Post by snoggle on Nov 16, 2017 13:03:52 GMT
The Fares Direction from the Mayor to TfL has been quietly released.
No massive shocks or surprises. Here's a very quick summary.
- no change to bus and tram fares or daily caps
- no change to Hopper ticket pricing. No confirmed date, other than "in 2018", for next stage of unlimited rides in 1 hour.
- no change to tube, overground, DLR fares where TfL solely set the fares.
- some Overground and TfL fares do change at the fare extremities like Cheshunt and Shenfield because TfL must increase them to reflect TOC fare increases.
- the special West Anglia stns to Liv St (NR) PAYG fare goes up 10p
- TOC PAYG and cash fares go up by an average of 3.5% - just under the permitted RPI increase of 3.6%
- Travelcard, PAYG daily / 7 day caps all go up because the TOCs have insisted they go up. The TfL documents only mention this about 500 times in 9 pages.
- The "Zone 1" add on fare remains unchanged but in place so people from South London using TOCs into Zone 1 and changing to the tube continue to pay for the privilege.
- All TfL concessions are maintained.
- TfL modes go get some revenue uplift courtesy of apportionment of the higher Travelcard prices. TfL are also estimating a small revenue uplift courtesy of the fares freeze generating more travel. However the uplift is very small.
TfL fares advice to Mayor
Signed Mayoral Direction on Fares
No massive shocks or surprises. Here's a very quick summary.
- no change to bus and tram fares or daily caps
- no change to Hopper ticket pricing. No confirmed date, other than "in 2018", for next stage of unlimited rides in 1 hour.
- no change to tube, overground, DLR fares where TfL solely set the fares.
- some Overground and TfL fares do change at the fare extremities like Cheshunt and Shenfield because TfL must increase them to reflect TOC fare increases.
- the special West Anglia stns to Liv St (NR) PAYG fare goes up 10p
- TOC PAYG and cash fares go up by an average of 3.5% - just under the permitted RPI increase of 3.6%
- Travelcard, PAYG daily / 7 day caps all go up because the TOCs have insisted they go up. The TfL documents only mention this about 500 times in 9 pages.
- The "Zone 1" add on fare remains unchanged but in place so people from South London using TOCs into Zone 1 and changing to the tube continue to pay for the privilege.
- All TfL concessions are maintained.
- TfL modes go get some revenue uplift courtesy of apportionment of the higher Travelcard prices. TfL are also estimating a small revenue uplift courtesy of the fares freeze generating more travel. However the uplift is very small.
TfL fares advice to Mayor
Signed Mayoral Direction on Fares
