 TfL fare changes
from 2 January
Transport for London (TfL) has
announced that fares for 2016 will be frozen in real terms for the third
consecutive year, with changes coming into effect on Saturday 2 January. Free
travel for children is also being extended to National Rail services in the
Capital in a move that will benefit hundreds of thousands of families.
Travelcard season tickets will
increase by slightly less than one per cent, but customers can save money by
renewing their Travelcards' season tickets to start on or before Friday 1
January at 2015.
Find out
full details of the fares from Saturday 2 January.
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Travelling in London
at Christmas
The main changes to
services on the key days are outlined below. Here is a summary of
the services running each day.
Christmas Eve, Thursday
24 December - Most Tube and rail
services will run normally until around early evening. Buses and the DLR will
operate a Saturday service. Last trains will be earlier than usual and most
buses will run until just after midnight.
Christmas Day, Friday 25
December - There will be no service
on the entire TfL network.
Boxing Day, Saturday 26
December - A Sunday service will operate
on most of the network. There will be no service on London Overground, TfL Rail
or the Waterloo & City line.
Bank Holiday, Monday 28 December - A Saturday service will operate on most of the
network. TfL Rail will run a reduced service.
New Year’s Eve, Thursday
31 December Free travel will be
provided on all services from 11.45pm until 4.30am, or last service. Buses
run throughout the night.
From around 2pm, Waterloo, Westminster and Jubilee Bridges, and roads in
central London will start to close to prepare for the ticketed fireworks event.
Buses will gradually be withdrawn. All bridge and road closures will be in
place from 8pm and most will re-open at 6am on Friday 1 January, or when it
is safe to do so. Central London road closures will remain until 6pm because of the New Year’s Day Parade.
New Year’s Day, Friday 1
January - A special service will
operate on most of the network. Buses will run a Sunday service.
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 Havering Police testing
for drugs and drink
A new testing kit will be in use in Havering to check if drivers are using cannabis or cocaine. If four red lines appear on a plastic stick, within 10 minutes of being tested, then the driver is under the influence of one of those drugs. There will be a zero tolerance policy applied.
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Drink driving - the Highway Code rule
Rule 95
Do not drink and drive as it will seriously affect your
judgement and abilities.
In England and Wales you MUST
NOT drive with a breath alcohol level higher than 35
microgrammes/100 millilitres of breath or a blood alcohol level of more than 80
milligrammes/100 millilitres of blood.
Alcohol will
- give a false sense of confidence
- reduce co-ordination and slow down reactions
- affect judgement of speed, distance and risk
- reduce your driving ability, even if you’re below the
legal limit
- take time to leave your body; you may be unfit to drive
in the evening after drinking at lunchtime, or in the morning after
drinking the previous evening.
The best solution is not to drink at all when planning to drive
because any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive safely. If you are
going to drink, arrange another means of transport.
Read more about drink and drugs
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Pay as you go extended
to London Gatwick airport
From Monday 11 January, passengers will be able to use pay as
you go with an Oyster or contactless card for journeys between London and
Gatwick Airport on Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink services. Five
other stations along the route - Horley, Salfords, Earlswood, Redhill and
Merstham – will also benefit from the pay as you go ticket technology.
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Bus
station closure
Liverpool
Street bus station will be closed until spring 2016, which will affect passengers
who travel on routes 11, 23, 133, N11 and N133. Leaflets,
including walking maps to the alternative bus stops and route finders are
available to customers at the bus station and customer information centre in
the days leading up to its closure.
All registered Oyster card
holders who regularly use the routes to and from the bus station will also
receive emails about the closure with advice on how to plan their journeys
until the station re-opens. More details at TfL Buses.
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