Where to buy tickets

Tickets can be bought in a number of locations.

Adults can order an Oyster card, top it up with pay as you go credit and add tickets at Oyster Online. Alternatively, customers can call Oyster on 0845 330 9876*. Students and under-18s need an Oyster photocard to enable them to benefit from free and reduced-rate travel.

* For BT residential customers, calls to the Oyster helpline will cost no more than 3.5p per minute, (current at September 2008). The price on non-BT phone lines may be different

Tube stations

London Underground stations sell a comprehensive range of printed tickets. They can also issue and top up your Oyster card.

At ticket machines a selection of tickets is available. You can also top up your Oyster card at touchscreen ticket machines
Ticket offices at busier Tube stations are generally open for most of the day. At less busy stations, ticket office hours vary. Check our interactive journey map for ticket office opening times at each station. When the ticket office is closed, please use the ticket machines or ask a member of staff for assistance

Buses

Single tickets can be bought with cash on board most buses. Road-side ticket machines are located at most bus stops served by buses that do not sell tickets on board.

London Overground stations

London Overground stations sell a comprehensive range of printed tickets. They can also issue and top up your Oyster card.

Please note: Watford Junction does not issue Oyster cards, but if you already have an Oyster card you can top-up with cash.

At ticket machines a selection of tickets is available. You can also top up your Oyster card at touchscreen ticket machines
Ticket offices at busier London Overground stations are generally open for most of the day. At less busy stations, ticket office hours vary. When the ticket office is closed, please use the ticket machines or ask a member of staff for assistance

National Rail stations

National Rail stations sell single and return tickets. They also sell paper Travelcards. The following National Rail stations also issue and top up Oyster cards:

Barking
City Thameslink
Drayton Park
Ealing Broadway
East Croydon
Essex Road
Fenchurch Street
Finsbury Park
Ilford
Limehouse

Liverpool Street
Marylebone
New Cross
New Cross Gate
Richmond
Stratford
St Pancras International Upminster
Walthamstow Central
West Hampstead
Wimbledon

This list may be subject to change - check at the National Rail station for up-to-date information.

DLR stations

All Docklands Light Railway ticket machines sell single, return and one day tickets and Travelcards.

You can get an Oyster card and top it up at Canary Wharf and London City Airport station information points. There are also self-service machines at Canary Wharf, London City Airport, Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich and Lewisham stations.

Tram stops

All ticket machines at tram stops sell single, return and one day tram/bus tickets

You can buy and renew tickets and Oyster cards at

* Ticket Stops only issue printed tickets.

Find out which ticket is best for you and how much it will cost by looking through the options in our fares guides.

If you know which ticket you want to buy, check where you can buy the ticket you want (PDF 29KB).