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
• Save time – your card is ready to use in and out on the yellow card readers at the
as soon as you arrive start and end of your journey on Tube, DLR,
London Overground, TfL Rail, Emirates Air
• It’s cheaper than buying single tickets Line cable car* and National Rail services.

Buy a Visitor Oyster card before you leave If you don’t, we can’t tell where you’ve travelled
and have it delivered to your home address and you may be charged a maximum fare.
visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk
On buses and trams you only need to touch your
card on the reader at the start of your journey.
Where can I buy a Visitor On the River bus* touch your card on the reader
Oyster card? when asked to board and touch again at the end
of your journey or if you change boats.
You can’t buy a Visitor Oyster card once you
*Please note that journeys on Emirates Air Line
are in London so it’s best to buy your card
and Thames Clippers River Bus services do not
through your travel agent or online by visiting count towards capping.
visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk
Your card will be sent to your home address Pay the right fare
so you can use it as soon as you arrive. Remember to always touch your
Visitor Oyster card in and out at
the yellow card readers at stations.
Watch this video to find out more
Fares How does a Visitor Oyster card work?
Different fares apply depending on which services A Visitor Oyster card costs £5 plus postage. You There is a daily cap on fares when you use pay as
you use and when you travel. can choose the amount of pay as you go credit to you go – once you have reached this limit, you
• On Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and add to your card to pay for your travel on public won’t pay any more for that day in the zones you
most National Rail services in London: transport in London. travel in.
– Peak fares apply Monday to Friday (not on public We automatically calculate the cost of each journey Visitor Oyster cards are not valid for travel on
holidays) from 06:30 to 09:30 and 16:00 to 19:00. you make based on how and when you travel and Stansted Express.
– Off-peak fares apply at all other times, including which zone(s) you travel in.
weekends. Travel is cheaper at these times.
• On bus and tram services in London:
Visitor Oyster card (pay as you go) Day Travelcard Cash
– You can’t use cash to pay for your bus or tram fare.
– The new Hopper fare allows you to make
unlimited pay as you go journeys for £1.50 Zones Single Single Daily Anytime Off Peak Single
within one hour of first touching in. Touch in Peak Off Peak cap Anytime
using the same card on all the journeys you
make within the hour. Zone 1 only £2.40 £2.40 £7.20 £13.50 £13.50 £4.90
• On train services from/to Heathrow Airport: Zones 1-2 £2.90 £2.40 £7.20 £13.50 £13.50 £4.90
–A  single journey on Heathrow Connect costs
£13.20 (your daily cap). Zones 1-3 £3.30 £2.80 £8.50 £13.50 £13.50 £4.90
– A single journey on Heathrow Express costs
from £22 (not included in your daily cap). Zones 1-4 £3.90 £2.80 £10.40 £13.50 £13.50 £5.90

• On train services from/to Gatwick Airport: Zones 1-5 £4.70 £3.10 £12.30 £19.10 £13.50 £5.90
– A single journey on Gatwick Express costs £19.80.
Zones 1-6 £5.10 £3.10 £13.20 £19.10 £13.50 £6.00
– A single journey on Southern or Thameslink train
services to/from London terminals costs £15.10 For fares on London Overground and TfL Rail, visit tfl.gov.uk/fares
at peak times and £8.30 at off-peak times.
• Night Tube services run on Fridays and Saturdays On buses and trams: a single pay as you go journey is £1.50, and the daily cap is £4.50.
on the Victoria, Jubilee and most of the
Central, Northern and Piccadilly lines and some Visiting London for 2 days? Buy a Visitor Oyster card with £15 credit
Overground services. for unlimited travel in central London (Zones 1-2).
Helpful hints?
• London’s rail network is divided into nine fares
zones. Zone 1 and 2 cover central London and
Zones 6-9 are on the outskirts of the city.
• You can use your Visitor Oyster card on train
services from Gatwick and Heathrow Airports
to central London, including Gatwick Express,
Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express
services.

