page_title: Oyster card
section_title: Renewals
hierarchical_section_title: Oyster card / Use / Season tickets / Renewals
caption_attribution_description: English: Girl using Oyster card top-up machine at Emirates Royal Docks (London).
context_page_description: The Oyster card is a payment method for public transport in London in the United Kingdom. A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored-value contact-less smart-card. It is promoted by Transport for London and can be used on travel modes across London including London Underground, London Buses, the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, Tramlink, some river boat services, and most National Rail services within the London fare zones. Since its introduction in June 2003, more than 86 million cards have been used.
  Oyster cards can hold period tickets; travel permits and; most commonly, credit for travel, which must be added to the card before travel. Passengers touch it on an electronic reader when entering and leaving the transport system in order to validate it or deduct funds from the stored credit. Cards may be "topped-up" by recurring payment authority, by online purchase, at credit card terminals or by cash, the last two methods at stations or ticket offices. The card is designed to reduce the number of transactions at ticket offices and the number of paper tickets.
context_section_description: Oyster card Travelcards can be renewed at the normal sales points and ticket machines at London Underground or London Overground stations, Oyster Ticket Stop agents, or some National Rail stations. Travelcards can also be renewed online via the Oystercard website, or by telephone sales from TfL; users must then nominate a Tube or overground station where they will tap their card in order to charge the card with the funds or season ticket purchased. Alternatively a user can choose to automatically add either £20 or £40 every time the balance on the card falls below £20. Online purchases can be collected at any Oyster touch point (including buses) 30 minutes after purchase; the previous requirement to nominate a station at which to collect the top-up and wait until the next day has been removed.
caption: Oyster card top-up machine at Emirates Royal Docks
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