London Underground fares to go up by 5.8% in 2026

The price of travelling on the London Underground, the Overground and the Elizabeth line is ready to rise by 5.8% subsequent yr, the mayor of London has confirmed.The rise is 1% above the speed of inflation and can come into drive in March.The freeze in nationwide rail fares introduced final month won’t apply to Transport for London companies.Sir Sadiq Khan says he proposes to freeze the value of Travelcards till March 2027 which suggests the weekly and day by day caps won’t change, and fares on London buses and trams won’t rise.The mayor mentioned an increase – equal to at least one proportion level above the RPI price of inflation – was a situation of the £2.2bn capital funding deal that TfL agreed with central authorities within the spending evaluation in June.He mentioned the freeze on bus and tram fares till July 2026 was “an emergency cost-of-living measure” funded by Metropolis Corridor.Sir Sadiq added: “That is the seventh time I have been capable of freeze bus and tram fares, and it’ll significantly profit these on the bottom incomes in our metropolis.”The plans would imply that solely fares on Tube and TfL rail companies would now improve from March 2026.”I additionally plan to make sure that will increase to pay-as-you-go fares on the Tube might be capped at 20p, with many solely rising by simply 10p.”Metropolis Corridor Conservatives criticised the announcement. In an announcement, they mentioned: “While the remainder of the nation enjoys a fare freeze, Sadiq Khan has burdened Londoners with price will increase which can be disproportionately going to have an effect on the younger professionals which can be the spine of our metropolis’s economic system, as effectively the opposite hundreds of thousands of passengers who use these companies.”The Liberal Democrats mentioned the mayor had “didn’t make this case to his ‘mates’ in authorities like he promised he would, he is now anticipating working Londoners to stump up the prices as a substitute”.The fare rises will apply to all TfL-run rail companies, together with the Docklands Mild Railway.The mayor mentioned the rise would imply an off-peak pay-as-you-go Tube fare from Tottenham Courtroom Street in Zone 1 to Edgware in Zone 5 would rise from £3.60 to £3.80.Pay-as-you-go fares on Tube and TfL rail companies inside Zone 1 solely will rise from £2.90 to £3.10 within the peak, and from £2.80 to £3.00 throughout off-peak and weekends.A peak-time journey from Upminster in Zone 6 to Cannon Avenue in Zone 1 will improve from £5.80 to £5.90.The federal government capital funding deal is predicted to assist to exchange ageing fleets, improve signalling expertise and enhance buses.The fare rises might be topic to a ultimate determination by the mayor.