A 60+ card permits free travel
• after 9am
• before 4.30am
• any time weekends and bank holidays
on
• London Underground
• London Overground
• Elizabeth line (not beyond West Drayton)
• DLR
• buses
• trams
also
• National Rail within zones 1-6 (after 9.30am*)
but not
• Heathrow Express
• High Speed One
• Dangleway
* permitted 9.00-9.29am
• c2c: Fenchurch Street to Upminster
• Greater Anglia: Liverpool Street - Stratford
• Great Northern: Moorgate - Finsbury Park
• Thameslink: Elephant & Castle/London Bridge - West Hampstead/Finsbury Park
• LNWR: Euston - Harrow & Wealdstone
• Southern: Clapham Junction - Harrow & Wealdstone
• Chiltern: Marylebone - Amersham, South Ruislip - West Ruislip
Essentially you can travel free to any station within Greater London
PLUS all tube and Overground stations outside Greater London
PLUS Elstree & Borehamwood; Brentwood, Shenfield (the only extras north of the Thames)
PLUS Thames Ditton, Hampton Court; Stoneleigh, Ewell West; Ewell East; Banstead, Epsom Downs; Chipstead, Kingswood, Tadworth, Tattenham Corner; Whyteleafe, Whyteleafe South, Caterham; Upper Warlingham; Swanley; Dartford
n.b. with a Freedom Pass, issued after the age of 66, you can additionally travel on the Elizabeth line to Reading
A 60+ card also provides
• 50% off river services
• 50% off Santander cycle subscriptions
A 60+ card requires
» a London address
» proof of age/identity (e.g. scan of passport, driving licence)
» a digital photo
» £20 admin charge
» £10 annual renewal charge
You can apply for a 60+ London Oyster photocard two weeks before your 60th birthday.
Once you get your 60+ London Oyster photocard you can use it straight away.
Hell yes.
Three press releases explaining the history of the 60+ London Oyster Photocard
Mayor restores free travel for 60-year-old Londoners with the 60+ London Oyster photocard 01 October 2012
Free travel on TfL services for all Londoners when they reach 60 years old will be restored from 1 November when the 60+ London Oyster photocard scheme goes live. The new scheme fulfils the Mayor Boris Johnson's pledge to bridge the gap for older Londoners since the age of eligibility for the London Council's Freedom Pass was raised by the Government.
More than 100,000 applications are expected before the new 60+ London Oyster photocard goes live, and a further 10,000 Londoners are expected to become eligible for the scheme each month.
Eligibility for the Freedom Pass, for both men and women, was raised by the Government in line with the state retirement age for women since April 2010 and means Londoners currently have to be at least 61 years old to qualify.
The 60+ London Oyster photocard scheme will mean Londoners once again become eligible for free travel on all TfL services and some national rail services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from their sixtieth birthday. Just like the Freedom Pass, it will also allow them free travel outside of morning peak hours on other national rail services in the capital.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: 'Londoners who have grafted all their lives and expected to receive free travel on retirement just as those before them quite rightly felt cheated when the age escalator removed the Freedom Pass from their grasp. I promised to restore this right to travel for free on the capital's transport network for every Londoner from their 60th birthday.'
Temporary changes to Older Person’s Freedom Pass and 60-plus Oyster card 04 June 2020
TfL has today set out details of the temporary changes affecting users of the Older Person's Freedom Pass, 60+ Oyster photocard and English National Concessionary Scheme in London as part of the response to the pandemic. The temporary changes, to take effect from Monday 15 June, are being introduced as part of the recent funding and finance agreement with Government.
They will mean that all passengers with an Older Person's Freedom Pass, 60+ Oyster photocard or English National Concessionary Scheme pass will not be able to use those passes during morning peak hours in order to help support social distancing on the public transport network and help control the coronavirus.
From Monday 15 June, changes to the ticketing system will mean these cards are automatically set to be not valid during the morning peak period (04:30 to 09:00) Monday to Friday. They will continue to be valid at all other times on weekdays and all day on weekends and Bank Holidays.
Proposed permanent changes to free travel arrangements for older Londoners 18 January 2023
The Mayor has confirmed that the temporary travel time restrictions on 60+ Oyster and Older Person’s Freedom Passes, introduced due to Government conditions, will have to become permanent from today, Wednesday, 18 January.
TfL were also having to consider a proposal to increase the age of eligibility for the 60+ concession on a phased basis so that the start date of eligibility would increase incrementally by around six months every year. Today the Mayor has confirmed funding from City Hall will be used prevent this change and protect the concession for Londoners over 60.
These changes to the London concessions will still mean that the offering in London remains more generous than that available to older people across England, as well as for under 18’s.
