Travel Pass Schemes
Travel free on bus, tram, Tube, DLR, London Overground and National Rail (after 9.30am on most National Rail services within the London area) including all day at weekends and on public holidays.
Older Persons Freedom Pass
To be eligible you must:
- meet the age criteria and
- live in a London borough (you will need to provide proof of address)
Cards are valid after 9am on weekdays and at all times at weekends and Bank Holidays.
60+ London Oyster card
If you are aged 60 or over but you are not old enough to apply for an older persons freedom pass you should apply for a 60+ Oyster photocard.
A 60+ London Oyster photocard allows you to travel free on public transport in London from the age of 60 until you qualify for a Freedom Pass.
To be eligible you must:
- live in a London borough and
- be aged 60 or over
Cards are valid after 9am on weekdays and at all times at weekends and Bank Holidays.
Disabled Persons Freedom Pass
To be eligible you must:
- live in a London borough (you will need to provide proof of address) and
- have any of the statutory disabilities listed in the Transport Act 2000, which are:
- people who are blind or partially sighted
- people who are profoundly or severely deaf
- people without speech
- people who have a disability, or have suffered an injury, which has left them with a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to walk
- people who do not have arms or have a long-term loss of the use of both arms
- people who have a learning disability that is defined as 'a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning'
- people who, if they applied for the grant of a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, would have their application refused pursuant to section 92 of the Act (physical fitness) otherwise than on the ground of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol