The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 2 and Version 1 of Oyster Card

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Oyster Cards are the replacement for the old paper [[Travelcard\|travelcards]], for use on [[Tube\|tubes]], [[buses]], [[Trams\|tramlinks]] and [[Category Rail\|overland trains]] in London.	Oyster Cards are basically Travelcards for use on tubes, buses, tramlinks and overland trains in London.
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They can be used in many different ways, either as a sort of season ticket, or as a prepaid purse to buy tickets with. At the moment they are being issued to replace weekly, monthly and yearly travelcards of the old variety. ''I bought one of these recently. I love it. Getting on buses is great, too, because there's no more need for the driver to squint at your ugly photocard picture and the expiry date on the travelcard (although I haven't tried it on a [[Routemaster]] yet - I don't know how conductors deal with it). Whist buying it, I was warned strongly by the man in the office not to lose it, because the process for replacing a lost card is slow, tedious and annoying. I felt that was worth mentioning here. -- [[Earle]]''	They can be used in many different ways, either as a sort of season ticket, or as a prepaid purse to buy tickets with.
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Oyster Cards are basically Travelcards for use on tubes, buses, tramlinks and overland trains in London.

They are contactless smartcards and do not need to be inserted into ticket machines, merely put close to a reader.

They can be used in many different ways, either as a sort of season ticket, or as a prepaid purse to buy tickets with.