All trams in London are cash free. This means you will need to have an Oyster card, contactless payment, or a valid ticket to travel on a tram. You must touch in on the yellow card reader at the tram stop before boarding.
When it comes to tickets, trams are treated as part of London's bus network. The bus and tram network has a flat fare of £1.75 if you pay using an Oyster card or contactless payment card. Travelcards are valid on trams.
The Tramlink is a tramway system that operates in South London running from Wimbledon to Beckenham via Croydon. Since the 2000s, Tramlink has become a very popular mode of transport. The network is connected to seven stations and one London Underground station (Wimbledon on the District Line).
Oyster and contactless payment cardsFor most people travelling around London, the cheapest way to get around is by using an Oyster or contactless payment card. An Oyster card is a smart card you can use instead of paper tickets, available on buses, Tubes, trams, rail, DLR and some river services.
London had streets that were too narrow, unlike continental cities;London's housing developments were too far away from tram routes; authorities were prejudiced against trams.
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a driverless train line connected to the London Tube network. You can pay for your journey with Oyster cards, Visitor Oyster cards or contactless payment.
Best of all, the ieTram is electric and emission-free. Twenty of them will be running on the route, with overhead charging stations at both ends to top up the juice. TfL says that if the trial is successful, the ieTram will appear on more bus routes across the capital.
The advent of personal motor vehicles and the improvements in motorized buses caused the rapid disappearance of the tram from most western and Asian countries by the end of the 1950s (for example the first major UK city to completely abandon its trams was Manchester by January 1949).