LONDON COMMUTERS................................some advice about Oyster Cards for the uninitiated please.....

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....so I've used mine at tube stations, going in and coming out, but what about buses? I "clock in" on the sensor as I get on the bus, but am I also supposed to "clock out" again when I get off it?

Nope, you don't need to clock out on a bus.

Thanks

niet. clock in only on bus. i really heart my oyster card! Wish it could be used on all trains in greater Londinium. It then would be the perfect travel card imo.

I think they are super too!

So clever aren't they. I keep wondering why I see so many people still standing in queues on Monday morning & try to imagine why they aren't all using Oyster cards too!!!!

If you get one how do they work if you go into london and want a day traveller card

ie met line/jubilee then a bus into west end

I am really confused what they do

You add credit to it using a machine in the tube station - cash or credit card
You swipe in and out everywhere and at the end of the day it won't charge you more than a one day travel card

Once you've done a certain number of journeys your oyster is automatically charged at the day travel card rate (well actually it's cheaper than you'd pay in cash for one by about 50p)

I heart my oyster too

www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/oyster/general.asp

So if you are 2 adults and one child

do you need 3 or share 1 ?

Total idiot me

1 card per person. Your child will be free on the buses if under 16 and on tubes too if under 11 though.

Child goes free
Adults need one card each

He is 11

www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2006/photocards/under14s.asp

Ah you'll need a under 14 photocard then