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PSA! In less than a week, using London’s tube is going to get more expensive.
Despite a freeze on rail fares across other parts of the country, tube and TfL rail fares are being hiked by an average of 5.8 percent, though some cheaper ticket types will be going up as much as 10 percent. Travel within Zone 1 will rise from £2.90 to £3.10 while Zone 1-2 will go up from £3.50 to £3.60. No single pay-as-you-go fare on the tube will go up by more than 20p.
That increase is down to an official order from the government that told TfL it should increase prices by the RPI rate of inflation plus one percent every year until 2030 in order to receive £2bn of funding.
In a bit of better news, the price of London Travelcards will be frozen until March 2027 and their weekly and daily caps won’t change. All that will be different is that holders will hit the cap sooner. Discounts like Zip photocards and 18+ Student photocards will also stay the same. And if you prefer the bus over the Underground, you’ll be glad to know that fares are staying exactly the same. There are even a some bus routes that’ll be free to ride for the next few months.
Read on for the exact date of London’s tube fare increase and the new prices that you can expect to pay.
When will tube fares go up in 2026?
The new fares across the London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line and DLR will be implemented from Sunday March 1, 2026.
Full list of new tube ticket prices from March 2026
Here’s a list of what we’ll be paying for a single tube journey from the beginning of March.
- Zone 1 only: Peak £3.10, off-peak £3
- Zone 1-2: Peak £3.60, off-peak £3.10
- Zone 1-3: Peak £3.90, off-peak £3.30
- Zone 1-4: Peak £4.80, off-peak £3.60
- Zone 1-5: Peak £5.30, off-peak £3.80
- Zone 1-6: Peak £5.90, off-peak £4
- One zone outside Zone 1: Peak £2.30, off-peak £2.20
- Two zones outside Zone 1: Peak £2.50, off-peak £2.30
- Three zones outside Zone 1: Peak £3.20, off-peak £2.40
- Four zones outside Zone 1: Peak £3.40, off-peak £2.50
- Zones 2-6: Peak £3.80, off-peak £2.60
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