Ready-made Oyster cards for Stansted tourists

TOURISTS can now buy Visitor Oyster cards when they travel to the capital on the Stansted Express.

The cards are loaded with £10 credit to make the system more simple for first-time users. They can then be topped up as with normal pre-pay Oyster cards.

The Visitor Oyster card, introduced at the start of this month, is available to passengers when they buy a Stansted Express ticket at the airport terminal and railway station.

With an Oyster card, Stansted Express travellers can change onto London Underground services, at Tottenham Hale and Liverpool Street, and onto London Bus services without the need to queue for a ticket.

Mayor Boris Johnson said: "With an Oyster card in their hands, visitors arriving at Stansted can now hit the ground running and get straight to the business of exploring everything that the city has to offer.

"We want to continue to attract visitors to the capital and are conscious of the welcome boost they provide to the economy during the current downturn. This deal will help us do that."