Hamish
At the start of this year, off peak rail passengers using Oyster or contactless Pay As You Go outside zone 3 were stung by a massive increase of up to 38% in the cost of their journeys.
For part-time workers, people who only occasionally have to travel into London for meetings or families making day-trips, this is a massive increase. 25,000 Londoners a day have been stung by this fare increase – which was personally signed off by the Conservative Mayor of London.
Finally and after a lengthy campaign lead by Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, the Mayor has been forced to make some concessions.
Automatic refunds will now be provided to those people who incur a higher fare than the former off-peak in outer London (Zone 4 – 6) twice or more in a week.
I don’t think it’s fair that Outer Londoners were penalised in this way, especially because they are vital part of London’s economy. Together with my colleagues I will keep on fighting to make sure that people living outside of central London are not discriminated against in our transport system.
Best wishes,
PS: Full details of these changes can be seen here. I will also be sending an update on the situation with the works at London Bridge station shortly.