Oyster Card

Some "foreign" ie other counties bus passes tend to not work outside your own area, our friends Notts passes never work here and ours work on some Cambs buses but not others,its never been a problem ,as drivers just wave you on,

If you are not of a "certain age" for travel in london an oyster card is the way to go as it gives "cheaper" travel than a ticket per journey,and if you are wanting to get anywhere "quicker" use the Underground

...Ps with an Oyster card you have to "tap in" at the start of your journey and make sure you "tap out" when you get off or you will be charged extra on your card, that includes buses, a few station do not have barriers ,but you still need to "tap in" and "tap out"look for Yellow Pads may be mounted on the walls near entry/exit  if not sure watch the "locals",also on most Underground stations it will show close to the tap pad the the cost of the journey you have just made and how much is left on your card,

There are no longer any ticket offices but staff are always around to assist with either purchase or top ups

I've read up about this.  Although it does state that on buses alone, you only tap once on entering and advised not to tap on exit as you may incur a penalty.  This does not apply to any other form of transport

I've read up about this.  Although it does state that on buses alone, you only tap once on entering and advised not to tap on exit as you may incur a penalty.  This does not apply to any other form of transport

Write your comments here...wrong info from my advise then it must have changed (not that we have used london buses with an oyster as we are of a certain age)

So that is the origin of the phrase 'the world is your oyster'

Oyster can be used on all London Transport Buses and Trams (at bus rates) only tap in. If you go to Wimbledon from Croydon by tram read station instructions very carefully or you will end up paying the tube rate. Bus Passes from outside London only need to be shown to driver. Good value max charge is around £4 for a days travel on as many buses as you like the only drawback can be in some parts and times of the day its quicker to walk!

There is a daily max in London for tubes/trains and a lesser one for busses. I think a mix of the two would mean using the tube/train max. The contactless card system also lets you benefit from this max I think. The benefit of having an Oyster card for me is that they are not scanning your debit cards all the time so I think it is less of a risk of someone getting your card details by foul means and the Oyster card system lets you check your travel & see that you have not been overcharged etc. should you wish to do that. Regards, Roy

Always click out when leaving a station and you wont go wrong .