In message , at 12:25:02 on
Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Peter Masson
remarked:
That Oyster Photocard would be the "toddler Freedom Pass" then. How
does a tourist get one of those issued without using a ticket office
to paste the photo in?

The official name is a 5-10 Zip Oyster Photocard. As part of the
application process you upload a digital photo, If they can cope with
age verification online they post the card to you;

How does the verification work if you are a foreign tourist? Must be
quite a system they have that'll verify the details of a Venuzuelan
passport online.

if they can't the application has to be completed and the card issued
at a Travel Information Centre.

Where are they? The only ones I was familiar with are St James's Park
and Trafalgar Square, and I thought they'd both been closed. Is there
one at Heathrow, so the arriving tourist can get their card before
catching the tube?

Ticket offices aren't part of the application process. London residents
can apply in person at a Post Office in London, but may, and non-London
residents have to, apply online.

Sounds like a bit of a hassle after arriving at Heathrow jetlagged, and
wanting your right to free travel. Assuming you can find some
connectivity in the tube station to log in I suppose. The well prepared
road warrior might have a digital photo of their offspring handy though.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...tocard-terms-a
nd-conditions.pdf

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Roland Perry