Special discounts
If you buy a Visitor Oyster card you can enjoy:
• Up to 26% discount on the Emirates Air Line
cable car.
• Up to 19% discount on single journeys
on most River bus services. What happens if I run out of credit What happens if I have credit left
on my card? on my card at the end of my visit?
Child tickets
If you run out of pay as you go credit on your You can keep your card for future visits or lend
• Children under 11 travel free on buses and trams. Visitor Oyster card, it’s easy to top it up at: it to family or friends. Check the credit on your
Children under 11 also travel free on Tube, DLR, card before you leave London as you cannot do
London Overground, TfL Rail and some National • Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail
this from home. You can get a refund of up to £10
Rail services when accompanied by a fare-paying and some National Rail stations
pay as you go credit at most Tube station ticket
adult (up to 4 children per adult). • Around 3,800 local shops in London, machines. You can also get a refund at most Visitor
• If you’re travelling with children aged 11-15, buy a known as Oyster Ticket Stops – visit Centres. Once you request the refund, your Visitor
Visitor Oyster card and ask a member of our staff ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk Oyster card cannot be used anymore.
to add a Young Visitor discount to the card at
• Visitor Centres
most Tube stations, TfL Rail ticket offices, Visitor I
Centres (excluding Gatwick) and Victoria National Make the most of your visit LONDON

Rail station ticket office. This gives your child a half You only need to show your
adult rate pay as you go discount for up to 14 days. Visitor Oyster card to benefit from
discounts in leading London restaurants,
• You can also buy child Travelcards for children bars, shops, theatres, galleries and more.
aged 11-15 at visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk Download the list of discounts
Tube map Network

Chesham 9 Chalfont &

Latimer
8 7
Outside fare
zones
Watford Junction
8 7 6 5 Enfield Town
Cheshunt

Theobalds Grove
8 7 Epping

Theydon Bois
9 Outside fare
zones

6
Watford High Street Bush Hill Debden Shenfield
Watford Cockfosters Park Turkey Street
Amersham High Barnet Loughton

5
Chorleywood Bushey Oakwood
Croxley Totteridge & Whetstone Southbury Chingford Buckhurst Hill
Rickmansworth Carpenders Park Southgate Brentwood

4
Woodside Park Edmonton Green
Moor Park Roding Grange
Hatch End Mill Hill East Arnos Grove Valley Hill
West Finchley Silver Street
Northwood Highams Park
Edgware Harold Wood
West Ruislip Stanmore Bounds Green Chigwell
Headstone Lane White Hart Lane
Northwood Hills Hainault
Finchley Central Woodford Gidea Park
Hillingdon Ruislip Harrow & Canons Park Burnt Oak Wood Green Bruce Grove
Ruislip Manor Pinner Wealdstone Harringay Romford
Wood Street Fairlop
Green South South Woodford

4
Colindale East Finchley

3
Uxbridge Ickenham Queensbury Turnpike Lane Lanes Tottenham
North Harrow
Eastcote Barkingside
Kenton Kingsbury Hendon Central Highgate Crouch Blackhorse Snaresbrook Emerson Park
Harrow- Hill Seven Road Chadwell
on-the-Hill Preston Road Newbury Heath
Archway Manor House Sisters Park
Rayners Lane Brent Cross Walthamstow Redbridge
Ruislip Neasden Central
Gardens West Northwick Tottenham Goodmayes

3
Harrow Park Golders Green Hale Wanstead Gants
Dollis Hill

6
Hill Seven Kings Upminster
South Kenton Wembley Park Upper Holloway Stamford
South Harrow Willesden Green Arsenal Walthamstow Leytonstone
Hampstead Hill Queen’s Road Leyton Ilford Upminster Bridge
North Wembley Gospel Finsbury
Oak Tufnell Park Stoke Midland Road
South Ruislip Kilburn Park
Holloway Road Newington Manor Park Hornchurch
Wembley Central West Hampstead Kentish
Hampstead Heath Town St James Street Leytonstone Wanstead
Kentish Town High Road Woodgrange
Sudbury Hill Stonebridge Park West Rectory Park Elm Park
Kensal Brondesbury Caledonian Road Clapton Forest Park
Rise Park Road Leyton
Northolt Harlesden Finchley Road Belsize Park Highbury & Gate

