The Daily Cap on Contactless Across Zones One to Two Is Still £8.90, the Bakerloo Strike Is Substantively Affecting Practical Routes, Here Is the Picture
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LONDON — Getting around London on a tourist budget remains substantively manageable in 2026, principally because the daily cap on contactless across zones one to two has held at £8.90 across the past two years. The Bakerloo Line strike, now in its sixth week, is substantively reshaping practical tourist routes, however. Here is the picture. By Fiona MacLeod.
The Pricing Architecture
Use contactless or a Visitor Oyster card; the daily cap on zones one to two is £8.90 across all Tube, bus, and DLR journeys. A Travelcard is no longer the substantive best option for most tourists because contactless gives you the same cap with no advance commitment. A single bus journey is £1.75 with the daily cap on bus journeys at £5.25.
The Bakerloo Strike Implications
The Bakerloo Line is, on every available indicator, substantively unavailable for tourists planning to use the Elephant and Castle to Marylebone corridor. The substantive workarounds are: the Northern Line for southbound journeys; the Jubilee Line for east-west journeys through Waterloo; and the buses across the river for the Embankment to Waterloo connection. Transport for London publishes daily strike updates.
Plan around the strike. The cap remains. Londonist covers the broader transit pattern. Read more at my author page.
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