Off-peak Fridays in London

It's an off-peak single fare; daily caps still apply and have increased. 

I like the idea in theory but I was charged 10.20 yesterday on Friday to go from Croydon on national rail with a single Elizabeth line 1 stop journey to Tottenham Court Road. So I guess it doesn’t apply to Croydon trips?

If this isn’t some error, I’m pretty upset about the policy. Croydon is already screwed with being in a higher zone than it should. We’re also paying 15% council tax. And now this deal doesn’t apply. We’re the most populous borough in London. Feels like we’re just a cow getting milked.

If I’m mistaken and it’s an error, then I’d like to see the scheme be more accurate 

It's a great iinitiative and useful to get people back int  the City. I cycle everywhere but looking forward to using the discounts.

Friday is normally the only day when I use TfL services before 09.00.  This will encourage me to do so more in "marginal" circumstances.  It would have been good to hear of this trial in advance, as I needlessly paid £4.40 on 8th March !

For this particular journey, I would only ever use TfL services and would never drive my car.

It's great to have off-peak fares on a Friday but it would also be good to consider whether there are some journeys where off-peak fares should apply on all days. I sometimes have to travel from Zone 2 to 6 (away from the centre of London) at peak times and don't benefit from off-peak fares even though the trains I use are often very uncrowded as the peak journeys are really only the ones going into London.

I prefer to travel when the number of people is lower - so Friday was a better option for me. I can't stand for the whole journey - especially on the Victoria Line which travels fast. I need a seat, but when the tube is crowded there is little or no chance of being able to sit.

I understand why the fares have been dropped, but if this means that I will be less likely to get a seat, then I'm likely to shift mode to motorcycle instead.

Yes now I know these fares will be available I will use them for both train and tube journeys. It would further help if there were no further train strikes anywhere and I think London needs to being in smart trains with no drivers needed to stop this nonsense of rail strikes as all it does is make people not to use the train and underground on Friday and the weekends.

 As a pensioner, and sometimes have to travel early by train, why can`t I use my freedom pass at anytime, any day. I don`t think many F/P holders want to travel before 6am. When you live in the South of London trains are your only option in most cases.  And why  am I not able to use my F/pass before 9am on the busses. I fully support this change, and more. Train fairs are too expensive.

When scheduling things I have to do in town, this will definitely encourage me to go on a Friday. As a freelance, remote worker, I really feel the cost of transport when I go into town. It was different when I used to have to have a monthly travel card for work. Now, with everything so much more expensive, and my income going down as a lot of my clients are cost cutting, initiatives like this are very useful to me. Can definitely see some lovely Friday afternoons in some of London's wonderful free museums coming up in April. Can't let money worries suck the joy out of everything, right!

I believe it will make a lot of difference to a lot of people. It’s a good idea. I would use it definately if I had a Friday journey coming up 

The idea of dropping fares to off peak on Friday is NOT new. The now defunct Virgin Trains dropping fares to off peak on Fridays as this helped ease congestion on Virgin's services out of Euston. As such, the present Mayor of London should not be claiming the idea to be his own.

I'm in between jobs right now so splashing out not an option, however if I wanted to take advantage of London's Free attractions, parks, museums etc, Friday would be the day for it because of the off peak experiment. I like the idea that Friday kind of becomes a part of the weekend a little bit more if you can take advantage. It will be interesting to see what happens with the numbers travelling. I wouldn't have known about it though, apart from getting an email because I've joined Talk London - so maybe more in-your-face marketing on tube and other travel posters?

It might be a worthwhile scheme but for the fact that here in Bexley Borough we have no Overground, Underground, DLR, Trams or Elizabeth Line (which conveniently ends on the boundary of Greenwich Borough). If the scheme includes South Eastern then it might be useful for early morning appointments, on a Friday only, at some of the inner London hospitals. As for the 'Super loop' bus service, If we wait here in Sidcup for the SL3 to arrive and let a 269 bus, also going to Bromley, leave the SL3 seems to be unable to overtake the 269 on its way to Bromley already so it is therefore no quicker on the SL3. 

Any incentive to use public transport is a good thing. Some people won't be able to benefit from this (if they work from home on a Friday, or don't live near to public transport routes) but don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good - this is a good step.

I have a freedom pass. It would be good to be able to use this on rail transport but living in the suburbs I really need to take a bus to get to nearest rail/tube stations. The local buses are always busy before 9am , with school children and commuters so I really don't think freedom passes should be allowed before 9:30 on the buses.