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| Poster from 1981. |
I have good news
and bad news for you regarding the new TFL fares for 2016 which will be
implemented on 2nd January 2016.
TFL say's that
fares are to rise by one per cent putting them in line with the July Retail
Price Index, although some fares will be frozen.
From TFL's press release
"From 2
January, fares on TfL services are set to rise by one per cent, in line with
the July Retail Price Index (RPI), however a number of fares, including single
bus fares and all but two pay as you go single Tube fares, will be frozen.
Travelcard season tickets will increase by slightly less than one per cent.
It is the third
year in a row that the Mayor and TfL have been able to provide a real terms
fares freeze while balancing the need to modernise the network. The revised
changes to fares are expected to raise £43m a year for TfL - an increase of one
per cent and a vital step as TfL increasingly looks to cover its operating
costs from fares and other income.
Today, the Mayor
also unveiled a deal to extend free travel for children under 11 years old
on all National Rail services in the capital, and announced that Stratford
and a number of its adjacent stations will move from Zone 3 to the Zones 2/3
boundary in a boost to east London.
Hundreds of
thousands of families across London are set to benefit every month after TfL
committed to provide £500,000 a year to the Train Operating Companies to enable
free travel for under 11s. Currently, young people under the age of 11 travel
for free on TfL's buses and trams, and on the Tube, DLR, London Overground and
TfL Rail services when accompanied by a fare-paying adult. However, there is no
similar offer on National Rail services, causing frustration and confusion for
customers with fares differing at neighbouring stations. From 2 January, all National
Rail services in London will be free for Zip photocard holders who are under 11
years old after TfL agreed to cover the cost.
In a move to
recognise the shifting economic map of London towards east London, the Mayor
has also announced that Stratford and a number of adjacent stations, including
West Ham, Canning Town and Stratford International (DLR), will move from Zone 3
to the Zones 2/3 boundary. Rezoning these stations will benefit more than
100,000 people per week and will ensure customers travelling to Stratford from
central London will never require a ticket valid in Zone 3.
Key
elements of the 2016 fares package include:
· The pay as you go single bus fare is frozen at £1.50 while the
one day bus cap increases by 10p to £4.50, the same as the cost of three
single fares. The overall increase in bus fares is 0.8 per cent.
· On the Tube, London Overground, the DLR and TfL Rail, pay as you go single
fares in Zones 1-6 are frozen, with the exception of Zone 1 only and Zone
1-2 off-peak fares, which will increase from £2.30 to £2.40. The overall
increase on these services is 1.1 per cent.
· All other current concessionary fare schemes will be maintained in
their current forms.
· The all day caps, which were reduced last year to 20% of the 7 Day
Travelcard price in Zones 1-6, will increase by 10p.
· The Off-Peak Zones 1-6 Travelcard and the Anytime Zones 1-4 Travelcard
will increase from £12 to £12.10 while the Anytime Zones 1 to 6
Travelcard will increase from £17 to £17.20.
· Travelcard season ticket prices increase by just under one per cent
on average in line with the guidance from Secretary of State for Transport
that no regulated National Rail fare should rise by more than RPI next year.
· On the Emirates Air Line, the single fare for adult pay as you go
users and Travelcard holders is increased by 10p to £3.50. All other
Emirates Air Line fares - including child fares and cash fares - are frozen.
The new fares will
come into effect from 2 January, and customers will be able to buy tickets,
including season tickets, at 2015 prices until 1 January 2016.
Last year the fare
package included a significant restructuring of one day fares to make it fairer
for part-time commuters or people on zero hours contracts who could previously
pay significantly more per day than Travelcard season holders. The lower all
day pay as you go caps are now benefitting over 200,000 part-time commuters a
day and over 700,000 a week.
TfL is increasingly
covering its operating costs from fares and other income. It has cut costs by
15% while delivering a £16bn savings and efficiencies programme over the
duration of its business plan to 2020/21. TfL also has ambitious plans to
generate £3.4bn in non-fares commercial revenue by 2023 to reinvest in London's
transport, supporting jobs and economic growth."
The Stratford’s adjacent stations are Stratford, Stratford High
Street, Stratford International DLR station, West Ham and Canning Town, Star
Lane and Abbey Road and will be rezoned as boundary Zone 2/3 from Zone 3.
