Pink Card Readers

[rockyracoon]

I'll be travelling to Camden Town via Highbury & Islington, getting off the tube and getting on the overground, I understand that there is a pink card reader to tap to stop me being charged for a zone 1 fare, now, do I tap the pink reader and the yellow one and is there a pink reader in the tube station or do I just tap the yellow one there?

Tis all very confusing, God knows what tourists must think of it all.

Thanks :)

[Buenchico]

I assume that you meant to type 'Camden Road' because the London Overground doesn't serve Camden Town. (It's only on the Northern Line).

Touch out on the normal card reader at Highbury & Islington Underground station (if you actually encounter one - I don't recall passing one when changing trains there several times last year). Touch in on the pink reader at the London Overground platform.

[rockyracoon]

Thanks Chris, I did indeed mean Camden Road.

Thanks again :)

[SeaJayPea]

Camden Road station is no more than 200 yards from Camden Town tube station. Why not just stay on the Victoria Line at H & I as far as King's Cross and get on the Northern Line to Camden Town? Much quicker and no problem with readers.

[rockyracoon]

I'd have to go into zone 1 then, I'll be coming from Tott Hale so the sensible option is Highbury and Isliington to Camden Road.

[SeaJayPea]

Then get off the train/Victoria Line at Finsbury Park and get either a 29 or 253 bus from just outside the station. They are about every 3 or 4 minutes and most of the journey is along bus lanes, so it doesn't encounter much traffic congestion.

[rockyracoon]

Thanks SJP, when using buses with an Oyster, do you have to tap it when you get on and off?

[SeaJayPea]

Just when you get on. The point is right by the driver. Each bus fare is charged at a flat rate of £1.45 with a daily cap of £4.40.

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/fares/bus-and-tram

[rockyracoon]

Thank you :)

[Buenchico]

>>>The point is right by the driver

Many buses now allow you to enter through the centre doors as well, with an additional 'touch in' point being placed just inside them.