Zip Oyster cards, TfL reminds parents to apply before school year
As London prepares for the start of the new school year, TfL is reminding parents and guardians to apply for their child’s Zip Oyster photocard, or check if their existing one is still valid, to ensure they can continue to travel for free at a reduced rate across the capital.
The Zip Oyster photocards, available for children and young people aged between 5-10, 11-15 and 16+, give free or discounted travel on buses, trams and trains in London. It enables supporting safe, green and affordable journeys around London. Parents can apply for a new photocard online via the TfL website.
For school children, travelling with a Zip Oyster photocard supports independence while providing reassurance to families that their children can get to school or visit friends in an affordable way. The 5-10 Zip Oyster photocard allows free travel on all bus, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth line and most National Rail services in London. The 11-15 Zip Oyster photocard ensures free bus and tram travel and, 50 per cent off Tube and rail journeys.
TfL says its enforcement officers are regularly deployed across the network to provide “reassurance and help keep children and young people safe.” TfL also supports schools through its free educational programme, Travel for Life, which aims to encourage young Londoners to travel actively, responsibility and safely to school.
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