As you can see the fares for single-journey tickets are very expensive, so we recommend getting a Travelcard or Oyster Card. There is no set timetable for the tube in London, but it opens approximately at 5 am and closes at 12 am. Trains leave the first station at 12 am. As of , select lines remain open 24 hours a day on Friday and Saturday. These are the Victoria and Jubilee lines, which remain open in their entirety, as well as the majority of the Central, Northern, and Piccadilly lines.
London's public transport is reasonably expensive, and this is one of the principal differences between London and other European cities.
However on Friday and Saturday nights, much of the Underground runs through the night. In Central London there is a very good night bus network when the Underground is closed. You will rarely have to wait more than 5 minutes for an Underground train at any time of the day. Use the TfL Transport for London journey planner to plan your travel. The journey planner covers all public transport.
TFL Journey planner. The London Underground map is a classic design that when first launched was immediately taken up worldwide for similar systems. The clarity, simplicity and ease of use compromises strict geographical accuracy. The Circle line doesn't really go around in a squashed circle and it is not apparent for instance that Bayswater Underground is only yards from Queensway.
In the Night Tube was introduced. On Friday and Saturday nights only Underground trains run through the night. For lines that operate a night service see the Night Tube map linked below or on the right-menu.
You can treat this network as just another Underground line. Not in the centre of London, but in the suburbs you will find a train network called the Overground which can also be thought of as being part of the Underground for ticketing purposes. Commuter trains into the suburbs are very confusing for the visitor. You can still use Oysters and Travelcards on these but those lines run by the national railways only give free travel to children under 5. In the north and east of London most of these services are now run by TfL Rail or the Overground so free travel is available to children under 11, but to the south and west of London, services are still dominated by national railways companies.
The Tube and rail map usefully shows which railway stations are in which travel zones. Travel zones are the basis for fare charges on London's railways and Underground system. Introduction has been on a phased basis. The Night Tube will offer a hour service on Fridays and Saturdays. Standard off-peak fares are levied for travelling on the Night Tube using Oyster and Contactless cards. Travelcards are valid from the first day of issue using the date printed on the card , and for journeys starting before 4.
For example, if you buy a 1-day Travelcard at 11am on Friday, you can use it until 4. Night Tube map - current lines operated. The London public transport system is divided up into zones that radiate from the centre. Nearly all the hotels and the main sights are in Zone 1. Heathrow Airport is in Zone 6 and the furthest zone out is Zone 9. The majority of visitors will only travel in the two most central zones 1 and 2. The Underground Map link above has the stations and their zones marked.
Some stations, such as Turnham Green, are in two zones. You use whichever zone for these stations is most beneficial in working out your fare. You can see from the table below there is big financial incentive not to purchase individual tickets and use an Oyster card or Contactless payment card.
The other main way of paying is purchasing a Travelcard , which is a pass giving you unlimited travel for a set time period. The cost goes up with the coverage of zones required. The more zones you require the more expensive the Travelcard. As you can see from the above fare structure the authorities do not want you to buy single tickets, they want you to purchase one of the three payment options, Oyster cards, Contactless payment cards or Travelcards.
The Oyster card is a permanent reusable electronic ticket which is topped up from time to time by its owner. Londoners also have their season tickets loaded onto Oyster cards as well and there are passes for one weekly and monthly durations. All can be loaded onto the one electronic Oyster card. Contactless cards are standard credit or debit cards that support the contactless payment technology, the total cost of all the journeys that you make in one day is calculated at the end of the day and a single charge is made to your Contactless payment card account.
Unlike the Oyster card the contactless facility has a 7-day cap as well as the Oyster daily cap used by Oyster. You can use Oyster cards on all of London's public transport, not just the Underground, but buses, overground, DLR, suburban rail services and some river services.
Scroll around or type in a station name in the search box to see the zone. Find the closest underground or train station to your accommodation. Then find the zone of the station you want to travel to. For example:. There may be occasions when you need to travel outside the zones on your weekly or monthly Travelcard. The procedure is slightly different if you have a Travelcard loaded on an Oyster card, or a paper Travelcard:. If you already have a weekly Travelcard for certain zones and want to visit a place outside that zone, top-up your Oyster card with some Pay as you go money to cover the cost of travelling between the last zone on your Travelcard and the zone you want to visit.
For example, if you have a zone weekly Travelcard and you want to visit Richmond in zone 4, you need to add extra money to your Oyster to cover the fare for zones 3 and 4.
See Oyster single fares to find a fare.
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