:
- A to Z: One book which is worth purchasing when you arrive to London is the A to Z. You can find and order map of other parts of UK from theiwebsite at http://www.a-zmaps.co.uk/ as well.
- http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ is useful website which allows you to search by street name, postcode or place of interest.
- http://maps.google.co.uk/ also provides very detailed maps from the whole country.
Oyster Card.
If you dont want to spend much money every day buying tickets, I must to say - not cheep once, then you may buy Oyster Card and to put money to it, travelling whenever you want, useing any kind of transport. Its better and cheeper to put money for a long period of time as minimum 1 month and more. Quite comfortable system - you may have just one small card and to use it everywhere :-)
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