london travel

The Tube doesn't run all night long in London. So if you were expecting that London, being the vibing bustling metropolis, would have all night transport then sadly you are wrong. Be aware of this. Most trains have their last run between 12.30 - 1.00am. Don't get caught out as getting home otherwise can be a pain in the butt.

There are night buses if you are caught out after the Tube shuts but these are harder to work out and you may share the seat with an inebriated, smelly dude.

If you are traveling to London then you will need to get around once there. London has a prepay travel card system called the Oyster Card. The Oyster card is a blue card about the size of a credit card that you can buy and charge up with money. Then when traveling on the Tube or Bus network in London you simply swipe the card over the card readers and it will let you on, or in to the transport.

- Buses have the card reader in front of the Bus drivers window and it is Yellow.