Harborough rail users
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Do you use London Day Travelcards from Market Harborough?
If so, are you aware there is a risk that they may be withdrawn? The Government’s funding settlement for Transport for London (TfL) requires TfL “to develop and implement changes that will generate between £0.5-£1.0bn per year of additional revenue from 2023”. (Source: TfL website – see link below.) One option was to withdraw all Travelcards, but that has been rejected for weekly and longer-term Travelcards. However, Day Travelcards may yet be withdrawn, such that “Customers travelling from outside London would have to pay for their journey to a London train station and then use PAYG (Pay As You Go) or buy paper tickets to travel on TfL services”. (TfL) We acknowledge that payment for travel within London by Oyster card or contactless bank card is easy and can even be cheaper for some passengers than a Travelcard. However, a Day Travelcard add-on to a rail ticket from Market Harborough is simple and understandable, with the total cost fixed when you buy the ticket. If Day Travelcards are withdrawn, we are concerned about:
(1) Where the Secretary of State considers that-- (a) the transport strategy (or any part of it) is inconsistent with national policies relating to transport, and (b) the inconsistency is detrimental to any area outside Greater London, he may direct the Mayor to make such revisions of the transport strategy in order to remove the inconsistency as may be specified in the direction. We contend that withdrawing Day Travelcards would be inconsistent with national policies relating to encouraging use of public transport, and that it would be detrimental to Market Harborough and many other areas outside Greater London. If you share these concerns:
Deadline extended: this now closes on 6th June 2023
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