2
& Frognal Camden Road Dalston Dagenham
Islington Kingsland Stratford
Sudbury Town Willesden Junction Brondesbury Chalk Farm Hackney International East
Reading Maryland
Downs Hackney
Kensal Green Camden Town Caledonian Central Dagenham Heathway
Twyford Kilburn Road & Canonbury Stratford
Queen’s Park Finchley Road Barnsbury Becontree
High Road South Hampstead Mornington Homerton Hackney
Alperton

2
Maidenhead Greenford Crescent Dalston Junction Wick Upney
King’s Cross London Fields
Outside Swiss Cottage St Pancras
Stratford
Taplow fare Haggerston High Street Barking
Kilburn Park Cambridge Heath
zones Paddington Edgware Road Marylebone St John’s Wood Euston
Burnham East Ham
Maida Vale Hoxton Bethnal Green Pudding Abbey
Warwick Angel Mill Lane Road
Perivale Avenue Upton
Slough Euston Old Street Bethnal Green Mile End
Great Portland Bow Park
Edgware Baker Street Street Square Warren Road
Park Royal Road Street Plaistow
Langley Hanger Royal Oak Farringdon Shoreditch
Lane High Street Bromley- West

3 2 1
Regent’s Park Stepney Green
Iver Westbourne Park Goodge by-Bow Ham
Acton Russell Bow
Main Line Street Square Barbican Church
Ladbroke Grove Bayswater Aldgate
Oxford East Whitechapel
West Bond Street

2 2/3 3 4 5
Circus Moorgate Devons Road
Drayton Latimer Road Liverpool Star Lane

1
Hayes & North Ealing Street
Marble Arch Tottenham Holborn Chancery Lane
Harlington Hanwell Langdon Park
East White Shepherd’s Notting Court Road
Acton City Bush Hill Gate Bank Aldgate
Southall West Covent Garden All Saints Canning

4
Lancaster Town
Ealing North Holland Queensway Gate St Paul’s Royal
Ealing West
Acton Acton Park Green Park Leicester Square Limehouse Poplar Victoria
Broadway Wood Lane
Hyde Park Corner
Shepherd’s Piccadilly Cannon Street Custom House for ExCeL
Acton Central Circus Monument Tower Shadwell Westferry Blackwall East
Bush Market High Street Kensington Hill India
Ealing Common Kensington Fenchurch Street Emirates
Goldhawk Road Mansion House Tower Royal Prince Regent
South Acton (Olympia) Knightsbridge Charing Wapping West India
Cross Gateway Docks
Quay

6
Blackfriars

5
South Barons Gloucester River Thames
Royal Albert
Ealing Acton Town Hammersmith Court Road
Westminster West Silvertown
Victoria Embankment Rotherhithe Canary Wharf
Beckton Park
Northfields Emirates
Chiswick Turnham Stamford Ravenscourt West Earl’s South Sloane St James’s Temple London Canada North
Bermondsey Greenwich Greenwich
Park Green Brook Park Kensington Court Kensington Square Park Bridge Water Heron Quays Cyprus
Boston Manor Peninsula Pontoon Dock

Osterley South Quay Gallions Reach

London
City Airport

2 2
Hounslow East Gunnersbury West Brompton Waterloo
Crossharbour Beckton
Hounslow Central Pimlico King George V

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

6 5 4 3
Queens Road

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

2
Terminal 5 Brockley
Peckham Rye Elverson Road
Heathrow Wimbledon Park Kennington
Terminal 4 Clapham Wandsworth Honor Oak Park
Wimbledon Oval Lewisham
Junction Road
Stockwell Forest Hill
Clapham High Street

