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READ MORE: The London Underground station thousands of people seem to enter but never leave However, there's a loophole that saves all of that added time and money called the 'boundary fare'. You might think that would mean taking a train to the last station in Zone six, touching the Freedom Pass out on the yellow reader and then buying a new ticket to get an onward train to the final destination.Īlternatively, you might just bite the bullet and pay the full ticket price for a faster, direct train. This means Freedom Pass holders have to buy a ticket to make a journey that goes outside of Zone six, with the exception of a handful of stations with exemptions.
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However, when travelling outside of London, these passes only allow for free travel on buses, not National Rail. The London Councils-funded scheme allows people with specific mobility needs and those aged above the state pension age who live in the capital to travel for free within the capital on all TfL and most National Rail services after 9.30am on weekdays and all days on weekends. A 'Freedom Pass' is supposed to mean freedom for the 900,000 London residents who obtain the free to use travel ticket.