Sadiq Khan on day travel card scheme saved
A deal has been struck to save the Day Travelcard in London.
The Day Travelcard, under which customers can journey into London and use all of TfL’s services by purchasing a single card, was under consultation earlier this year due to funding pressures.
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan says TfL still needs to source millions of pounds of savings due to the government funding deal.
The Day Travelcard, under which customers can journey into London and use all of TfL’s services by purchasing a single card, was under consultation earlier this year due to funding pressures.
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan says TfL still needs to source millions of pounds of savings due to the government funding deal.
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00:00 But unfortunately, as a consequence of the deal
00:02 that we have to do with the government around the pandemic
00:05 and fares drying up,
00:06 we had to make 600 million pounds worth of cuts.
00:09 We still have to make 600 million pounds worth of cuts.
00:12 The One Day Travel Card is used by many people.
00:15 It costs TFL at 40 million pounds,
00:18 even though it's used by non-TFL people.
00:20 I'm really pleased we've managed to do a deal
00:22 with the train operating companies,
00:24 with the rail delivery group, and with DFT,
00:27 to make sure the One Day Travel Card can stay.
00:29 It's really important for those outside London.
00:32 I'm afraid the bad news is we've still got to find
00:35 hundreds of millions of pounds worth of savings
00:36 because of the government deal.
00:38 We're going to have to carry on trying to find other savings.