London buses paying at night?

rich_shot2003

I will be getting a bus from heathrow into London tomorrow night(3am) and understand they dont take cash.

So how do i pay for fare and what kind of price will it be for a adult?

Browntoa

You can use a contactless card , just tap it on the reader

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/contactless

rich_shot2003

But where do i buy one at that time of night as i will be getting to heathrow at about 2am from the north?

jfdi

A normal one, like a visa debit card!

debsy42

If you have a debit card with the above symbol you can use it on the bus, just touch it on the yellow reader on the bus when you get on and you're good to go.

w211

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/fares/bus-and-tram

Bus fares are £1.50

You can use any contactless debit, credit or charge card.

rich_shot2003

Wow thats cheap.

My debit card has the Contactless icon on it but will it be active as have never set it up.

Robin9

My Santander needed to be used in an ATM first; I don't think the Halifax needed any set up.

force_ten

rich_shot2003 wrote: »

Wow thats cheap.

My debit card has the Contactless icon on it but will it be active as have never set it up.

you dont need to set it up with transport for london just use it, if you get a red light when you first present your card to the reader just take it away and present it again and you should get a green light

wealdroam

rich_shot2003 wrote: »

My debit card has the Contactless icon on it but will it be active as have never set it up.

I'm sure you read that TfL document that Browntoa linked to, but perhaps you missed this bit:

If you've got a contactless payment card but haven't used it yet, you might need to make a chip and PIN payment elsewhere before you can use it for contactless payments.

elverson

Have you used the card before to pay by chip and pin, or to withdraw cash?