A £24m trial scheme offering off-peak Transport for London fares all day on Fridays has been found to have had a "negligible" impact on bringing more people into central London, a City Hall Conservative has said.
TfL said daily ridership data was less useful for assessing the scheme's impact and its analysis would "take into account a number of aspects".The rise in Londoners working from home has meant Fridays in the city centre are quieter than they were before the pandemic.About 40.6 million London Underground journeys were made on Fridays during the trial period excluding Good Friday, when all fares were off-peak anyway due to it being a bank holiday.
TfL said in its finance report earlier this month that total journeys across all of its services were up by just over 6% compared to last year, meaning that the 3% rise on the Tube on Fridays might have largely happened without the trial.National rail strikes also appear to have reduced ridership levels on two of the relevant Fridays in 2023.
Caroline Russell, a Green Party assembly member, called on Labour's London Mayor Sadiq Khan to reinstate free travel for older people before 09:00, which was in place during the off-peak Fridays trial.A TfL spokesperson said it was continuing to analyse the results of the trial. The authority also noted that ridership was always changeable around bank holidays, the Easter period and school holidays in April and May.
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