TFL Fares Frozen

TFL Fares to be frozen for four years

The Guardian

By Gwyn Topham

Friday 18th November 2016

All fares across Transport for London services will be frozen for the next four years, according to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. This will save the average household up to £200.

The ticket prices announced by TFL for 2017 showing pay-as-you-go fares on the buses, DLR, tube, the emirates air line cable car, Santander cycles and a majority of trams would stay the same up until 2020. However, whilst pay-as-you-go fares will stay the same, the cost of travelcards and oyster cards may rise as they are not controlled by TFL.

Sadiq had demanded that the government should freeze fares on rail services which enter and leave London. In January, National Rail fares are expected to rise by an average 1.9%, but could go up by 10p a fare or about 5% on single journeys on networks such as Southern Rail in the capital.

Four million journeys a day are to stay the same price.

Sadiq Khan has pledged to freeze the fares due to the figure that they rose (42%) when Boris Johnson was mayor.

Sadiq Khan says:

"Before taking office I was determined to ensure we took significant action to make public transport more affordable and we've already taken major steps through the introduction of 'The Hopper Ticket'..."

He also added that all TFL travel concessions for children, the over-60s, veterans, apprentices and those on job seekers allowance would remain the same.

What do I think about this article?

I picked this article because it affects the capital and it's TFL users. As a daily user of public transport I'm glad that action is being taken to stop the yearly increase of TFL fares. Even though I am not directly affected, this is still beneficial to others such as adults who use TFL services to get to their destinations such as Work as it will save them money and families overall.