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Rail Pass or discounted train tickets for tourists?

I am planning to visit London for the first time and I'm anxious to know if there is a place to buy a type of rail pass for the subway and trains. I know I've used before in Japan, but I'm not sure if the UK has one. My plan is to travel only in London. I can make a day trip in Paris, but especially London. Thank you.

there are a variety of tickets can be purchased for London Transport … Browse http://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/travelcard.htm out which is best depends on where you are wanting to go, but most of the attractions of a tourist would you like to see in zones 1 and 2 … Also useful is the subway map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf having a system in London called the Oyster card, a prepaid magnetic card … you can have both a travel card (for example, three days in zone 1 and 2 travellcard) and a little money extra for any other journeys outside the area put on a Oyster Card

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Got Spare Time? Take a Long Train Journey

Whether it’s your daily commute or your annual holiday, we all take the train to travel. In the UK, trains are notoriously unpunctual, overcrowded and often smelly. Yet despite these factors, more and more passengers are taking to the rails.

Train journeys are for relaxing. For staring out of the window into the countryside. For playing travel Monopoly. For putting the world to rights over a drink of tea. If you get time, spend a long time on a train and you’ll see what I mean.

In the UK you can travel between London and Inverness without changing trains. Not bad going for a 448 mile trip.

Crossing into the continent, you can buy a Eurostar ticket which – as of December 2007 – now connects 68 major cities and towns in the UK to France, Belgium and beyond.

In your looking for a winter journey, the longest direct Eurostar train journey connects London to Bourg St Maurice, the end snow train station for ski resorts in the heart of the French Alps. If you prefer warmer climates, the longest direct Eurostar journey connects London to Perpignan, close to the Spain border in the South of France.

But if that still doesn’t whet your appetite, why not hop on board the Trans-Siberian Express. Holding the title of the longest train journey in the world, the Trans-Siberian Express connects the Sea of Japan to the Kremlin in Russia, covering a staggering 6,135 miles.

And the ironic part? The condition of trains in the UK are probably much better than those in Russia, but we still want better for our 30 minute commute.

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Robert Trains is a keen sports enthusiast and writes regular blog posts on a range of travel topics. Robert also has a site for snow train information.