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Fare capping is a feature of public transport fare collection systems. In its most common form, fare capping credits the cost of individual transport fares towards the cost of an unlimited pass . Some trials and proposals of fare capping were conducted in the early 2000s, with the first large implementation in London in 2005.
June 2024: The contactless-only area is expanded from West Ruislip to High Wycombe. [ 28 ] 2 February 2025: The contactless-only area is expanded to all stations on the c2c network, London Northwestern Railway from Watford Junction to Bletchley and St Albans Abbey, South Western Railway from Feltham to Virginia Water, Shepperton and Windsor ...
The daily cap is £8.10 within zones 1-2 and £14.90 within zones 1–6, provided no maximum fares are incurred for failure to touch in or out, or for touching in or out at the same station. [82] A lower cap of £5.25 applies if the day's journeys are restricted to buses and trams only. [ 83 ]
The fares are the same as those charged on a debit or credit card, including the same daily capping. [93] During 2020, one in five journeys were made using mobile devices instead of using contactless bank cards, [90] and TfL had become the most popular Apple Pay merchant in the UK. [94] [95] [96]
As of 2024, no London Buses had passenger air conditioning. Air conditioning is provided for the driver cab, and air cooling for the top deck of double-decker buses, able to reduce the temperature from 35C to 30C. From 2024, the future specification will require air cooling to reduce the temperature from 35C to 26C.
Route map of zonal system of the railway services directly managed by Transport for London.Stations only served by National Rail services are not shown in this map.. Rail service fares in Greater London and the surrounding area are calculated in accordance with the London fare zones system managed by Transport for London.
London Underground and Docklands Light Railway use Transport for London's Travelcard zones to calculate fares, including fares on the Underground only. Travelcard Zone 1 is the most central, encompassing an area mainly bounded by the London Terminals and the Circle line, while Travelcard Zone 6 is the most outlying zone within the Greater London boundaries.
TfL assessed that the scheme has had a significant impact in shifting people away from using cars, contributing to an overall reduction of 11% in vehicle kilometres in London between 2000 and 2012. [15] A 2024 study found that the congestion charge reduced traffic in downtown London, as well as on untolled suburban roads leading downtown. [161]