Screenshot of website
If you’re new to Oyster® and London and you’re not sure how
the Oyster system works for using Tube or rail system
, this site may help you on using your Oyster card. The website currently have an Alexa Ranking which placed at 2,219,181 worldwide.
, this site may help you on using your Oyster card. The website currently have an Alexa Ranking which placed at 2,219,181 worldwide.
Using the website
Example of journey which shows the Off-Peak Oyster fare
So first off, if you have a normal Oyster card in which you
paid £5 deposit for then I might recommend you to top up £10 onto your card.
If you’re travelling from Heathrow to Kings Cross St. Pancras and you’re
travelling after 09:31am you need to select the Departing times to
“09:31-12:59” on the selection box. Then it would cost you £3 to travel, but
you only need one line which is the Piccadilly line. But you must touch in or
out by the barriers or the readers or else you be charged the maximumfare.
Example of the price if you touch in before 9:30am weekday
If you click on show workings, it shows you what lowest zone
you going to and the highest zone you come from and it tells you the price cap
of £8.50. If you touched in before 9:30am then the fare go up to £5 single and
the price cap up to £15.80. The peak prices apply for weekdays.
Example if your using the Oyster to roam around the Tube network.
Regardless how many trains or buses you take the price will
still be capped at £8.50 (after 9:31am weekday) on the image I give you the
example how multiple journeys work without being overcharged. But beware; if
you spend long roaming around the London Metro system, there is the MaximumJourney times which you end up paying the maximumfare.
But if you like to roam around much, then I would recommend
you to get a paper Travelcard which cost £8.90 (zone 1-6 off peak.) The
National Rail ticket stations still sell the paper Travelcard but rarely some
newsagents do.
Example of using the Oyster on buses only.
If you don’t like to travel by Tube or Rail, then you would
stick by travelling by buses only. The adult Oyster single fare is £1.45 (which
is also the same price on Contactless Bank cards) and the cap is £4.40. The
price cap for buses will be enabled if you take more than four bus journeys
then you pay less than £5 for bus travel. The price cap applies till 4:30am on
the following day.
Example of using the Job Centre Plus discount Oyster card.
If you have a different Oyster card like the Job Centre Plus
and you only travelling by buses to get around London, you only pay the
discount Oyster rate of £2.20. Discounted fares also available on Tube and Rail services.
Other pages
On the about page, it gives you questions about the Oyster
card mentioning how much people would spend on their oyster and asking if they
don’t what the daily cap for their journey. But it’s only answer is nothing
much to promote the users back to the main page to use the Oyster calculator
feature.
On the help page, it gives you a quick FAQ about the Oyster
card like that you put in your journeys in order to get the fare shown, then
the question about “when the One Day travel start and end?” Also at the end it
redirects you back to the main page.
With the contact button, if you press it the browser opens
up the email interface like Outlook so you can send an email to the web owner
about the problem using the Oyster Calculator.
Conclusion
Using the Firefox Browser on Android, it shows that the website works perfectly on your smartphone.
I say the website is good, especially if you’re going out to
a day trip or attending appointment or meeting in Central London then the
website will give you the price how much you spend on your Oyster card.
Website URL: http://www.oystercalculator.co.uk/
Alternative websites
to Oyster Calculator
http://www.farecalculator.co.uk/
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/fares/single-fare-finder
Note: These sites won’t give information about using the London Bus services but it is still inclusive to the “Travelcard” daily price cap.
http://www.farecalculator.co.uk/
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/fares/single-fare-finder
Note: These sites won’t give information about using the London Bus services but it is still inclusive to the “Travelcard” daily price cap.