How do I add money to my Oyster card?
How do I add money to my Oyster card?
Download the TfL Oyster app on your smartphone to check your balance, add credit to your Oyster card and buy adult-rate 7 Day, Monthly and Annual Travelcards. If you have an Oyster card and are a UK resident, you can set up an Oyster online account and top up your card online.
Where can I top up my Oyster card?
If you run out of credit on your Visitor Oyster card, it’s easy to top it up at:
- Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and most National Rail stations.
- Over 4,000 local shops in London called Oyster Ticket Stops – find your nearest one.
- Visitor Centres.
How do I get my 5 deposit back on my Oyster card?
Just touch your Oyster on the yellow card reader, select ‘Oyster refund’ and follow the instructions. The ticket machine will dispense a refund in cash.
Can I top up a Zip Oyster card online?
Section 3 – What you can do with an Oyster card attached to a TfL online account. When you sign in you can see your pay as you go balance and details of any Season tickets on your Oyster card. You can top up your pay as you go credit or buy Travelcards. You will need to select the amount or Travelcard you want.
Is Oyster card cheaper than contactless?
Otherwise an Oyster on a Pay As You Go basis or a Contactless payment card is cheaper. If you are a resident or long-term visitor there are monthly and annual Travelcards. You can load 7 day Travelcards onto an Oyster card and switch between Oyster Pay As You Go and Travelcard as your travel patterns change.
How do I top up my Zip Oyster card?
First place your card on the reader which will confirm the balance and any tickets held. Then select add top-up and either insert the money or pay on a credit/debit card. Finally place the card on the reader again so that the top-up can be added to the card.
Can you put money on a Zip card?
I think you can top them up everywhere you can top up an adult Oyster. You can do it online – you put the money on then put the Oyster card on the reader at the station and it tops it up.
How much is a Zip Oyster card?
You pay an administration fee of £15 using a credit or debit card. We’ll post your 11-15 Zip Oyster photocard to you within one week of applying. You apply online and need to provide: Active email address.
Are Oyster cards free?
If you’re 60 or over and live in a London borough, you can get free travel on our transport services with an Oyster photocard. Who is it for?
Can you use a Zip card on the tube?
When you don’t need a 5-10 Zip Oyster photocard Travel free on buses and trams. Travel accompanied by an adult on Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and some National Rail services.
Can you use Oyster card on SWR?
Are Oyster cards valid on South Western Railway? Oyster cards are valid on our trains and stations in London. You can top them up at our ticket machines at London stations.
How do students get Oyster cards?
You apply online and need to provide:
- Active email address.
- Student enrolment ID from your school, college or university.
- Your work placement start and end date.
- Digital photo which must be a . jpg, . bmp or . gif file and less than 6MB.
What is the difference between a freedom pass and 60+ Oyster card?
Using the pass The pass allows free travel on buses, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground and most National Rail services in London. Pass holders also get a discounted fare on River services and the Emirates Air Line. 60+ Oyster pass holders are not entitled to free travel on services outside of London.
Do you get free train travel at 60?
You’re eligible for a Senior Railcard if you are 60 years old or over. You can buy one up to two weeks before your 60th birthday if you buy online, but it’ll only be valid from your birthday onwards. If you buy from a station, you’ll have to be 60 or over on the day you do it.
Who qualifies for a London Freedom Pass?
The Freedom Pass allows Londoners aged 60 and over plus eligible disabled residents to travel free on the capital’s buses, trains, London Underground, trams, and the Docklands Light Railway.
Can I use my 60+ Oyster card before 9am?
They will mean that all passengers with an Older Person’s Freedom Pass, 60+ Oyster photocard or English National Concessionary Scheme pass will not be able to use those passes during morning peak hours in order to help support social distancing on the public transport network and help control the coronavirus.
How far out of London can I use my freedom pass?
The Freedom Pass allows you to travel on local bus services across England during off-peak times – 9.30am to 11pm Monday to Friday and all day at other times. The red rose symbol on your pass denotes that you have this right – known as the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS).
Can pensioners travel free in London?
Free older person’s bus pass means you can travel free on local buses in England. The Senior Railcard is an annual savings card. London Freedom Pass gives you free or discounted travel for London residents across London transport networks, including trams, national rail, the underground, river services, and buses.
Do Over 60s get free travel to London?
If you live in England or Wales If you live in London, you can travel free on buses, tubes and other transport when you’re 60, but only within London. In Wales you can get a bus pass when you reach 60. Enter your postcode to: apply for a bus pass from your local council.
Do Over 60s travel free in London?
Under normal operational circumstances, 60+ London Oyster photocard scheme entitles Londoners to free travel on all TfL services and some national rail services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from their 60th birthday.
Do pensioners get free tube travel?
Temporary changes are being brought in by Transport for London (TfL) which will see free travel for pensioners suspended at certain times of the day. Many over-60s in the capital will be used to making the most of their 60+ Oyster photocard or Older Person’s Freedom Pass.
What time can pensioners get on buses?
Services not run by London Buses will usually let you travel free between 09:30 and 23:00 on weekdays and at any time on weekends and public holidays.
Do senior citizens get discount on trains?
With a Senior Railcard anyone 60 years or over can save 1/3 on all Standard and First Class, Anytime, Off-Peak and Advance fares for £30.