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Free early travel for over-60s as Sadiq Khan scraps Friday peak fares
Abigail Wood, chief executive of Age UK London, which had campaigned to reinstate pre-9am use of the Freedom Pass, said: "Free travel is a lifeline to older Londoners and during this cost-of ...
Sadiq Khan bans pensioners from using free travel passes before 9am on
Holders of the Disabled Person's Freedom Pass will still be able to travel for free before 9am throughout the week. In addition, the Deputy Mayor for Transport, Seb Dance, has written to London ...
Mayor confirms landmark off-peak Fridays trial to start on 8 March
The trial will also see 60+ London Oyster photocard and Older Persons' Freedom Passes allowed to be used on TfL and National Rail services before 9am, helping Londoners with these passes to travel for free all day on Fridays.
Changes to Freedom Pass Travel Times
You will still be able to travel free on TfL's services from 09:00 on Monday to Friday and at all times on weekends and bank holidays. Disabled Persons Freedom Pass holders are not affected by this change. Your options. If you need to travel before 09:00 you can use pay as you go with contactless or an Oyster card. Oyster cards can be topped ...
Free travel for over-60s with Oyster or Freedom Pass before 9am may
A long-delayed review of whether to restore free travel before 9am for holders of the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass is due by the end of the year.
Future of over-60s Oyster card and Freedom Pass free travel before 9am
A lift on the ban on free travel before 9am for both the 67+ Freedom Pass and over-60s Oyster is unlikely to be lifted, MyLondon understands. It comes amid plans to increase the age of eligibility for the over-60s Oyster card to meet government-imposed cost cutting requirements on Transport for London (TfL). Since June 2020, older Londoners ...
Sadiq Khan under pressure over pre-9am travel for older Londoners
Free pre-9am weekday travel for 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass holders was first axed in June 2020, ... "We would love to reinstate the [free] travel before 9am, but we just aren't in a position ...
Free early travel for over 60s during TfL's 'off peak Fridays' trial
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan will scrap peak fares on Fridays from March in a bid to boost ridership and support the capital's economy. The trial, which is expected to last three months, will include free travel for 1.2 million Londoners with a 60-plus Oyster card or a Freedom Pass. The London mayor has allocated £24m from his budget for ...
Older Londoners demand Sadiq Khan brings back free early-morning travel
Older Londoners march to demand Sadiq Khan brings back free early morning travel. A group of older Londoners has staged the first protest inside the new City Hall, as they handed in a 10,000 signature petition calling for free travel before 9am to be restored after it was scrapped during the pandemic. There are now plans to make the Covid-era ...
Sadiq Khan to scrap free morning peak travel for pensioners
As part of his draft budget on Wednesday, the London Mayor revealed that he would permanently end free travel before 9am for those who hold a 60+ Freedom Pass as part of a bid to save TfL around ...
Free early travel for over-60s as Sadiq Khan scraps…
"As well as calling for a longer term commitment from TfL, we continue to call on the Government to properly fund TfL to help enable a permanent return to free travel before 9am for older Londoners." Mr Khan is spending £123m of City Hall cash on the fares freeze and a further £24m on the off-peak Friday initiative.
Pre-9am suspension
The charity has led the campaign against the cuts, rallying 70,000 older Londoners to take action to oppose the move after free travel before 9am was first suspended in June 2020. In November last year a group of older campaigners presented a petition at City Hall calling on the Mayor to restore travel concessions before 9am.
Freedom Pass
Buses, trams and trains. Travel free on bus, tram, Tube, DLR, London Overground and Elizabeth line. You can travel free on TfL services with your Older Person's Freedom Pass from 09:00 weekdays and anytime at weekends and on bank holidays. If you have a Disabled Person's Freedom Pass, you can still travel at any time on our services.
Free travel before 9am for over-60s with Oyster or…
Free travel for Londoners aged 60 and older that was axed during the pandemic may never be restored, Sadiq Khan's top transport aide has admitted. A long-delayed review of whether to restore free travel before 9am for holders of the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass is due by the end of the year.
Thousands demand return of free early London travel for over-60s
Age UK London research found that 39 percent of Londoners over 60 had to travel before 9am. More than a quarter were going to work, while 31 per cent were attending health appointments.
Freedom Pass Usage Before 9am (1)
These changes were designed to help reduce the risk of crowding and aid social distancing at busy times on the network. TfL is currently undertaking a review of the current restrictions, taking into account both the equalities impacts and the foregone income associated with providing free travel before 9am.
Sadiq Khan's new alternative to free bus travel before 9am for OAPs
Sadiq Khan has written to NHS hospitals and doctors surgeries across London urging them to offer afternoon appointments to elderly people. He pitched the idea as an alternative to reinstating free travel before 9am for holders of the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass. Speaking at a meeting of the London Assembly budget and performance committee on ...
Free early travel for over-60s as Khan finds more cash before vote
Free early travel for over-60s as Khan finds more cash before vote ... cannot be used between 4.30am and 9am on weekdays. Both allow free travel on public transport in the capital. The pre-9am restriction was introduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to aid social distancing, and made permanent last year to boost TfL's fares income ...
MD3014 Proposed permanent changes to free travel arrangements for older
Around 20 per cent of Londoners aged 60-64 use the TfL network for work or work-related travel. Working Londoners aged 60-64 are likely to need to travel before 9am, and so are likely to be negatively affected by the removal of pre-9am free concessionary travel; this group may find it a barrier to travel, dependent on their financial circumstances.
When can I use my Freedom Pass? 24hr bus pass explained and how it's
The Freedom Pass criteria is based off of the Women's state pension age, which means that those over 66 are eligible for a Freedom Pass. The 60+ Oyster card means that carriers can travel for ...
