Transport for LondonWhat is Oyster?
An Oyster card can store up to £90 of credit, which can be used to pay as you go, plus your Travelcard or Bus & Tram Pass.
It can be used on bus, Tube, trams, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail services in London.
How do I get an Oyster card?
You can get one:
- At Oyster Online
- At Tube station ticket offices
- At Oyster Ticket Stops across London
- At London Overground station ticket offices
- At some National Rail ticket offices
- At London Travel Information Centres
- By phone on 0845 330 9876*
* For BT residential customers, calls to the Oyster helpline will cost no more than 3.5p per minute, (current at August 2008). The price on non-BT phone lines may be different.
When you first get your Oyster card, you will need to pay a refundable £3 deposit.
Get the most from Oyster (PDF 603KB)
You can also order free large print copies of the Get the most from Oyster guide.
Oyster photocards enable students and under-18s to travel free or at reduced rates. Discounted travel is also available to customers who hold a New Deal photocard or a Bus & Tram Discount photocard.
Oyster podcast
- Download a 15 minute introduction to Oyster (16MB MP3)
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Subscribe to the Oyster podcast RSS feed - Open up the Oyster podcast as an album in iTunes (version 4.9 or later)
Oyster video presentation
This is a video version of the above audio presentation.
