Apsley to Gunnersbury

Apsley is just outside the Oyster card area - which starts at Watford Junction.

A normal through ticket from Apsley to Gunnersbury costs:
£13.60 peak
£11.50 off peak (after 9.30am)


If you were to buy a ticket from Apsley for the two stops to Watford Junction, alight at Watford and tap in using Oyster / contactless - it would save £4.20 for a peak journey and £5.00 for an off peak journey:

Apsley to Watford Junction
£5.30 peak
£4.70 off peak (after 9.30am)

Watford Junction to Gunnersbury
£4.10 peak
£1.80 off peak


Many of the routings require a change at Harrow & Wealdstone - so splitting the ticket there would be a bit easier - and would also save £3.50 for a peak journey and £2.30 for an off peak journey compared with a through ticket:

Apsley to Harrow & Wealdstone
£7.70 peak or off peak

Harrow & Wealdstone to Gunnersbury
£2.40 peak
£1.50 off peak


Another option is to buy a ticket from Apsley to Willesden Junction (where you'd have to change anyway), and then use Oyster / contactless from Willesden (where you would have to change anyway) - but the savings are just a few pence:

Apsley to Willesden Junction
£11.80 peak
£9.60  off peak

Willesden Junction to Gunnersbury
£1.70 peak
£1.50 off peak



What about the maths when buying travelcards.  A standard travelcard from Apsley to Gunnersbury costs:

7 days - £83.60 - or £8.36 per journey for a standard 10 journey week
1 month - £321.10 - or £7.65 per journey assuming a 42 journey month


A travelcard from Apsley to Harrow & Wealdstone

7 days - £57.40 - or £5.70 per journey
1 month - £220.50 - or £5.25 per journey

A travelcard from Harrow & Wealdstone (zone 5) to Gunnersbury (zone 3) doesn't exist - so you'd be using the standard Oyster fares

£2.40 peak
£1.50 off peak

A travelcard from Apsley to Watford Junction

7 days - £32.80 - or £3.28 per journey
1 month - £126.00 - or £3.00 per journey

A travelcard from Watford Junction to Gunnersbury (which needlessly includes Zone 2)

7 days - £60.10 - or £6.01 per journey
1 month - £230.80 - or £5.50 per journey


If you put Apsley to Willesden Junction into the National Rail season ticket calculator - it also offers Apsley to Willesden Junction plus London Travelcard zones 3-6, which would cover the journey from Willesden Junction to Gunnersbury (and give unlimited bus travel in London)

7 days - £88.30 - or £8.83 per journey
1 month - £339.10 - or £8.07 per journey

So whilst this is £4.70 a week more expensive than the basic travelcard - if you were to do more than three bus journeys in a week, it would work out cheaper.


If you put Apsley to Willesden Junction into the National Rail season ticket calculator - it also offers Apsley to Willesden Junction plus London Travelcard zones 2-6, which would cover the journey from Willesden Junction to Gunnersbury (and give both unlimited bus travel in London, and also trips as far as Earls Court, Shepherds Bush or Paddington)

7 days - £92.50 - or £9.25 per journey
1 month - £355.20 - or £8.46 per journey

So whilst this is £8.90 a week more expensive than the basic travelcard - if you knew you were likely to have some Zone 2 underground travel, it could be useful.


The Apsley to Willesden Junction plus London Travelcard zones 1-6 costs £111.80 per week.