They can also travel free at any time on the Tube, DLR , Overground and any TfL train service when they are travelling with an adult who has a valid ticket.
Up to 4 children under 11 years old accompanied by a paying adult travel free. Travel on the national railways which operate suburban commuter trains in London only have free travel for those under 5. In the last year or so many train routes in London have switched from the railways to TfL Rail. Confusingly a few national railways routes where both rail and TfL rail operate on the same tracks children under 11 can travel free on the railways trains - this includes the popular route for visitors between Euston and Watford Junction for Harry Potter Studio Tour.
You do not need a ticket for free travel, just the ID Card. If you are a short-term visitor to London you can get child fares on a special child Oyster card that expires after 14 days. There are restrictions. For full details of this scheme click through on the Child Fares banner, below. You can buy 7 day child Travelcards at railway stations not Underground or Overground with a railway ticket office. The railways will issue a railways photocard free of charge if you bring along a passport size photo of your child.
You can only use this for buying tickets from the railways which in practise for visitors means Travelcards. However, you can only use this concession on Oyster cards and 7 Day Travelcards or longer, not 1 day Travelcards. Visitors to London from overseas can order an Oyster Photocard in advance for their children and collect on arrival at a travel centre. Bus maps Tourist bus map. Contactless cards London Pass. Heathrow transfers Gatwick transfers Stansted transfers Luton transfers.
Southampton Dover Harwich. London's famous red buses form a big part of getting around in London. You are unable to use cash on London's buses to buy tickets on the bus.
Top of the page. Fare freeze on London transport in sees a fare freeze by the mayor on all TfL bus and Tube fares, a freeze in fares on all other rail services in London where Tube fares apply, and the protection of all TfL fare concessions.
Oyster cards - more details Contactless payment cards - more details. Visiting London? Bus Hopper fares Make a journey using pay as you go Contactless or Oyster on a bus and you can make a second bus journey for free within one hour of touching in on the first bus.
Bus Passes You can buy 1 and 7 day bus passes for unlimited travel on London's red buses only. Seniors concessions There are no seniors fares for visitors. Child concessions This is a very complex subject and is covered in detail at the foot of the page. Child fares - more details. Swiping an Oyster Card. Boarding the bus When you board the bus with an Oyster card or contactless payment card you will see a yellow pad like the one pictured right.
Children's Fare Concessions Children Under 5 Children under five can travel free at any time on the Tube, DLR, buses and trams as long as they are accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket. Young Visitor Discount for visitors to London staying up to 2 weeks If you are a short-term visitor to London you can get child fares on a special child Oyster card that expires after 14 days. Note you need to apply online at least 4 weeks prior to arrival.
If you want to pay the bus weekly cap then you have to stick with the buses all week. If you use a mixture of buses and underground then you have to pay the train weekly cap instead, which is more expensive. If I understand you correctly you are saying that you have a bus travelcard on your Oyster card, plus some extra pay-as-you-go credit as well - all on the same card.
You can do this with Oyster, but unfortunately it's not possible to load a travelcard onto a bank card. If you're just making a one-off journey on the tube then you might be better off paying with a totally different card, or buying a single ticket, because then it won't interfere with your weekly bus cap. Anne Thanks for clarifying this for me. I know it's more flexible with contactless, in case I decide to walk more and don't reach the cap. Will the new bus hopper fair 2 bus journeys completed within 60 min be taken into account on both, contactless and Oyster?
Does the hopper fair even count towards the contactless weekly bus cap? If yes, then the latter would be the most lucrative option as it might even be less than a weekly bus pass.
Do you agree? Staff The Hopper fare does apply to both Oyster and contactless. If it was me I think would forget the weekly bus travelcard and just stick a load of pay-as-you-go credit onto my Oyster card, and use that exclusively for the buses. If I hit the weekly bus cap then great, but if I don't then I haven't wasted extra money on a travelcard.
If I want to make an underground journey during the week then I'd use my contactless card instead. Anne That sounds good, but regarding the weekly cap only applying from Monday through to Sunday Staff You don't have to make a journey on Monday or any other day, for that matter , but it will only total up the journeys between Monday and Sunday.
If the running total hasn't reached the weekly cap by the end of Sunday night then it will start from zero again on Monday. Anne I think I understand now. It's so complicated! But thanks for your help. JJ Visiting London for one day, myself and two friends will be travelling around London and try to see as much as we can within a day. From judging it, it's looking more like we will at some point need to jump on one or two buses.
As I'm their so called tour guide, I would be the only one with a contactless card. Can I pay for all three of us to board a bus or does each passenger need to pay with their own card? The other thing is, if I wanted to buy a daily cap could I buy one each on my card, I assume from what I've read that the daily cap is the same as what we call a day ticket here in Birmingham.
Thanks JJ. Staff Hi JJ. If each person wants to pay a contactless fare then each person will need to have their own bank card. You can't pay multiple fares with just one bank card it's not possible to tap down more than once and have it deduct multiple fares. You can't buy a daily cap. The way it works is this: every time you tap down the computer charges you a fare.
The computer keeps track of how many fares you've paid that day, and as soon as it recognises you've reached the daily cap it stops charging you but you still have to carry on tapping down. What you're describing is a 1-day travelcard. From what you've written it sounds like that's what you'll need -- but you'll have to buy three of them which you can do with just one bank card.
I've explained about travelcards here: city-guide. Harry I live in Newcastle but will visit London for a couple of days in a few days time. As a pensioner I can travel free on buses. I am told that my travelcard is valid also for London buses. Can you confirm this.
Staff Hi Harry. It might be -- if it has the red rose symbol on it then you should be okay, but bear in mind that it won't work on the Oyster card readers. So you'll have to show it to the driver when you go through the front door. Staff Hi Noreen. You can travel before 9 AM at the weekend, but you have to wait until after 9 AM during the week - tfl. Staff Hi Chriselda. All the prices are shown in the table at the top.
Penny I'm a mature student and have a National Rail railcard. I live in London. From Monday 27 September , your Oyster card will automatically cap at the weekly Travelcard fare this is already available on a contactless cards. The cap starts on Monday and ends Sunday, so it mainly benefits Londoners or those working in London.
For visitors, the best option is to add the cost of the daily cap to your card x the number of full days in London.
Add a little extra to cover any single journeys at the start or end of your trip if necessary. For example, to and from Heathrow airport. If there is money on your Oyster card at the end of your trip, you can get it back or keep it on your card for your next visit it never expires.
Oyster cards are available from the following places. At most places, You can top up your card as well. Unfortunately, most underground ticket offices are now closed.
Oyster cards are available from ticket machines. Many newsagents and corner shops are licensed to sell London Transport tickets including Oyster cards. You can top-up your Oyster card as well. Place your card flat on the yellow card reader on the right-hand side of the ticket barrier and the barrier will open. Do the same at the end of your journey to open the exit barriers.
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