Transport for London

Visitor Oyster card

The smart way to

travel around London
What is a Visitor Oyster card? How do I use a Visitor Oyster card?
A Visitor Oyster card is a smartcard pre-loaded with pay as you go
credit that you can use to travel in London.
It is a quick and easy way to pay for single journeys on bus, Tube, tram,
DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail, Emirates Air Line cable car, Thames
Clippers River Bus and most National Rail services in London.

Why buy a Visitor Oyster card? Make sure you pay the right fare by touching
in and out on the yellow card readers at the
• Save time – your card is ready to use start and end of your journey on Tube, DLR,
as soon as you arrive London Overground, TfL Rail, Emirates Air
• It’s cheaper than buying single tickets Line cable car* and National Rail services.
• Enjoy exclusive discounts at leading
London shops, restaurants, galleries If you don’t, we can’t tell where you’ve travelled
and entertainment venues. and you may be charged a maximum fare.

On buses and trams you only need to touch your

Buy a Visitor Oyster card before you leave
card on the reader at the start of your journey.
and have it delivered to your home address
On the River bus* touch your card on the reader
visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk
when asked to board and touch again at the end
of your journey or if you change boats.
Where can I buy a Visitor
*Please note that journeys on Emirates Air line
Oyster card? and Thames Clippers River Bus services do not
You can’t buy a Visitor Oyster card once you count towards capping.
are in London so it’s best to buy your card
through your travel agent or online by visiting Pay the right fare
visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk Remember to always touch your
Visitor Oyster card in and out at
Your card will be sent to your home address the yellow card readers at stations.
so you can use it as soon as you arrive. Watch this video to find out more
Helpful hints? How does a Visitor Oyster card work?
• London’s rail network is divided into nine fares A Visitor Oyster card costs £5 plus postage. You There is a daily cap on fares when you use pay as
zones. Zone 1 and 2 cover central London and can choose the amount of pay as you go credit to you go – once you have reached this limit, you
Zones 6-9 are on the outskirts of the city. add to your card to pay for your travel on public won’t pay any more for that day in the zones you
• You can use your Visitor Oyster card on train transport in London. travel in.
services from Gatwick Airport to central London, We automatically calculate the cost of each journey Visitor Oyster cards are not valid for travel on
including Gatwick Express services. you make based on how and when you travel and Heathrow Express or Stansted Express services.
Fares which zone(s) you travel in.

Different fares apply depending on which services

you use and when you travel. Visitor Oyster card (pay as you go) Day Travelcard Cash

• On Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and

most National Rail services in London: Zones Single Single Daily Anytime Off Peak Single
Peak Off Peak cap Anytime
– Peak fares apply Monday to Friday (not on public
holidays) from 06:30 to 09:30 and 16:00 to 19:00.
Zone 1 only £2.40 £2.40 £6.80 £12.70 £12.70 £4.90
– Off-peak fares apply at all other times, including
weekends. Travel is cheaper at these times. Zones 1-2 £2.90 £2.40 £6.80 £12.70 £12.70 £4.90
• On bus and tram services in London:
– You can’t use cash to pay for your bus fare. Zones 1-3 £3.30 £2.80 £8.00 £12.70 £12.70 £4.90
– The new Hopper fare allows you to make Zones 1-4 £3.90 £2.80 £9.80 £12.70 £12.70 £5.90
unlimited number of pay as you go journeys
for £1.50 within one hour of first touching in. Zones 1-5 £4.70 £3.10 £11.60 £18.10 £12.70 £5.90
Touch in using the same card on all the journeys
you make within the hour. Zones 1-6 £5.10 £3.10 £12.50 £18.10 £12.70 £6.00
• On train services from/to Gatwick Airport: For fares on London Overground and TfL Rail, visit tfl.gov.uk/fares
– A single journey on Gatwick Express costs £19.80.
– A single journey on Southern or Thameslink train On buses and trams: a single pay as you go journey is £1.50, and the daily cap is £4.50.
services to/from London terminals costs £14.70
at peak times and £8.30 at off-peak times. Visiting London for 2 days? Buy a Visitor Oyster card with £15 credit
• Night tube services run on Fridays and Saturdays for unlimited travel in central London (Zones 1-2).
on the Victoria, Jubilee and most of the
central, Northern and Piccadilly lines and some
Overground services.
Special discounts
If you buy a Visitor Oyster card you can enjoy:
• Special discounts and promotions at leading London
shops, restaurants, museums and entertainment
venues. For more information click here.
• Up to 26% discount on the Emirates Air Line
cable car.
• Up to 19% discount on single journeys
on most River bus services. I
LONDON

Make the most of your visit

You only need to show your
Visitor Oyster card to benefit from
discounts in leading London restaurants,
bars, shops, theatres, galleries and more.
Download the list of discounts

Child tickets What happens if I run out of credit What happens if I have credit left on
• Children under 11 travel free on buses and trams. on my card? my card at the end of my visit?
Children under 11 also travel free on Tube, DLR, If you run out of pay as you go credit on your You can keep your card for future visits or lend
London Overground, TfL Rail and some National Visitor Oyster card, it’s easy to top it up at: it to family or friends. Check the credit on your
Rail services when accompanied by a fare-paying card before you leave London as you cannot do
adult (up to 4 children per adult). • Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail
this from home. You can get a refund of up to £10
and some National Rail stations
• If you’re travelling with children aged 11-15, buy a pay as you go credit at most Tube station ticket
Visitor Oyster card and ask a member of our staff • Over 4,000 local shops in London, machines. You can also get a refund at most Visitor
to add a Young Visitor discount to the card at known as Oyster Ticket Stops – visit Centres. Once you request the refund, your Visitor
most Tube stations, TfL Rail ticket offices, Visitor ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk Oystercard cannot be used anymore.
Centres (excluding Gatwick) and Victoria National
• Visitor Centres
Rail station ticket office. This gives your child a half
adult rate pay as you go discount for up to 14 days.
• You can also buy child Travelcards for children aged
11-15 at visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk
Tube map

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Check before you travel
Special fares apply Special fares § Brixton
apply
Cheshunt Epping
Chesham Watford Junction
Enfield Town Theydon Bois
No step-free access from early February
Chalfont &
Latimer Theobalds Grove until September 2018.

6
Debden Shenfield
Watford
Watford High Street Bush Hill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amersham Cockfosters Park Turkey Street
High Barnet Loughton § Hounslow West
A A

5
Chorleywood Bushey Step-free access for manual wheelchairs only.
Croxley Totteridge & Whetstone Oakwood Southbury Chingford Buckhurst Hill
Brentwood
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Rickmansworth Carpenders Park

4
Woodside Park Southgate § Victoria
Edmonton Green Roding
Moor Park Grange
Hatch End Mill Hill East Arnos Grove Valley Hill Step-free access is via the Cardinal Place
West Finchley
Northwood Silver Street Highams Park entrance.
Chigwell Harold Wood
West Ruislip Headstone Lane Edgware Bounds Green ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northwood Hills White Hart Lane
Stanmore Hainault Gidea Park
Hillingdon Ruislip Harrow & Finchley Central
Wood Green
Woodford § Services or access at these stations are
Pinner Wealdstone Burnt Oak Bruce Grove
Ruislip Manor Canons Park
Harringay Wood Street South Woodford
Fairlop Romford subject to variation.

4
East Finchley Green

3
Uxbridge Ickenham North Harrow Kenton
Colindale Turnpike Lane Lanes South Tottenham Please search ‘TfL stations’ for full details.
Eastcote Barkingside
Queensbury Highgate Crouch Snaresbrook Emerson Park
Harrow- Preston Hendon Central Hill Tottenham Chadwell
on-the-Hill Seven Blackhorse Newbury Heath
Road Kingsbury Hale Road Park
Archway Sisters Redbridge
Rayners Lane Brent Cross Manor House Walthamstow
Ruislip
Gardens West Northwick Gospel Oak Central Goodmayes

3
Harrow Park Golders Green Hampstead Wanstead Gants
Stamford Hill Seven Kings Upminster
South Kenton Heath Upper Holloway Hill Walthamstow
B South Harrow Wembley Park
Neasden Hampstead
Arsenal Queen’s Road Leyton
Leytonstone
Ilford Upminster Bridge
B
North Wembley Tufnell Park Finsbury Midland Road
Dollis Hill Park Stoke
South Ruislip Newington Manor Park Hornchurch
Wembley Central Holloway Road
Kentish St James Street Leytonstone Wanstead
Willesden Green Finchley Road Town West Kentish Town High Road Woodgrange
Sudbury Hill Stonebridge Park & Frognal Belsize Park Rectory Park Elm Park
Road Clapton Forest Park
Kilburn Caledonian Road Highbury & Dalston Leyton
Harlesden Islington Gate
Kensal Brondesbury West Chalk Farm Kingsland Dagenham

2
Camden Stratford
Northolt Willesden Junction Rise Park Hampstead Road East
Sudbury Town Hackney International Maryland
Caledonian Downs Hackney
Camden Town Central Dagenham Heathway
Brondesbury Finchley Road Road & Canonbury
Kensal Green Barnsbury Stratford Becontree
Swiss Cottage Mornington Dalston Junction Homerton Hackney
Alperton Queen’s Park

