Tfl Bus Pass for over 60

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Let’s do the math. A single bus fare is £1.75. If you ride twice a day, that’s £1,277 a year saved. In five years, you’ve saved enough for a small car—or a lot of tea and biscuits.

But you don’t save money. You spend it on spontaneous adventures. “Oh, look—a farmers’ market in Crouch End! Let’s ride there.” The bus pass is a fire hose for your curiosity.

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One man told me he uses his pass to eat his way through London. He rides to a different ethnic enclave every week: Turkish bread in Hackney, then a bus to Southall for curry. He calls it “the world’s cheapest Michelin tour.”

The One Rule You Must Never Break

Don’t ever say “Free bus pass” loudly. The bus drivers will hear you and they’ll know you’re not paying. It’s like speaking the name of Voldemort in a pub.

Also, never lose your pass. The replacement fee is £10, which is the price of six bus rides. And you’ll have to stand in line at the post office with everyone else who lost theirs, all swapping stories about how it “fell into a puddle.”

But the real penalty is shame. You’ll see someone flash a new pass and feel a pang of bus-envy.