Freedom Pass - travel areas

Your freedom pass allows you free travel in London on the entire Tube network. If you are travelling by National Rail you need to make sure you are travelling in the correct areas or you may receive a Penalty Fare.

From 1 April 2008, all freedom passes issued to older London residents and most freedom passes issued to disabled London residents can be used on local bus services anywhere in England.

Outside of London, these pass holders will be able to travel free between 9:30am and 11:00pm Monday to Friday, all day at weekends and on public holidays.

You will need to show your freedom pass and photocard to the bus driver.

The freedom pass is not valid on some local bus routes in and around the boundaries of London which are not part of the Transport for London bus network. A list of these routes is being prepared and will be on this website when available. In the meantime you should contact the releavant bus company to check if these special routes accept the freedom pass.

To help you plan your journey, click on the link below to download a simplified map of the London Rail Network.

The map is not to scale but outlines the central stations and the very last rail network stations you can travel to using your freedom pass. The blue lines show the Tube network.

London Travel Map (64kb)

You will need Acrobat reader to view this pdf. This software is available free from the Adobe website.

Click here for the London Connections map. It shows all of the Tube and National Rail stations.

Tube, bus and other maps are available from the Transport for London website.