Travel cards and accessible transport
Find out about free and subsidised transport around London if you’re aged over 66, or have a disability or sensory impairment. Also, how to rent mobility scooters and find accessible activities near you.
Freedom Pass travel card
Freedom Pass for older people
The older person’s Freedom Pass gives you free travel on London's public transport if you’re aged over 66 years.
To be eligible you need to:
- aged over 66 year
- live most of your time in London
Apply for a Freedom Pass for older people.
Freedom Pass if you have disabilities
The disabled person’s Freedom Pass gives you free travel on London's public transport if you’re an adult with disabilities.
How to get a disabled person’s freedom pass
You can apply online for a freedom pass.
To be eligible you need to:
- live most of your time in London
- have any of the statutory disabilities listed in the transport act
Find out more about eligibility and apply on the disabled person’s freedom pass website
Or you can
- visit your local library for more information
- call the Freedom Pass helpline on 0300 330 1433
- Visit the Islington Customer Centre at 222 Upper Street
- Complete an application for a Freedom Pass disability travel card
Accessibility on TfL buses and underground in London
On the TfL.gov.uk website, you can find great information about
- getting around in a wheelchair
- which buses/ tube lines are accessible for people with disabilities
- tube maps available in large print and audio guides
- ‘offer me a seat’ badges
Free mobility scooter hire
A mobility scooter can be essential in keeping you active in the community.
You can use it to go shopping or see friends.
To be eligible to hire one, you must be:
- aged over 16
- have a mobility impairment
Scooters are loaned for between 1 to 7 days.
There is currently a waiting list.
How to apply
To find out more about free mobility scooter hire, get in contact today.
Email scootability@camden.gov.uk
Telephone 020 7974 5919
Subsidised and free taxis for disabled people
If you have severe disabilities that make it difficult for you to use public transport, you may be eligible for a Taxicard.
It gives you subsidised travel in London taxis.
How to apply for a Taxicard
Dial-a-ride service
Dial-a-ride is a free membership based scheme, delivered by Transport for London, open to London residents who have a permanent or long-term disability which means you are unable to use public transport some or all of the time.
People are automatically eligible for a membership if they are:
- A Taxicard member
- Getting the Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance
- Getting the Standard or Enhanced Mobility Rate of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Registered blind or partially sighted
- Aged 85 or over
- Getting a Higher Rate Attendance Allowance
- Getting a War Pension Mobility Supplement
If residents are not in one of the above categories, they may still be able to join Dial-a-ride but you will have to undergo a paper-based mobility assessment to establish their eligibility for the service.
Find accessible places to go
You can easily find disabled accessible restaurants, cinemas hotels and activities near you using the accessable.co.uk website.
You just need to enter what you want to do, and a postcode to find something suitable for you.