London: paying tube/express bus tickets with credit card?

[Kompu Kid]

I found older discussions indicating that you could pay for them 6
years ago.

What is the current practice?

Is American Express accepted?

Thanks!

Deguza

[Neil Williams]

> What is the current practice?
>
> Is American Express accepted?

Depends on the bus/coach company. You almost certainly will not be
able to pay on board a bus by anything other than cash, but if you're
buying from a ticket office of some sort they will likely take cards.
The Tube do at the ticket offices and some machines.

I'm not sure about AmEx, however; acceptance of that in the UK can be
decidedly patchy.

Neil

[Martin Rich]

On 16 Jun 2006 11:38:11 -0700, "Kompu Kid" <deg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I found older discussions indicating that you could pay for them 6
>years ago.
>
>What is the current practice?
>

Cards are certainly accepted on the tube and national rail - I don't
know about express buses.

At most tube stations there are some coin-only machines, but you can
use cards either with the touch-screen machines or at the ticket
office. Many tube stations have one ticket machine which only takes
cards and not cash.

Some types of ticket, such as travelcards, can also be bought from
local newsagents; it's up to the individual shop whether they accept
credit cards.

>Is American Express accepted?
>

Not on the tube, which only accepts Visa and Mastercard. At least
some national rail stations do accept Amex. I've never asked, but I
assume that my local corner shop, which does sell travelcards and does
accept Mastercard and Visa, doesn't accept Amex

Martin

[semir...@my-deja.com]

Kompu Kid wrote:

The Transport for London site is www.tfl.gov.uk where everything
is explained in (often confusing) detail.

It looks like Amex is one of the cards accepted in the places
where you can use credit cards, eg tube stations and London
Travel Information Centres also Oyster Online Shops and
telesales.

Best of luck.
.