According to the GLA’s document on fare changes, TFL will pay
£500,000 to Train Operating Companies in order to provide free travel for Zip
card holders aged 5 to 10.
You can see
some of the fare changes below which I have taken from the document:
Bus and
Tram fares in 2016
|
|
2015
|
2016
|
Increase
|
|
PAYG - single
|
£1.50
|
£1.50
|
-
|
|
PAYG - daily cap
|
£4.40
|
£4.50
|
2.2%
|
|
7 Day Bus &
Tram Pass
|
£21.00
|
£21.20
|
0.9%
|
|
1 Day Bus &
Tram Pass
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
-
|
|
Tram cash single
|
£2.50
|
£2.60
|
4.0%
|
Travelcard
seasons – 7 Day ticket prices
|
Number of zones
|
2015
|
2016
|
Change
|
|
Including Zone 1
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
£32.10
|
£32.40
|
0.9%
|
|
3
|
£37.70
|
£38.00
|
0.8%
|
|
4
|
£46.10
|
£46.50
|
0.9%
|
|
5
|
£54.70
|
£55.20
|
0.9%
|
|
6
|
£58.60
|
£59.10
|
0.9%
|
|
Excluding Zone 1
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
£24.10
|
£24.30
|
0.8%
|
|
3
|
£26.60
|
£26.80
|
0.8%
|
|
4
|
£31.90
|
£32.20
|
0.9%
|
|
5
|
£40.10
|
£40.50
|
1.0%
|
Adult PAYG
fares on TfL rail services
|
Number of zones
|
2015
|
2016
|
Increase
|
|||
|
Peak
|
Off Peak
|
Peak
|
Off-peak
|
Peak
|
Off-peak
|
|
|
Zones inc Zone 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
£2.30
|
£2.30
|
£2.40
|
£2.40
|
4.3%
|
4.3%
|
|
2
|
£2.90
|
£2.30
|
£2.90
|
£2.40
|
0.0%
|
4.3%
|
|
3
|
£3.30
|
£2.80
|
£3.30
|
£2.80
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
4
|
£3.90
|
£2.80
|
£3.90
|
£2.80
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
5
|
£4.70
|
£3.10
|
£4.70
|
£3.10
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
6
|
£5.10
|
£3.10
|
£5.10
|
£3.10
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
Zones exc Zone 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
£1.70
|
£1.50
|
£1.70
|
£1.50
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
2
|
£1.70
|
£1.50
|
£1.70
|
£1.50
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
3
|
£2.40
|
£1.50
|
£2.40
|
£1.50
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
4
|
£2.80
|
£1.50
|
£2.80
|
£1.50
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
5
|
£2.80
|
£1.50
|
£2.80
|
£1.50
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
PAYG Daily
caps in 2015 and 2016
|
Zones
|
All day caps
|
||
|
2015
|
2016
|
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1-2
|
£6.40
|
£6.50
|
1.6%
|
|
1-3
|
£7.50
|
£7.60
|
1.3%
|
|
1-4
|
£9.20
|
£9.30
|
1.1%
|
|
1-5
|
£10.90
|
£11.00
|
0.9%
|
|
1-6
|
£11.70
|
£11.80
|
0.9%
|
Day
Travelcards in 2015 and 2016
|
|
Day Travelcards
|
||
|
2015
|
2016
|
Change
|
|
|
All day 1-4
|
£12.00
|
£12.10
|
0.8%
|
|
All day 1-6
|
£17.00
|
£17.20
|
1.2%
|
|
Off-peak 1-6
|
£12.00
|
£12.10
|
0.8%
|
I haven’t
seen any fare changes for the yearly Travelcard’s at the moment.
Most of the
fare rises concern the Travelcard and Pay As You Go caps, although some of the
fares are frozen.
Historically, back in 1997 the price of a Zone 1-6 One Day
Travelcard was £4 whilst a single ticket for a Zone 1-6 fare for the
Underground was £3.20. Hence the reason that Travelcards were popular during
the 1990’s because it was one of the options for cheap travel.
Back in late 1996, London Transport stated on one of
their 'facts' that “London’s fares are relatively high, but unlike most
major cities LT receives no operating subsidy.” That was when LT had
to rely on fares as their income to operate their service. So history repeats
itself.
Despite the
transport fares rising we can see that the same problem happens to many
transport systems around the world.
Here are
some of the cities where their transport system proposed/approved fare rises:
And some
which are not raising their fares:
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