'Devastating': Sadiq Khan bans pensioners from using…
A decision to axe free travel for older Londoners in the morning rush-hour has been described as "devastating". Sadiq Khan announced on Wednesday that a temporary ban on the use of 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass cards before 9am on weekdays was being made permanent, with immediate effect.. The restriction was first introduced on weekdays in June 2020, primarily to ensure public transport was ...
Sadiq Khan challenged by pensioner over scrapping of free bus pass
Under the terms of a Government bailout amid the coronavirus pandemic, pensioners will no longer be allowed to travel for free before 9am. Speaking to the mayor of London on LBC radio, ...
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Abigail Wood, chief executive of Age UK London, which had campaigned to reinstate pre-9am use of the Freedom Pass, said: "Free travel is a lifeline to older Londoners and during this cost-of ...
Holders of the Disabled Person's Freedom Pass will still be able to travel for free before 9am throughout the week. In addition, the Deputy Mayor for Transport, Seb Dance, has written to London ...
The trial will also see 60+ London Oyster photocard and Older Persons' Freedom Passes allowed to be used on TfL and National Rail services before 9am, helping Londoners with these passes to travel for free all day on Fridays.
You will still be able to travel free on TfL's services from 09:00 on Monday to Friday and at all times on weekends and bank holidays. Disabled Persons Freedom Pass holders are not affected by this change. Your options. If you need to travel before 09:00 you can use pay as you go with contactless or an Oyster card. Oyster cards can be topped ...
A long-delayed review of whether to restore free travel before 9am for holders of the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass is due by the end of the year.
A lift on the ban on free travel before 9am for both the 67+ Freedom Pass and over-60s Oyster is unlikely to be lifted, MyLondon understands. It comes amid plans to increase the age of eligibility for the over-60s Oyster card to meet government-imposed cost cutting requirements on Transport for London (TfL). Since June 2020, older Londoners ...
Free pre-9am weekday travel for 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass holders was first axed in June 2020, ... "We would love to reinstate the [free] travel before 9am, but we just aren't in a position ...
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan will scrap peak fares on Fridays from March in a bid to boost ridership and support the capital's economy. The trial, which is expected to last three months, will include free travel for 1.2 million Londoners with a 60-plus Oyster card or a Freedom Pass. The London mayor has allocated £24m from his budget for ...
Older Londoners march to demand Sadiq Khan brings back free early morning travel. A group of older Londoners has staged the first protest inside the new City Hall, as they handed in a 10,000 signature petition calling for free travel before 9am to be restored after it was scrapped during the pandemic. There are now plans to make the Covid-era ...
As part of his draft budget on Wednesday, the London Mayor revealed that he would permanently end free travel before 9am for those who hold a 60+ Freedom Pass as part of a bid to save TfL around ...
"As well as calling for a longer term commitment from TfL, we continue to call on the Government to properly fund TfL to help enable a permanent return to free travel before 9am for older Londoners." Mr Khan is spending £123m of City Hall cash on the fares freeze and a further £24m on the off-peak Friday initiative.
The charity has led the campaign against the cuts, rallying 70,000 older Londoners to take action to oppose the move after free travel before 9am was first suspended in June 2020. In November last year a group of older campaigners presented a petition at City Hall calling on the Mayor to restore travel concessions before 9am.
Buses, trams and trains. Travel free on bus, tram, Tube, DLR, London Overground and Elizabeth line. You can travel free on TfL services with your Older Person's Freedom Pass from 09:00 weekdays and anytime at weekends and on bank holidays. If you have a Disabled Person's Freedom Pass, you can still travel at any time on our services.
Free travel for Londoners aged 60 and older that was axed during the pandemic may never be restored, Sadiq Khan's top transport aide has admitted. A long-delayed review of whether to restore free travel before 9am for holders of the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass is due by the end of the year.
Age UK London research found that 39 percent of Londoners over 60 had to travel before 9am. More than a quarter were going to work, while 31 per cent were attending health appointments.
These changes were designed to help reduce the risk of crowding and aid social distancing at busy times on the network. TfL is currently undertaking a review of the current restrictions, taking into account both the equalities impacts and the foregone income associated with providing free travel before 9am.
Sadiq Khan has written to NHS hospitals and doctors surgeries across London urging them to offer afternoon appointments to elderly people. He pitched the idea as an alternative to reinstating free travel before 9am for holders of the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass. Speaking at a meeting of the London Assembly budget and performance committee on ...
Free early travel for over-60s as Khan finds more cash before vote ... cannot be used between 4.30am and 9am on weekdays. Both allow free travel on public transport in the capital. The pre-9am restriction was introduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to aid social distancing, and made permanent last year to boost TfL's fares income ...
Around 20 per cent of Londoners aged 60-64 use the TfL network for work or work-related travel. Working Londoners aged 60-64 are likely to need to travel before 9am, and so are likely to be negatively affected by the removal of pre-9am free concessionary travel; this group may find it a barrier to travel, dependent on their financial circumstances.
The Freedom Pass criteria is based off of the Women's state pension age, which means that those over 66 are eligible for a Freedom Pass. The 60+ Oyster card means that carriers can travel for ...
A decision to axe free travel for older Londoners in the morning rush-hour has been described as "devastating". Sadiq Khan announced on Wednesday that a temporary ban on the use of 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass cards before 9am on weekdays was being made permanent, with immediate effect.. The restriction was first introduced on weekdays in June 2020, primarily to ensure public transport was ...
Under the terms of a Government bailout amid the coronavirus pandemic, pensioners will no longer be allowed to travel for free before 9am. Speaking to the mayor of London on LBC radio, ...