What is an Oyster Card?
Oyster Card • An Oyster card is a plastic Smartcard, the size of a credit card, which has the ability to hold a ticket or stored value within a chip in the card. Using an Oyster card offers substantial savings when travelling by Tube, Bus, Docklands Light Railway and trams within the London area To find out more information please go to www.tfl.gov.uk.
Oyster is the cheapest way to pay for single journeys on Tubes, buses, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and trams in London. The EUCO 2008 team are pleased to give each delegate a card containing £10 for your travel in London. This is enough for you to be able to enjoy the planned activities of EUCO but please note that if you make additional journeys you will need to top up your card with your own additional money. How do I use Oyster? Before you can use your pre-paid Oyster card you must register it. To do this visit your nearest tube station and touch your card on the yellow reader of a touchscreen ticket machine. Then follow the instructions on the screen. Your Oyster Card will not work until you register it. Touch in and out: To ensure you pay the correct fare, when travelling by Tube, DLR and valid National Rail services, you must always touch in on the yellow reader at the start of your journey and touch out at the end of your journey. Failure to do this will result in you paying a
