Advantages: Convenient, cashless travel, discounted rates still quite expensive Disadvantages: Having Ken know where I go, not yet universal across all ex-BR stations
...off from buying a London Oyster card for several reasons, not the least of which is that I thought they were only for season ticket use, and as my need to use London's buses and Underground trains was minimal, say, three of four times a month, this ruled me out, or so I imagined.
True, you can use your Oyster card as a season ticket; a friend of mine does, but as I now know it can also be used as a Pay-As-You-Go payment card, with certain advantages ...
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Advantages: Cheapest mode of travel in London Disadvantages: Big brother, not good for tourists.
What is an Oyster card?
Basically it is a London travel card enabling the traveller to get around London without constantly buying tickets for the different modes of transport available.
It can be likened to a credit card; however the difference being, you pay up front and charge the card before use, almost identically to a pay-as-you-go phone card.
Transport for London hereafter referred to as tfl, call it a smartcard. I think it was very ...
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Advantages: Put as much or as little money on it as you like Disadvantages: Can sometimes play up and the ticket barriers can get congested
...first people to have an Oyster card with a season ticket on it when they first came out.
**WHAT IS AN OYSTER CARD?**
Oyster is basically a "smartcard". You can put your Travelcard or Bus Pass season ticket on it, add money to pay as you go or have a combination of both, so if you need to pay for an extra long journey, no problem. They are also resuable, so basically you can have the same card for ever! When your cash/season ticket runs out, ...
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Advantages: Savings can be made Disadvantages: Requires personal information to be recorded,
...my annual season ticket from Oyster card this week.
There was a huge saving in what I was spending on weekly oyster tickets, 2 months free travel. The process was quick and simple.
I paid £600 cash for a zone 2&3 annual ticket at an train station. It took about 5 minutes.
But Oyster has not always been this simple. In fact I have mixed feelings about Oyster. When Ken Livingstone first announce the arrival of Oyster it seemed like a Godsend. But ...
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Advantages: Good value for money, Easier to travel with Disadvantages: None I can think of
...(TFL) to obtain a student oyster card. Obviously, at this point I had no idea what they were talking about. It was a Monday, I filled the form attached the passport photograph and enclosed a cheque for £5 then mailed it to them on Tuesday. They said it may take up to 2 weeks on the form but, behold! on Saturday morning, I received my oyster card first thing in the mail. It had my picture on it and I get 30% discount as a student. Now that's what I ...
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Advantages: None Disadvantages: Tracks you where you go.
...is a review of the Oyster Travel card
Where to buy
The oyster card costs £3.00 but when you return it back you do get your £3.00 back you can buy this online and at most newsagents.
Where to topup
The Oyster Card is a Electronic Pay as you go card which can be top up at Most newsagents and all Tube stations. you can also topup your card online and use the automatic topup feature which will put money on your card by your bank account when ...
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