London Underground Travel Card Or Pay As You Go
In zones 1 9 your fare is capped so you can travel as much as you like in one day or week monday to sunday without paying more.
London underground travel card or pay as you go. You can add money to an oyster card or use contactless card or device straight away. You only pay for the journeys you make and it s cheaper than buying a paper single or return ticket train companies may offer special deals on some journeys. An oyster card is an electronic plastic smartcard that can be loaded with pay as you go transport credit. A visitor oyster card is a smartcard that s pre loaded with pay as you go credit you can use to pay for travel on london s public transport.
There are two options available to tourists. You can use contactless card or device or an oyster card to pay as you go on bus tube tram dlr london overground most tfl rail services emirates air line and river bus services. You will be charged 2 30 for each tube trip until you reach the daily capping of 6 40 which is less than 3 trips and it s 2 less than the previous year. You can buy a visitor oyster card online from the tfl visitor shop or from visitbritain shops in several languages and currencies or through approved travel agents.
The regular oyster card used by london natives and the visitor oyster card which is specially designed for use on one off trips.