The 3 Day Travelcard, weekend Travelcard, Zone 1-2 & 2-6 One Day Travelcards are no longer available.
Visiting London for 1-7 days? See our guide to London’s transport tickets & passes. The Travelcard may not be the best ticket for your stay.
Single paper tickets on the London underground are expensive if you buy them from a tube station ticket machine:
Using a Pay as you go Oyster card or a contactless card are the cheapest ways to pay for travel if you’re in London for 1-5 days. The daily cap is £8.50 per day for zones 1-2
If you really don’t want to use an Oyster card or don’t have a contactless card, the One Day Travelcard is the next best money-saving pass.
The paper Off peak One Day Travelcard for zone 1-6 is £15.90. This is expensive, but still cheaper than paying the full cash fare for 3 underground trips in central London (3 x £6.70 = £20.10).
| One Day Travelcards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Transport Zones | Off Peak | Anytime |
| Zones 1–4 | n/a | £15.90 |
| Zones 1–6 | £15.90 | £22.60 |
| Zones 1–9 | £17.00 | £28.50 |
One Day Travelcard prices are different if you travel during peak or off-peak times:
Valid for travel at anytime.
For travel after 9.30am Monday–Friday and all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.
Top Tip: An Off-Peak One Day Travelcard for zones 1–6 costs £10.40 with a Railcard.
If you stay in London for 6–7 days and use the underground, trains, and buses every day, the weekly Travelcard is the most cost-effective travel pass.
The one-week pass including central London (zones 1-2) is £42.70.
Most places sell weekly Travelcards loaded onto a plastic Oyster card. There’s a £7 fee for the Oyster card.
Your fare on an Oyster card will automatically cap at the weekly Travelcard fare (this is already available on contactless cards). The cap starts on Monday and ends Sunday, so it mainly benefits Londoners or those working in London.
| Weekly Travelcards | |
|---|---|
| Zones 1–2 | £42.70 |
| Zones 1–3 | £50.20 |
| Zones 1–4 | £61.40 |
| Zones 1–5 | £73.00 |
| Zones 1–6 | £78.00 |
| Zones 1–7 | £85.00 |
| Zones 1–8 | £100.30 |
| Zones 1–9 | £111.30 |
For longer stays in London, monthly Travelcards are available. You won’t save much compared to buying 4 x weekly Travelcards – but you’ll save time renewing it. Like the weekly Travelcard, it can start on any day of the week and is valid for travel at any time.
See monthly Travelcard prices for all other zones (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
| Monthly Travelcards | |
|---|---|
| Zones 1–2 | £164.00 |
| Zones 1–3 | £192.80 |
| Zones 1–4 | £235.80 |
| Zones 1–5 | £280.40 |
| Zones 1–6 | £299.60 |
| Zones 1–7 | £326.40 |
| Zones 1–8 | £385.20 |
| Zones 1–9 | £427.40 |
One day, weekly and monthly Travelcards are available from:
Travelcards are available from all underground station ticket machines (there are no longer any underground tickets offices). The busier stations in central London have staff to help you use the machines.
Travelcards are also available from Oyster ticket stops. These are newsagents and local shops licensed to sell London transport tickets and Oyster cards. One Day Travelcards are not available from Oyster ticket stops.
One Day Travelcards are available from all London train station ticket offices and ticket macines. Paper weekly and monthly Travelcards are no longer available from train stations. They are available to buy, but they are loaded onto an Oyster card and may only be available from ticket machines, not ticket offices.
TfL Visitor Centres at Victoria train station, Kings Cross/St Pancras International station, Heathrow Terminal 2 & 3 tube staion, Liverpool St station & Piccadilly Circus tube station.
If you have a paper One Day Travelcard or single ticket from a ticket machine, insert the card into the slot on the front of the ticket barrier. The barrier opens when you take the ticket from behind the yellow reader, on the top.
If you have a paper One Day Travelcard, just show it to the driver when boarding the bus.
See How to use an Oyster card if you have a weekly Travelcard on an Oyster card.
Top Tip: Do you want a cheaper way to travel around central London? If you only travel by bus, it costs £5.25 per day or £24.70 per week.
Last updated: 22 February 2024