‘Transport for London (TfL) is always looking at how it can improve the pay-as-you-go system and this includes looking at whether National Railcards, which are a Rail Delivery Group-led product, can potentially be associated to customers using pay-as-you-go with contactless in the future,’ a response on the TfL website from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan reads.
To qualify for the discount, all Railcard holders need to do is bring either their 16-25 Railcard or their 26-30 Railcard with them – just as they would when getting on a train out of London.
While the Railcard discount won’t save any money on the daily commute (as it doesn’t work during peak times), it’ll reduce the price of an off-peak journey worth £2.80 (between Zones 1 and 2) to just £1.87.
‘TfL is working closely with the Department for Transport and Rail Delivery Group to progress work to allow us to implement this in the future as part of our wider work to expand pay-as-you-go with contactless in the South East.
I save £500 a year with this one Tube trick — and it’s about to get even easier There’s nothing more humbling than waking up in the morning and realising TfL has taken money for your daily commute at 3am.
