Travelling on London Underground

olgadapolga · 17 August 2019 at 2:00PM

I haven't traveled on the London underground for quite a few years now, but the last time I did, there was a "travelcard" that covered the whole underground/buses etc I think that my children were included on this as they were all under a particular age.

Is this still a thing, or do I need to get separate tickets for everyone (my children are now 15, 14 and 6)?

I looked online but got totally confused by the whole oyster/contactless thing (I couldn't work out how the contactless thing would work for three adults and three children?).

I need to be able to use the whole underground on a Sunday as my daughter is going to uni in London and needs to figure out how to use it effectively.

General_Grant · 17 August 2019 at 4:12PM

olgadapolga wrote: »

I haven't traveled on the London underground for quite a few years now, but the last time I did, there was a "travelcard" that covered the whole underground/buses etc I think that my children were included on this as they were all under a particular age.

Is this still a thing, or do I need to get separate tickets for everyone (my children are now 15, 14 and 6)?

I looked online but got totally confused by the whole oyster/contactless thing (I couldn't work out how the contactless thing would work for three adults and three children?).

I need to be able to use the whole underground on a Sunday as my daughter is going to uni in London and needs to figure out how to use it effectively.

Do you actually need a family outing, spending so much time using the public transport system for an 18-yo to get to know how it works?

Did you look at https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/5-10-zip-oyster-photocard?intcmp=55572 ?

olgadapolga · 17 August 2019 at 5:39PM

General_Grant wrote: »

Do you actually need a family outing, spending so much time using the public transport system for an 18-yo to get to know how it works?

Did you look at https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/5-10-zip-oyster-photocard?intcmp=55572 ?

We thought that we could spend some time in London as well, as a family, seeing some of the sights/places of interest.

Will take a look at that link, thanks for responding

flea72 · 17 August 2019 at 8:12PM

6yr old goes free. Buy one day travel cards for the 14 and 15yr olds. All adults, use a contactless card. Unless you are all planning on visiting london regularly, kids oyster isnt worth the faff for occasional visitors

es5595 · 17 August 2019 at 8:28PM

Also, be aware if you’re coming on a Sunday there are frequently line closures and alterations!

https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/planned-track-closures

KeithP · 17 August 2019 at 8:34PM

flea72 gives the right answer, but just to elaborate a little bit...

Each person using a contactless payment card must use a separate card. Card sharing will not work.

flea72 · 17 August 2019 at 9:32PM

KeithP wrote: »

flea72 gives the right answer, but just to elaborate a little bit...

Each person using a contactless payment card must use a separate card. Card sharing will not work.

Also remember that you have to use the same payment ‘format’ to enter and exit a station. So dont swap between contactless card and applepay (even though the money comes out of the same bank account)

t0rt0ise · 17 August 2019 at 10:47PM

You could buy oyster cards at an underground station for the two older children and get staff to put child discount on the card. That's the cheapest way as there is a daily cap for travel and the discount will cut it in half.

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