You can travel on buses and trams using contactless or an Oyster card with pay as you go credit, or you can add a Travelcard or Bus & Tram Pass to your Oyster card.
Bus Oyster roundel logo

Buses

Pay as you go for £1.50 with contactless or Oyster on all London buses that display the red roundel shown here.

Touch your contactless card/device or Oyster card on the yellow card reader when you board the bus. Don't touch out when you get off.

You can travel on all buses in London that display the red roundel (illustrated above) if you have a:

  • Travelcard or Bus & Tram Pass on your Oyster card
  • Paper Day Travelcard
  • One Day Bus & Tram Pass

You can't use cash to pay for your bus fare.

Trams

Pay as you go for £1.50 with contactless or Oyster on all trams in London.

Paper single tickets are available from all ticket machines at tram stops for £2.60.

You can travel on all trams if you have a:

  • Travelcard on your Oyster card that includes Zone 3, 4, 5 or 6
  • Paper Day Travelcard that includes Zone 3, 4, 5 or 6
  • Bus & Tram Pass on your Oyster card
  • One Day Bus & Tram Pass

Touch your contactless card/device or Oyster card on the yellow card reader on the platform at the start of your journey before boarding a tram. Do not touch out at the end of your journey, except at Wimbledon where you must touch out at the ticket gates when leaving the station.

Both pay as you go and paper single tickets cover one transfer made between trams, or between trams and connecting bus routes 64, 130, 314, 353, 359, 433 and 464 (made within 70 minutes of touching in to pay as you go at the start of your journey, or within 90 minutes of buying a paper single ticket).

Hopper fare

Two bus or tram journeys for the price of one.

Make a journey using pay as you go (contactless or Oyster) on a bus or tram, and you can now make a second bus or tram journey for free within one hour of touching in on the first bus or tram.

You must touch in using the same card on the second bus or tram. The free fare will then be applied automatically. 

Hopper fares apply to adult and discounted rate pay as you go journeys.

A Hopper fare will not apply if:

  • You make a journey on Tube, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail, Emirates Air Line, River Bus or National Rail services between the first and second bus or tram journey
  • Your Oyster card has a negative pay as you go balance after the first journey. If you clear the negative balance within one hour of touching in, you can still make the second journey for free
  • You use an Oyster card to change from a tram to a bus at Wimbledon station. For these journeys, an automatic refund for the second fare will be paid to your Oyster card

Adult

Pay as you go:

  • Use contactless and benefit from daily and weekly (Monday to Sunday) capping
  • Use Oyster and benefit from daily capping
Single Daily cap  Weekly cap (contactless only)
£1.50 £4.50 £21.20

Bus & Tram Passes:

  • With Oyster you can buy 7 Day, Monthly and longer period Bus & Tram Passes
One Day Bus & Tram Pass
 		7 Day Bus & Tram Pass
 		Monthly Bus & Tram Pass
 		Annual Bus & Tram Pass
£5.00 £21.20 £81.50 £848          

Bus Saver tickets

You can't buy Bus Saver tickets any more but you can use them if you've still got them. Each Bus Saver ticket is valid for a single bus journey.

Apprentice

With an Apprentice Oyster photocard you can get 30% off 7 Day, Monthly and longer period Bus & Tram Passes.

Pay as you go
 		Daily cap
 		7 Day Bus & Tram Pass
 		Monthly Bus & Tram Pass
 		Annual Bus & Tram Pass
£1.50 £4.50 £14.80 £56.90 £592

18+ Student

With an 18+ Student Oyster photocard you can get 30% off 7 Day, Monthly and longer period Bus & Tram Passes.

Find out about 18+ Student Oyster photocards.


 Pay as you go
 		Daily cap
 		7 Day Bus & Tram Pass
 		Monthly Bus & Tram Pass
 		Annual Bus & Tram Pass

£1.50 £4.50 £14.80 £56.90 £592

16+

If you're not eligible for free bus and tram travel, you need a 16+ Zip Oyster photocard to get the fares shown below, or to buy half adult-rate Bus & Tram Passes.

Find out about 16+ Zip Oyster photocards.

Pay as you go
 		Daily cap
 		7 Day Bus & Tram Pass
 		Monthly Bus & Tram Pass
 		Annual Bus & Tram Pass
£0.75 £2.25 £10.60 £40.80 £424

11-15

You can travel free on buses and trams with an 11-15 Zip Oyster photocard. Find out more about 11-15 Zip Oyster photocards.

If you have a non-concessionary 11-15 Oyster photocard the fares below apply.

Pay as you go
 		Daily cap
 		7 Day Bus & Tram Pass
 		Monthly Bus & Tram Pass
 		Annual Bus & Tram Pass
£0.75 £2.25 £10.60 £40.80 £424

Under 11s

Under 11s travel free on buses and trams. They do not need an Oyster photocard.

Find out more about travelling with children.

Jobcentre Plus

If you have a Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card with the discount set on your Oyster card, the fares below apply.

Pay as you go Daily cap 7 Day Bus & Tram Pass Monthly Bus & Tram Pass Annual Bus & Tram Pass
£0.75 £2.25 £10.60 £40.80 Not available

Bus & Tram Discount

If you have a Bus & Tram Discount photocard with the discount set on your Oyster card, the fares below apply.

Pay as you go Daily cap 7 Day Bus & Tram Pass Monthly Bus & Tram Pass Annual Bus & Tram Pass

£0.75

£2.25

£10.60

£40.80

Not available