National Oyster Day 2024 is on Monday, August 5, 2024: Oyster card 7 day unlimited access?

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You can travel as much as you want within the 7 days and within the zones you buy it for. It will not deduct money from your Oyster card.

Travelcards

Travelcards allow you to make as many journeys as you like within the zones covered by your Travelcard on

• Tube, DLR, London Overground and National Rail* services within the zones covered by the ticket

• All London buses in all zones

• Trams if it includes Zones 3, 4, 5, or 6

You can also get 1/3 discount on Scheduled boat services if you have a Travelcard.

* National Rail services in London (excluding Heathrow Connect services between Hayes & Harlington and Heathrow, on Heathrow Express and on Southeastern High Speed services between St Pancras International and Stratford International)

7 day

You need an Oyster card to buy a 7 Day Travelcard from TfL outlets. You can get one as a paper ticket from National Rail stations.

What is the difference between an oyster card and travel card?

This is oyster card

and these are travel cards

The Oyster card is a form of electronic ticketing used on public transport services within the Greater London area of the United Kingdom. It is promoted by Transport for London and is valid on a number of different travel systems across London including London Underground, buses, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground, trams, some river boat services and most National Rail services within the London Fare Zones.

A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored value card which can hold a variety of single tickets, period tickets and travel permits which must be added to the card prior to travel. It is also a contactless smartcard which passengers must touch onto electronic reader when entering and leaving the transport system in order to validate it or deduct funds. The cards may be "recharged" in person from numerous sales points, by recurring payment authority or by online purchase. The card is designed to reduce the number of transactions at ticket offices and the number of single paper tickets sold on the London transport network. Usage is encouraged by offering substantially cheaper fares on Oyster than payment with cash.[1]

The card was first issued to the public in July 2003 with a limited range of features and there continues to be a phased introduction of further functions. By March 2007 over 10 million Oyster cards had been issued,[2] and more than 80% of all journeys on services run by Transport for London used the Oyster card.[3]

The Travelcard is an inter-modal travel ticket for unlimited use on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, Tramlink, London Buses and National Rail services in the Greater London area.[1] Travelcards can be purchased for a period of time varying from one day to a year, from Transport for London, National Rail and their agents. Depending on where it is purchased, and the length of validity, a Travelcard is either printed on a paper ticket with a magnetic stripe or encoded onto a reusable contactless electronic smart card, known as an Oyster card. The cost of a Travelcard is determined by the area it covers and, for this purpose, London is divided into a number of fare zones. The Travelcard season ticket for unlimited travel on London Buses and the London Underground was launched on 22 May 1983 by London Transport.[2][3] One Day Travelcards and validity on other transport modes were added from 1984 onwards. The introduction of the Travelcard caused an increase in patronage and reduced the number of tickets that needed to be purchased by passengers.

Travelcard or oyster card?

The oyster card covers buses, trams, underground and national rail within the city. Surely you dont want more than that? It all depends on how much moochin around your going to be doing. If im on and off the tube all day i get a ticket from the self service machines for that day. You can also get ones that last the full three days (but dont lose or deface it else it wont go through the machines). If, however, you no your only goin to use it for one or two stops like you no your only going to the museums then id use the oyster card.

If you want to use a bus with a travel card bought from a self service ticket machine you will need to go to the help desk thingy and ask for them to add buses on for an additional fee.

Too be honest, if your going as a tourist, tubes the best way to get to all the attractions.