[EuroPython] London - Birmingham

[Tim Couper]

Note for future conferences - to add these and other 
transport/living-related gems onto the conference site somewhere?

Tim

Zeth wrote:
> 2009/6/16 Massa, Harald Armin <chef at ghum.de>:
>   
>> Zeth,
>>
>> thank you for this valuable information. Additional request, maybe you have
>> this information available:
>>
>> - WHERE do I buy tickets for the train?
>>     
>
> >From the station on the day. Or you can buy them in advance see
> http://nationalrail.co.uk/ for rail times and ticket costs.
>
> The rate you pay for British train tickets is notoriously over-complex
> compared to some countries. There are advance fairs, off-peak fairs,
> concession fairs and so on. If unsure at a station, get the automatic
> ticket machine to give you a price and also go to a manned booth and
> ask for the price, you sometimes get different results.
>
>   
>> - can I pay per credit card / mastercard or do they accept Euro?
>>     
>
> Most European Visa branded cars tend to work in the UK, Mastercard
> mostly also. No one will take Euros sadly.
>
>   
>>   (if not: is there a normal-priced ATM available at Birmingham
>> International?
>>     
>
> ATMs in England legally have to say if they charge a withdrawal charge
> for taking out money (over your normal bank's settlement fees). If it
> says "this machine costs X to withdraw money" then walk to the next
> machine, there are loads everywhere.
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