How far can I travel using my oyster card?
It's very confusing when you travel from Paddington by train, you can go through the gates using your oyster card but you have to know if the gates of the destination you getting off at will allow you out using your oyster card.
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You can go anywhere in zones 1 to 9 (which excludes travelling to Heathrow airport by Heathrow Express or Heathrow Connect). On national rail from Paddington, that's basically as far as West Drayton, Hayes & Harlington, or Greenford.
You can see a full explanation and a map of where you can travel to (including from other mainline stations) on the TFL website: https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/oyster/using-oyster/where-you-can-use-oyster
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Can I use Oyster card travel outside London?
No. Oyster cards are only useable within the TFL zones and down to Gatwick. No Oyster Card is a London specific product and can only be used on National Rail services in the Greater London area plus a few specific routes outside.Can you use an Oyster card anywhere?
If you have a Pay As You Go Oyster card, you can use it to travel on bus, Tube, tram, DLR, the Emirates Airline, London Overground and National Rail services in London. You can also use it to travel on Thames Clippers River Bus services but these journeys do not count towards daily caps.What is the daily cap on an Oyster card?
On buses and trams an adult single pay as you go fare is \xa31.65 and the daily fare cap is \xa34.95. You can't use cash to pay for your bus fare. You can use pay as you go using your Visitor Oyster card on National Rail services between Gatwick Airport and central London.Is it cheaper to travel with an Oyster card or contactless?
There is a very small financial advantage to using a contactless card if you're in London for more than a week and travel extensively every single day (weekly capping) but otherwise it's no cheaper than using an Oyster.How to Use Public Transport in London Like a Local
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Generally for transport that runs on rails (train, tube, DLR, Trams) you want the "London's rail and tube services" map which shows the oyster zones and the edge of the pay as you go areas. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf .
Note that there are a few areas that are outside of any travelcard zone but where pay as you go can be used. In some of those areas both contactless PAYG and Oyster can be used, in others only contactless.
Oyster can also be used on London buses, but I don't know how far out you have to get before the buses stop being London buses. I'm sure there used to be a map but if there did I can't find it now.
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