TfL will increase tube fares again by an inflation-busting amount outside Z1.

The new fare table has been published and most of the fare increase has been placed on journeys outside Zone 1, while the increase for peak hour journeys to/from Zone 1 has been suppressed. A single-zone, off-peak journey outside Zone 1 will increase by 10%. TfL did the same last year as well, resulting in outer London travellers paying for the most of the extra revenue generated by the fare increase.

As a result, I have reduced the number of short Overground journeys I take as the fare I pay is no longer worth the short distance I travel.

Why can TfL get away with such extortionate increases for outer London fares (in the absence of a non-Zone 1 cap), while trying to improve the transport in outer London? How can we place political pressure on it to stop such practice in future years?