{"id":2615,"date":"2023-05-04T11:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/higher-cost-more-hassle-proposed-travelcard-changes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:55:46","slug":"higher-cost-more-hassle-proposed-travelcard-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/higher-cost-more-hassle-proposed-travelcard-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher cost, more hassle \u2013 proposed travelcard changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

One-day London travelcards are under threat. Transport for London is currently consulting on whether it should get rid of this type of ticket, including when sold as an \u2018add-on\u2019 to a train ticket into London. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Travelcards added to a train ticket can be great value for money, although if you are only making a few short journeys once in London, Pay As You Go methods (Oyster or contactless) can sometimes be cheaper. But there\u2019s also the faff factor. Travelcard add-ons mean one ticket to get to and from London and travel around to your heart\u2019s content while you are there.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also easier to apply discounts from railcards<\/span> and child fares to a travelcard. It is possible to get these on an Oyster card but it involves registering for Oyster and paying an admin fee first. With a travelcard, you simply buy the child fare on the day. To get similar on PAYG for kids aged 11-15 requires you to register for an 11-15 Zip Oyster card which has to be done online rather than at the station and comes with a non-refundable admin charge. Some, though not all, railcards can be added to Oyster but again require a bit of online legwork.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What about school parties who would previously have bought a group travelcard \u2013 will they be using individual contactless or Oyster cards?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not everybody has a bank account \u2013 our sister organisation London TravelWatch\u2019s recent report<\/a> on digital exclusion highlights this important minority (260,000 in London alone).<\/span><\/p>\n

This all seems like a lot of extra work and calculation for people. At a time when public transport needs to win back customers, it is hard to see a reason to make their experience more difficult. We\u2019ll be responding to the consultation soon and will publish our response here on the website.<\/span> You can also have your say by visiting the Transport for London website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The post Higher cost, more hassle \u2013 proposed travelcard changes<\/a> appeared first on Transport Focus<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-day London travelcards are under threat. Transport for London is currently consulting on whether it should get rid of this type of ticket, including when sold as an \u2018add-on\u2019 to a train ticket into London. \u00a0 Travelcards added to a train ticket can be great value for money, although if you are only making a few short journeys once in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions\/2653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}