Visitor Oyster Card or London Travelcard?

• You’re travelling around London every day for 4, 5, 6 or 7 days

• Or you’re aged 11-15 - there is no child version of the Visitor Oyster card

• You’re only making a few journeys, or won’t be travelling every day in London

• You want to travel only, or mostly, by bus

• You’re travelling to Zones 7, 8 or 9

Travelcards are priced according to which travel zones you need to travel in and what times of day you will be travelling.

• 1-day Travelcard prices:

  Zones 1-6
  (central and greater London, including Heathrow Airport)
  Child Off-peak: £6.70
  Adult Off-peak: £13.50
  Adult Anytime: £19.10

• 7-day Travelcard prices:
  Zones 1-2
  Adult Anytime: £36.10
  Child Anytime: £18.10
  Zones 1-6
  Adult Anytime £66.00
  Child Anytime £33.00

• ‘Off-peak’ Travelcards cannot be used at certain times of day. See ‘When can I travel?’ for more information.

A Visitor Oyster card will deduct credit for each single journey up to a daily price limit. Once the limit is reached, you won’t be charged for any more journeys until the next day. The more zones you travel in, the higher the limit will be.

• Daily price limits:
  Zones 1-2: £7.20
  Zones 1-4: £10.40
  Zones 1-6: £13.20

• Single Tube journey prices:
  Zones 1-2 
  For example, Leicester Square to Camden Town
  Peak: £2.90; off-peak £2.40
  Zones 1-6
  For example, Leicester Square to Heathrow Airport
  Peak: £5.10; off-peak £3.10

• Your journey will cost a different amount depending on the time of day you travel
  See ‘When can I travel?’ for more information.

• Tube
• Any bus in London
• Trams
  (If your Travelcard includes zones 3, 4, 5 or 6)
• Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
  
• London Overground
  
• National Rail Services in London
  (exclusions apply)
  
• Thames Clipper riverboat services at 1/3 off
  
  

• Tube
• Any bus in London
• Trams
  
  
• Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
• London Overground
• National Rail Services in London
  (exclusions apply)
• Thames Clipper riverboat services at 10% off
• Emirates Air Line services at 25% off

There are two types of Travelcard:

• Anytime Travelcard
  Can be used all day
  
  
  
  

• Off-Peak Travelcard
  Can be used Monday to Friday after 9.30am, and Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at any time

When you travel with a Visitor Oyster card, you will automatically be charged either a  peak or off-peak price depending on what time of day you travel. Peak prices are more expensive than off-peak.

• Peak prices apply
  Monday to Friday 6.30am to 9.30am
  Monday to Friday 4pm to 7pm

• Off-peak prices apply
  All other times

• Children aged 11-15: Child Travelcards are available at discounted rates.

• Children aged 5-10: Up to 4 children aged 5-10 can travel for free with a full paying adult who has a Visitor Oyster card or a Travelcard. Ask a member of staff to let your child through the ticket barriers.

• Under 5s: Travel free with any paying adult

• Children aged 11-15: Child Visitor Oyster cards are not available.

• Children aged 5-10: Up to 4 children aged 5-10 can travel for free with a full paying adult who has a Visitor Oyster card or a Travelcard. Ask a member of staff to let your child through the ticket barriers.

• Under 5s: Travel free with any paying adult