2
Kilburn South Crescent Wick
High Road Hampstead St John’s Wood Upney
King’s Cross London Fields Stratford
Greenford St Pancras Haggerston High Street Barking
Kilburn Park Paddington Marylebone Cambridge Heath
Edgware Road Baker Great Portland Euston
Street East Ham
Maida Vale Street Hoxton Bethnal Green Pudding Abbey
Warwick Angel Mill Lane Road
Perivale Avenue Upton
Bethnal Green Mile End
C Edgware Warren Street
Euston Old Street Bow Park C
Square Road
Royal Oak Road Plaistow

1
Farringdon Shoreditch
Hanger Lane Regent’s Park High Street Bromley-
Stepney Green West
Westbourne Park Goodge Russell by-Bow Ham
Bow
Street Square Barbican Church
Park Royal Ladbroke Grove Bayswater Aldgate
Bond Oxford
Street East Whitechapel

2 2/3 3 4
Circus Moorgate Devons Road
Latimer Road Liverpool Star Lane

1
North Ealing Marble Arch Street
Tottenham Holborn Chancery Lane Langdon Park
East White Shepherd’s Notting Court Road
Acton City Bush Hill Gate Bank Aldgate
Ealing Covent Garden All Saints Canning
Lancaster Town
Broadway Royal

6 5 4 3
West North Holland Queensway Gate St Paul’s
Acton Acton Park Green Park Leicester Square Limehouse Poplar Victoria
Wood Lane Hyde Park Corner
Piccadilly Cannon Street Custom House for ExCeL
Acton Central Shepherd’s Circus Monument Tower Shadwell Westferry Blackwall East
High Street Kensington India Emirates
Bush Market Kensington Hill Royal
Ealing Common Mansion House Tower
(Olympia) Knightsbridge Charing
Fenchurch Street
Wapping Docks Prince Regent
South Acton Goldhawk Road Gateway West India
Cross
D South Barons Gloucester Blackfriars River Thames
Quay
West Silvertown Royal Albert
D
Ealing Acton Town Hammersmith Court Road St James’s
Victoria Park Temple Rotherhithe
Canary Wharf
Beckton Park
Embankment North Emirates
Westminster London Canada
Northfields Chiswick Turnham Stamford Ravenscourt West Earl’s South Sloane
Bridge
Bermondsey
Water Greenwich Greenwich Pontoon
Park Green Brook Park Kensington Court Kensington Square Heron Quays Peninsula Dock Cyprus
Boston Manor
Gunnersbury Waterloo South Quay London Gallions Reach
Osterley

2
City Airport

2
West Brompton
Hounslow East Crossharbour Beckton Key to lines
King George V
Southwark

1
Hounslow Central Surrey Quays Mudchute Bakerloo
Kew Gardens Pimlico Borough
Hounslow Fulham Broadway Lambeth North Island Gardens Central
West
Richmond Parsons Green Imperial Wharf
Heathrow Hatton Cross Circle
Terminals 2 & 3 Putney Bridge Cutty Sark for Woolwich
Maritime Greenwich Arsenal
District

3
Queens Road
E E

3 4
East Putney Peckham New Greenwich
Vauxhall
Elephant & Castle Cross Gate Hammersmith & City
New Cross Deptford Bridge
Southfields

2
Heathrow Brockley Jubilee
Heathrow Terminal 4 Peckham Rye Elverson Road
Wimbledon Park Kennington
Terminal 5
Wimbledon
Clapham Wandsworth Oval Honor Oak Park
Lewisham
Metropolitan
Junction Road
Stockwell Forest Hill Beckenham
Northern

3
Clapham High Street Denmark Hill Birkbeck Road
Clapham North Sydenham
Avenue Beckenham Piccadilly
Clapham Common Road Junction

4
Dundonald Penge West
Key to symbols Explanation of zones Road Clapham South
Brixton Harrington Road Victoria
Balham Anerley
Interchange stations 9 Station in Zone 9 Elmers End Waterloo & City

3
Crystal Palace Norwood Junction
Step-free access from street to train 8 Station in Zone 8

5
Tooting Bec Arena DLR
7 Station in Zone 7
Step-free access from street to platform
6
Station in both zones
Merton Park
Tooting Broadway Woodside London Trams Emirates Air Line
National Rail
5
Station in Zone 6 Colliers Wood West Croydon
Blackhorse Lane fare zone cable car
F Station in Zone 5
South Wimbledon F (special fares apply)
Airport 4 Station in Zone 4 Reeves Corner Centrale Wellesley
Road Lebanon Addiscombe
Station in both zones
Riverboat services 3
Road London Overground
Station in Zone 3
Victoria Coach Station Station in Zone 2
2
Morden
Morden
Road
Phipps
Bridge
Belgrave
Walk
Mitcham Mitcham
Junction
Beddington
Lane
Therapia
Lane
Ampere
Way
Waddon
Marsh
Wandle
Park
Church
Street
George
Street
East
Croydon
Sandilands TfL Rail
Station in both zones
Lloyd Park
Emirates Air Line cable car 1 Gravel Addington King Henry’s New

