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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Kumail Jaffer

Calls to scrap Over-60s free travel after 'lost revenue for TfL soars to £84 million in a year'

Transport for London (TfL) could review the continued rollout of the discounted 60+ Oyster card after new figures revealed it has cost the authority £206million in the last three years.

Fresh estimates show that the photocard, introduced in 2012 and which anyone above 60 who lives in a London borough is eligible for, has become an increasing burden on the TfL budget, prompting calls to scrap it altogether.

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