{"id":36038,"date":"2014-03-08T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/free-and-concessionary-travel-for-older-people-what-you-are-entitled-to\/"},"modified":"2016-11-26T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T06:29:23","slug":"free-and-concessionary-travel-for-older-people-what-you-are-entitled-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/free-and-concessionary-travel-for-older-people-what-you-are-entitled-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Free and concessionary travel for older people \u2026 what you are entitled to"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOyster photocard can save up to \u00a32,288 a year travelling in London, while in Scotland over-60s get free travel on most bus servicesOlder London residents can travel free on most of the capital’s public transport network thanks to the 60-plus Oyster photocard introduced in November 2012, a far more generous travel concession than the rest of England.Yet many Londoners are unaware of this little-publicised perk which gives free travel at any time of the day on all Transport for London services including the buses, Underground and Docklands Light Railway as well as most off-peak local rail services plus discounts on some river boat fares and the Emirates Air Line cable car. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Oyster photocard can save up to \u00a32,288 a year travelling in London, while in Scotland...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-9ng","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92875,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/60-oyster-card-extends-free-public-transport-to-thousands-of-londoners\/","url_meta":{"origin":36038,"position":0},"title":"60+ Oyster card extends free public transport to thousands of Londoners","date":"October 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A pledge by mayor Boris Johnson means more over-60s will be able to save about \u00a32,000 a year on train, bus and boat faresAbout 100,000 Londoners are expected to apply this month for the 60+ London Oyster photocard which will give them free travel on all Transport for London\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":92865,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/transport-for-london-hoards-321m-from-dormant-oyster-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":36038,"position":1},"title":"Transport for London hoards \u00a3321m from dormant Oyster cards","date":"June 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As travel card marks 15 years, bosses \u2018incredibly quiet\u2019 about credit left unused in contactless era, say Lib DemsTransport for London (TfL) is being urged to encourage more people to get their money back from dormant Oyster cards on the 15th anniversary of the electronic travel cards.Caroline Pidgeon, Lib\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/oyster-card-glitch-fixed-meaning-free-travel-for-londoners-ends\/","url_meta":{"origin":36038,"position":2},"title":"Oyster card glitch fixed meaning free travel for Londoners ends","date":"January 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Smartcard readers failed across capital\u2019s transport network, meaning Transport for London was unable to charge faresA technical glitch in Transport for London\u2019s Oyster card system has been resolved after thousands of passengers in the capital were able to travel for free on Saturday morning. 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