Oyster and National Rail

An independent guide, including when not to use Oyster

• Pages

  • About Oyster
  • An Oyster Rail Journey
  • Capping Examples
  • Contactless vs Oyster
  • Definitions
  • FAQs and Tips
  • Fares Guide
  • Interchanging Trains
  • Journey History and Queries
  • Maximum Journey Times
  • Mixing Oyster and Paper Tickets
  • Mixing Travelcard and PAYG
  • NR Stations Issuing Oyster Cards
  • Peak, Off Peak and Caps
  • Railcards and Discounts
  • Route Validators (Pink Readers)
  • Same Station & Continuation Exits/Entries
  • Topping Up
  • Trams and Buses
  • When not to use Oyster
  • Wimbledon

• Latest Comments

  • Anna December 21, 2020 at 9:31 am on Route Validators (Pink Readers)Mike, it's unbelievable! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!
  • Anna December 18, 2020 at 12:33 pm on Route Validators (Pink Readers)Hi Make! I've read almost every message but for my route it's not clear. I'm
  • Yash Kapoor November 21, 2020 at 11:51 pm on Peak, Off Peak and CapsThis question has been moved to our new forun at https://oysterfares.com/topic/crossharbour-to-watford-junction/.
  • Vanessa November 17, 2020 at 10:33 pm on Peak, Off Peak and CapsHi Mike, Oh right, I see! I normally leave work at 17:00 so yes it
  • Vanessa November 17, 2020 at 6:07 pm on Peak, Off Peak and CapsHi, I am travelling from Northolt station at 05:40 Monday to Friday and get out
  • Jan November 15, 2020 at 5:57 pm on About OysterBrilliant, thanks Mike!
  • Marco November 15, 2020 at 10:20 am on Maximum Journey TimesThank you so much!
  • Jan November 14, 2020 at 4:01 pm on About OysterHi Mike, one more question please. Is it possible to buy an empty oyster card,
  • Marco November 14, 2020 at 8:35 am on Maximum Journey TimesHi Mike, Thanks for the quick answer I have a couple of other questions: Is
  • Nick November 14, 2020 at 2:52 am on Peak, Off Peak and CapsMike, Ah disappointing that the smaller stations were excluded from that early off-peak cap time.
  • Marco November 13, 2020 at 5:47 pm on Maximum Journey TimesHi, I have two examples: 1: 10:00 touch in at Bayswater; 10:30 touch out at
  • Alex November 11, 2020 at 1:31 pm on Daily Caps and Travelcards (2020)Hi I am an adult and need to travel from my home address which is
  • Jan November 10, 2020 at 4:35 pm on About OysterHi Mike, cheers for the info! St Pancras is perfect for me, I'll give a
  • Jan November 10, 2020 at 4:14 pm on About OysterHello Mike, Do you know if the Tube ticket machines are able to process Oyster
  • yasmin November 10, 2020 at 2:46 pm on Daily Caps and Travelcards (2020)Hi, I willl be taking one bus to mile end station first, and then taking
  • David November 10, 2020 at 10:14 am on Peak, Off Peak and CapsI have re-read the points and realise that it is only 3 minutes, not five
  • David November 10, 2020 at 10:11 am on Peak, Off Peak and CapsMike, Would the 5 minute grace period apply to these tap ins at the start?
  • Frank November 9, 2020 at 3:43 pm on NR Stations Issuing Oyster CardsHello Mike. The railcards were for two different persons. I was adding a Disabled Railcard
  • Nick D November 8, 2020 at 11:29 am on Peak, Off Peak and CapsHi Mike, I’m moving to Taplow soon so am researching fares and caps on the
  • Tom November 6, 2020 at 8:42 pm on When not to use OysterHi Mike, One more for the list: If travelling on Great Northern at the weekends/bank

• Archives