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Public transport in London?

Is public transport in london expensive...? Can I get a ticket which includes all transport sectors (bus, metro, underground, overground etc...) - how much monthly...? Generally how much are the tickets monthly...?

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Yes, transport is London is very expensive and generally a nightmare. The cheapest way to travel, supposedly, is by purchasing an Oyster Card (that you can buy from any tube station or online). I don't agree with this since sometimes the oyster card hasn't been a friend to me and I prefer buying travelcards when I have travel into Central (I live in Zone 4). You can get a Travelcard which comes in Day, 3 Days and Monthly. The price is determined by the zones you wish to travel in as well as your status as a 'child', student, adult or retired. For example: An adult wishing to travel from any station from Zone 1 to 4 can purchase a travel card which includes buses, tubes, dlr and overground. It costs £5.90. For the month prices: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/seasontickets/4805.aspx For prices for your specific needs, check the Tfl website or speak to a person on the ticket office in stations. Browse through the Transport for London website which is pretty detailed. Again, if in doubt, talk to an official person in a station. They are helpful.
My understanding is that the oyster card serves everything in the London area, including some of the trains that stay within the region. - You can't use it on Gatwick Express or Heathrow express or Stansted Express or Luton Express. I don't think you can use it on First Capital connect either. ------------- The city wants desperately for people to use the card. As a result they discount prices by a huge amount.
Public transport in London is expensive. However, there is a way to save money and to do this, you'll need an Oyster Card. Check it out at the site below. https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do You can load your Oyster Card up with a weekly or monthly travel card. Or you can simply use it as a pay as you go card. You load it up and simply swipe it on the yellow pad at Tube stations and on buses. Note that pay as you go is not acceptable by overhead rail companies. For that, you're best option is a travel card loaded into your Oyster. You can buy an Oyster Card on-line or get one at any Tube station. Here's a clickable list of all of London's tube stations - find out what's there, pubs, clubs, shopping etc. http://www.metazone.co.uk/london-underground-stations.asp
Oyster as described very well by your other respondents is the answer.
If you're sticking to the tourist part of London then the Oyster is fine like everybody else has said. If you want to venture outwards you'll have to be careful though. For example, with a zone 1-6 travelcard you can get the train from Liverpool Street to Romford and be fine but if you try to get off at Romford with a Pay as you Go Oyster card you will be stopped and given a £20 fine for travelling without a valid ticket. The further out you go the less Oyster covers. But is is cheaper for short journeys and withing one or two zones. I could buy a ticket to go one stop and pay £3 but on my Oyster card it's only £1 for the same journey.
once you start talking monthly you are talking about a monthly travelcard for use on tube, DLT, Trams and buses. The thing is the 7+ day travelcards and up automatically come on an oyster card anyway. So you wont have to choose. To understand fully the differences between oyster and travelcards read this page and the subpages. http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/information/travelcard-oyster-card.htm
There is no metro in London, that's Paris. We have a Tube. It is expensive, and the cost of a monthly season ticket depends on the zones you travel through. Look at the Tfl site http://www.tfl.gov.uk/