Telegraph: Sadiq Khan accused of hiding railcard discounts from millions of passengers

Rob is covered in the Daily Telegraph and Evening Standard for his criticism regarding the poor promotion of railcard discounts for Londoners. He said:

“It is far too difficult for Londoners to access Railcard discounts on the Tube. The young, disabled and armed forces are all entitled to cheaper travel but many of them do not know it and TfL has made it deliberately difficult to access.

“The mayor could easily make use of vacant advertising space on the network to promote the Railcard discounts and must find a much easier way for people to apply their discounts at stations. It is not good enough to rely on the potluck of whether a station staffer knows how to do it.

“If Sadiq Khan really cared about Londoners saving money in the cost of living crisis, then this is exactly the sort of practical thing he could be doing. Instead, he prefers the headline-chasing of his phoney fares freeze election gimmick – that will almost exclusively benefit tourists, not everyday Londoners.”

You can read the Telegraph article here and Evening Standard article here.