Using your Visitor Oyster Card is easy: simply place your Oyster card on the yellow card readers at the start and end of your journey on Tube, London Overground and National Rail services. Please select a quantity before adding to your basket. The main advantages of being registered online is that if you lose your Oyster you can stop its use, you can get a good audit trail of your journeys and you can request a refund of cash left on your Oyster online direct into your bank account. If you have not yet provided us with a security question and answer, and you have not used the Oyster card to travel in the last 8 weeks you will be unable to create an account. Please find more details of daily capping here. You buy a Visitor Oyster card to pay as you go or a Travelcard (paper ticket) in advance, from: You can buy tickets and Oyster cards online and from places across London. Schools, colleges and universities must register on the TfL Scheme so their students can apply for an 18+ Student Oyster photocard. Whether you should get the Travelcard or Oyster card depends on how long you’re staying in London and how frequently you’ll be using public transport. A pocket-sized map of central London with a handy Tube map included. If you’re a UK resident you can buy an Oyster card before you travel to London. This means that you won’t be able to use it for future travel. Plan a journey and favourite it for quick access in the future, Choose postcodes, stations and places for quick journey planning, How to pay and where to buy tickets and Oyster, Find out which stations are still accepting cash, paper tickets for single and return journeys, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, At all Tube, London Overground and most TfL Rail stations, At ticket machines at all Tube, London Overground and most TfL Rail stations, At London Overground, most TfL Rail and some National Rail ticket offices, London Overground and most TfL Rail ticket offices (One Day paper ticket), From ticket machines at Tube, London Overground and most TfL Rail stations (One Day paper ticket, 7 Day and Monthly), From ticket machines at Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and National Rail stations, From ticket offices at London Overground, TfL Rail and National Rail stations, At ticket offices at London Overground, most TfL Rail and National Rail stations (7 Day, Monthly, 3 month, 6 month or odd period and Annual Travelcard), At ticket machines at Tube, London Overground, most TfL Rail and National Rail stations (7 Day or Monthly Travelcard), Gatwick Airport - Information Centre, Gatwick Express ticket office, terminal desks and the Southern Railways ticket office, Stansted Airport - Information Centre, Stansted Express ticket office and the National Express coaches ticket office. I received all of the necessary documentation. Payment Options for Travel in London: Cash, Contactless and Oyster. If you got your Oyster card on or after this date, you can get your £5 refunded once you've used it for one year. Your Visitor Oyster Card will be returned to you, but cancelled. Visitor Oyster cards from us cost from £20 to £55, This price includes a £5 activation fee, and the rest is credit that is pre-loaded onto your card. If you run out of credit, you can top up your card at any station or at thousands of shops throughout London. You can still use the card to take advantage of the special offers and discounts available with the card. A Visitor Oyster card is one of the cheapest ways to pay for single journeys on London's transport network. United Kingdom. If you lose the card, it can be stopped and the replacement card issued with the remaining money put on your new card. No, each person must have their own Oyster card, except children under 11 who travel free with a paying adult. If you run out of credit, top up at any station or at thousands of shops across London. The Merlin London Big Adventure Pass is the ultimate way to see six of the best London attractions. Covid 19  update- please check our Covid 19 Measures tab below.