4
Station in Zone 1
Hill Village Fieldway Drive Addington London Trams
Coombe Lane

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some public holidays

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 Night Tube and London Overground map
Operates on Friday and Saturday nights
5 Loughton

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High Barnet Cockfosters

Night services operate on Totteridge & Whetstone Oakwood Buckhurst Hill

Friday and Saturday nights

Central line Edgware
4
Woodside Park

West Finchley
Southgate

Arnos Grove

4
Woodford
5
Stanmore Finchley Central Bounds Green South Woodford Hainault
Jubilee line Burnt Oak
Canons Park Wood Green Fairlop
East Finchley
Northern line
3
Colindale
Snaresbrook
Queensbury Barkingside
Turnpike Lane
Piccadilly line Kingsbury
Hendon Central
Highgate
Tottenham
Hale Newbury Park
Redbridge
Victoria line Wembley Park
Brent Cross
Archway Manor House
Walthamstow
Central
Seven Blackhorse Wanstead Gants
London Overground Golders Green Sisters Road Hill

3
Neasden
Tufnell Park
Dollis Hill Arsenal Leytonstone
Hampstead Finsbury Park
Willesden Green
Belsize Park Leyton
Kilburn Holloway Road
Kentish Town

2
Highbury &

2
Chalk Farm
West Hampstead Islington

Finchley Road Camden Town Caledonian Road Stratford

Swiss Cottage
Mornington Dalston Junction
St. John’s Wood Crescent

Euston King’s Cross Haggerston

St Pancras
Baker Street
Hoxton

1
Warren Street
Russell Square
West Ham
Liverpool Street Bethnal Mile End
Goodge
Street Green
Bond Shoreditch
Oxford High Street
Street Circus
Bank

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Marble Arch Tottenham Holborn
Court Road Chancery Lane Whitechapel
West East Shepherd’s Notting
Acton Acton Bush Hill Gate
Ealing Covent Garden
Broadway Lancaster
North White Holland Queensway Gate St Paul’s Shadwell
Green Park
Acton City Park Leicester Square

6 5 4 3 2 1
Canning Town
Hyde Park Corner Piccadilly
Circus Wapping

Knightsbridge River Thames

Charing Cross
South Acton Barons Gloucester
Ealing Town Hammersmith Court Road Rotherhithe
Canary Wharf
Westminster
Turnham Earl’s South
Northfields Green Court Kensington Victoria Embankment
London Bermondsey Canada North
Bridge Water Greenwich
Boston Manor

2
Osterley Waterloo

2
Hounslow East
Southwark
Hounslow Central Pimlico

Heathrow Hatton Cross

Hounslow
West

Vauxhall
1 Surrey Quays

Terminals 2 & 3

3 Kennington Manor House Station in both fare zones Brixton

2
No step-free access from early February until September 2018.
Oval
Interchange stations Hounslow West
Heathrow Stockwell New Cross Gate Step-free access for manual wheelchairs only.
Terminal 5 Clapham North Step-free access from street to train

4
Victoria
Clapham Common Step-free access from street to platform
Step-free access is via the Cardinal Place entrance.

Brixton Whitechapel
Clapham South
Airport Night Overground services not stopping.
Balham Services or access at these stations are subject to variation.
Please search ‘TfL stations’ for full details.

3
Tooting Bec

Tooting Broadway

Colliers Wood

South Wimbledon

Morden

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This diagram is an evolution of the original design conceived in 1931 by Harry Beck · Correct at time of going to print · Poster December 2017

Night services on Tube and London Overground are

cheaper than you think because they’re off-peak
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 Need more help?
• Visit tfl.gov.uk/visitinglondon for information
about transport in London and help planning
your journey
• Ask a member of staff
• Go to a Visitor Centre, located at:
– Euston National Rail station
– Gatwick Airport North Terminal arrivals hall
– Gatwick Airport South Terminal arrivals hall
– Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 Underground station
– King’s Cross Underground station
– Liverpool Street Underground station
– Paddington National Rail station
– Piccadilly Circus Underground station
– Victoria National Rail station

All information correct at time of going to print.

January 2018.

*Service and network charges may apply. See tfl.gov.uk/terms for details.