Travel fare rises: London’s winners, losers and free riders

Londoners may notice their outgoings increase, due to higher TFL fares that kicked in yesterday. The cost of pay as you go Tube, rail and DLR services are rising by an average of 6% but it’s not all bad news, as bus fares and travel card fares have been frozen for now. To understand the latest changes to fares, host Tamara Kormornick sits down with Ross Lydall, the Standard’s City Hall and Transport correspondent, for a London travel update. They discuss  why TFL made the decision to raise fares this spring, access to airports via public transport, and  whether it is time to discontinue travel subsidies that older Londoners enjoy to fill in TFL’s funding gap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.