How do I use my 16+ Oyster card?
Once you get your 16+ Zip Oyster photocard, you can use it straight away. Make sure you touch in at the start of your journey and touch out at the end on yellow card readers. You only need to touch in on buses and trams. Find out more about touching in and out.
Is 16+ Oyster card free on buses?
The 16+ Oyster photocard offers free travel on buses and trams and half adult rate on other TfL services to those young Londoners studying a Level 3 course, apprenticeship or training course funded by the Young People’s Learning Agency and some courses funded by the Skills Funding Agency.
How long does a 16+ Oyster card last?
All 16+ Oyster photocard holders can buy 7 Day, monthly or longer period Travelcard and Bus & Tram Pass season tickets at half adult-rate even if they don’t qualify for free bus and tram travel. TfL has sent 16+ application forms to existing holders of 16+ Oyster photocards whose cards expire on 30 September 2010.
Can I use my 16+ Oyster after it expires?
You will be fine – they always expire at midnight on the stated day. Be careful though if you are staying out late and catching a tube or bus that you get off after midnight. You can start a journey before midnight but be caught out at a tube station if you wave out on the machine after midnight.
How can I check the balance on my Oyster card?
Re: How do you check balance on Oyster? The easiest way is to go to any ticket machine in a tube station and touch the card on the yellow reader. That will display the current balance and present you with options to add more PAYG credit or a travelcard.
Is 18+ Oyster card free on buses?
Get an 18+ Student Oyster photocard You can save 30% on Travelcards and Bus & Tram Passes with our 18+ Student Oyster photocard. You can also use this Oyster card to pay as you go but you won’t receive the 30% discount. Find the cost of Travelcards and Bus & Tram Passes.
Can you get 16+ Oyster in uni?
16+ Zip Oyster photocard The university is unable to endorse or approve applications for the 16+ Zip Oyster Card. This is due to the eligibility criteria surrounding the level of the award someone is studying towards being below what is offered at the university.
How do I check the balance on my Oyster card?
How long does money stay on Oyster card?
The pay as you go credit on your Visitor Oyster card never expires so you can keep your card until your next visit, or lend it to family and friends.
Does Oyster card money expire?
“Pay-as-you-go Oyster cards do not expire and customers are able to return their cards at any time for a refund of the remaining balance and card deposit,” Transport for London said.
Do old Oyster cards still work?
Your first-generation Oyster card will then be stopped so no one can use it. If you paid a deposit for your first-generation Oyster card, it will be refunded to your contactless and Oyster account. If you set up Auto top-up on your first-generation Oyster card, it will be set up automatically on your new card.
Is London Underground free for under 16?
Children aged 11 to 15 years old can get free or discounted travel with a Zip Oyster photocard, or a Young Visitor discount. Sixteen and 17 year olds pay half the adult rate on Tube, DLR and London Overground journeys with a 16+ Zip Oyster photocard.
Is there an 18+ Oyster?
You can apply for an 18+ Student Oyster photocard if: You’re 18 or over. Live in a London borough during term time. Enrolled at a school, college or university registered on the TfL scheme or on a mandatory work placement in London.
How do I check my Oyster card balance?
You can find out how much money you’ve got on an Oyster card at ticket machines by holding your card against the yellow Oyster card reader. Or you can check your balance anytime online if you register your Oyster card and have an account. If you haven’t already you can do that on the TfL website.
Can I cash in my Oyster card?
If you’ve only got a tenner or less sitting on the card, you can even get it refunded directly at a station. There’s an “Oyster refund” option in the ticket machines you can use for this, which should give you your balance back in cash.
How do I check my Oyster balance?
How do I know if my Oyster card is still valid?
If you have an Oyster to pay as you go card, it does not have an expiry date. The credit will sit on your card until you are ready to use it again. However, if you do not use for two years it will stop working, even if you still have money on it to pay as you go.
Do 15 year olds pay for Tube?
Do under 16s have to pay on the tube?
16 to 17-year-olds can apply for a 16+ Oyster photocard to travel at half the adult pay as you go rate on bus, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail services. Without one they have to pay the full adult rate fare.