3
Denmark Hill

Bakerloo Piccadilly Moor Park Station in both fare zones Check before you travel Clapham North Sydenham
Avenue
Clapham Common

4
Victoria Interchange stations Pay as you go fares vary according Dundonald Harrington Road Road
Central Brixton Penge West Beckenham
to the services used, the time of Road Clapham South
Waterloo & City Internal interchange travel and the zones travelled Junction
Anerley Birkbeck Beckenham
Circle through. To check your fare, visit Balham Road
Under a 10 minute walk between stations

3
DLR tfl.gov.uk/tube-rail-fares Crystal Palace Norwood Junction
District Step-free access from street to train Elmers End

5
Emirates Air Line For more detailed accessibility Tooting Bec
cable car Step-free access from street to platform information, please use the Arena
Hammersmith (Special fares apply) Tooting Broadway
& City Step-free Tube guide by visiting Merton Park
National Rail tfl.gov.uk/tube-map West Croydon Woodside
Jubilee
London Overground
Airport § Heathrow
Colliers Wood
London Trams
TfL Rail TfL Rail customers should change
South Wimbledon
Centrale Wellesley
Blackhorse Lane fare zone
River services interchange Reeves Corner
Metropolitan at Terminals 2 & 3 for free rail transfer Road Lebanon Addiscombe
London Trams
Victoria Coach Station to Terminal 5. Road
Northern District open at weekends § Hounslow West
and on some public holidays Emirates Air Line cable car Morden Phipps Belgrave Mitcham Mitcham Beddington Therapia Ampere Waddon Wandle Church George East Sandilands
Step-free access for manual wheelchairs only. Lloyd Park
Road Bridge Walk Junction Lane Lane Way Marsh Park Street Street Croydon
Outside fare zones, Oyster not valid § Services or access at these stations are Morden Coombe Lane

4
subject to variation.
To check before you travel, Zonal tint values: Gravel Hill
visit tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
Zones 10% Addington Village
Fieldway
Transport for London
Zone 2/3 15% King Henry’s Drive
This diagram is an evolution of the original design conceived in 1931 by Harry Beck
Correct at time of going to print · Poster December 2019
Zone numbers 10% New Addington

Off-peak fares apply on weekdays before

06:30, between 09:30 and 15:59, and after

Travel in Zones 2-6 for £1.50

19:00, plus all day at weekends and bank
holidays. Fare shown is for an adult off-peak
pay as you go journey not going via Zone 1
on Tube, DLR and most London Overground
services. Always touch in and out with the
 Night Tube and London Overground map
Operates on Friday and Saturday nights
5 Loughton

6
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 Highbury &

2
Islington

2
Chalk Farm
West Hampstead

Finchley Road Camden Town Caledonian Road Canonbury Stratford

Swiss Cottage
Mornington
St John’s Wood Crescent Dalston Junction

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

1 2 2/3 3 4
Marble Arch Tottenham Holborn Chancery Lane
Court Road 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

2
Oval
Manor House Station in both fare zones Hounslow West
Heathrow Stockwell New Cross Gate Step-free access for manual wheelchairs only.
Terminal 5 Clapham North Interchange stations St Paul’s

4
Exit only during Night Tube until mid-April 2019.
Clapham Common Step-free access from street to train
Clapham South Brixton
Step-free access from street to platform
Balham
Airport

3
Tooting Bec

Tooting Broadway

Colliers Wood

South Wimbledon

Morden

Transport for London

This diagram is an evolution of the original design conceived in 1931 by Harry Beck · Correct at time of going to print · December 2018

Night services on Tube and London Overground are

cheaper than you think because they’re off-peak
 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:
– 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
– Piccadilly Circus Underground station
– Victoria National Rail station

All information correct at time of going to print.

January 2020.

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