Is Southern Rail contactless and Oyster?

Contactless pay as you go (PAYG) Fares and daily caps are the same as with Oyster PAYG. Just touch your debit or credit card on a yellow card reader to pay for your journey, the same as you would with your Oyster card, and you won't have to queue for tickets at the station and won't have to top up.



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Pay As You Go on London Transport You can use an Oyster Card or contactless payment card on the following forms of transport: London Underground trains. London Overground trains – including some outside London. Buses.

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Advantages of Contactless Doesn't need to be charged up: One of the main problems with Oyster is that it's a preload system, so you need to have credit on the card in order to use it. You can set it up to automatically reload itself, but if you're a visitor to London this extra hassle might not be worth it.

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Contactless pay as you go (PAYG) Just touch your debit or credit card on a yellow card reader to pay for your journey, the same as you would with your Oyster card, and you won't have to queue for tickets at the station and won't have to top up. Always remember to touch in and out.

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You can use Oyster Pay As You Go in London on all suburban trains stopping in Zones 1 – 9 and journeys to: Broxbourne, Rye House, St. Margarets, Ware and Hertford East. Gatwick Airport.

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Oyster and contactless PAYG can be used for all journeys on National Rail services, London Underground, DLR, London Buses and London Trams wholly within the London Fare Zones area and to some stations further out.

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It's more than 50% cheaper than buying a paper Travelcard or single tickets with cash. Oyster cards have a daily price cap – once you reach this limit, you won't pay for any additional journeys (excluding Thames Clippers River Bus where there is no capping).

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The confusion arises because all three have websites where you can search for train times and see ticket prices. National Rail is the overarching national body, Southern is the company that runs the train, and Trainline is just a commercial reseller.

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