MD3343 Corrections to March 2025 fare changes

1.1.    On 12 December 2024, in MD3318, the Mayor approved the fares to be charged on the TfL network and directed TfL to charge these with effect from 2 March 2025. 
1.2.    That Mayoral Decision and the accompanying Direction contained administrative errors that resulted in some fares being stated incorrectly. This paper identifies these errors and corrects them. 
1.3.    The corrections do not change the overall average increase on TfL fares under the Mayor’s control of 3.6 per cent approved in MD3318. This Mayoral Decision therefore continues to adhere to that overall fares increase.
1.4.    The Mayor is asked to approve the proposed revisions to fares set out in MD3318, as corrected below, to be implemented from 2 March 2025.  
Errors to be corrected
1.5.    The below tables identify the administrative errors contained in the Direction that accompanied MD3318, and the correct fares that the Mayor is now asked to approve. These are incorporated in the schedule to the new Direction (Appendix 1) to TfL that the Mayor is now invited to issue, and in doing so revoke the previous Direction appended to MD3318. 
Table 1.1: Errors for Group Travelcards contained in Schedule A to the Direction issued under MD3318 

Table 1.2: Errors for adult PAYG fares for Liverpool Street rail services contained in Schedule B to the Direction issued under MD3318 

*Italic notes no correction to be made 

Table 1.3: Errors for child PAYG fares for Liverpool Street rail services contained in Schedule B to the Direction issued under MD3318

2.1.    The objectives and expected outcomes remain as stated in MD3318. 

3.1.    The administrative errors identified above are not considered to materially change the assessment of the equality impacts of the fares changes approved in MD3318 and identified in section 3 of that Mayoral Decision. The Mayor is asked to have due regard to the equality impacts contained in section 3 of MD3318, attached as Appendix 2.

4.1.    There are no additional risks or issues resulting from this Decision other than those identified and described in the original Mayoral Decision.
4.2.    GLA officers consider that implementation risks are minimal.
 

5.1.    The corrections do not change the overall average increase on TfL fares under the Mayor’s control of 3.6 per cent approved in MD3318. This Mayoral Decision and its accompanying Direction therefore continue to adhere to that overall fares increase. 
5.2.    All existing concessions will be maintained and are funded in the TfL budget. 
5.3.    There are no direct financial consequences for the GLA: Mayor budget arising from this decision.
 

6.1.    The Mayor may issue general directions, under section 155(1)(b) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (GLA Act), as to the manner in which TfL is to exercise its functions, as well as, under section 155(1)(c), specific directions as to the exercise of TfL’s functions. Under section 174(1) of the GLA Act, the Mayor is under a duty to exercise his powers under section 155(1), so as to ensure that the general level and structure of fares for public passenger transport services (provided by TfL or other persons who provide services under agreement with TfL) are determined. This decision is consistent with those statutory obligations.
6.2.    Under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, when the Mayor exercises a function such as the making of this decision, he must comply with the equality obligations referred to in section 3, ‘Equality comments’, of MD3318, and also take into account section 3, ‘Equality comments’, of this report.  Consideration is given in those sections to the likely effects of the corrected fare proposals on protected groups, and the Mayor must have regard to these matters when taking this Mayoral Decision.
6.3.    The Mayor is not required to conduct a consultation in relation to the fares proposals.
 

Appendix 1: Direction to TfL with corrected values.

Appendix 2: MD3318 March 2025 fare changes.