I am writing to make an FOI request in respect of the Travelcard Agreement (“TA”). Could you please provide who the current parties to the TA. I am also interested in knowing why some TOCs accept Inboundary Travelcards on their services, but others do not. Why for example does South Western accept them but LNER does not.

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TfL Ref: 0545-1920

Thank you for your request received by us on 22 May 2019 asking for information about the Travelcard Agreement (TA) and train operating companies.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:

Could you please provide who the current parties to the TA

The Travelcard Agreement is between our subsidiary Transport Trading Limited and the Rail Delivery Group. The latter acts as agent for all the train operators listed below:

Operator’s Company Name  Operator’s Registered Office  Operator’s Company Number
First Greater Western Limited  Milford House, 1 Milford Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1HL  05113733
East Coast Main Line Company Limited  East Coast House, 25 Skeldergate, York, England, YO1 6DH  04659708
East Midland Trains Limited  Prospect House, No1 Prospect Place, Millennium Way, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8HG  05340682
West Coast Trains Limited  The Battleship Building, 179 Harrow Road, London W2 6NB  03007940
Trenitalia C2C Limited  Cutlers Court, 115 Houndsditch, London, England, EC3A 7BR  07897267
First MTR South Western Trains Limited  4th Floor, Capital House, 25 Chapel Street, London NW1 5DH  07900320
Govia Thameslink Railway Limited  3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 6EE  07934306

The Chiltern Railway Company Limited  
Arriva Plc, 1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland, SR3 3XP
 
3007939
London & South Eastern Railway Limited  3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 6EE  04860660
Abellio East Anglia Limited  2nd Floor, St Andrew's House, 18-20 St Andrew Street, London, United Kingdom, EC4A 3AG  07861414
West Midlands Trains Limited  2nd Floor, St Andrew's House, 18-20 St Andrew Street, London, United Kingdom, EC4A 3AG  09860466
Abellio Scotrail LTD  5th Floor, Culzean Building, 36 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 1LU
 SC450732
Arriva Rail London Limited  1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR3 3XP 04165861
Arriva Rail North Limited  C/O Arriva Plc, 1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR3 3XP 04337712
Arriva Trains Wales/Rheilffyrdd Arriva Cymru Limited  St Mary’s House, 47 Penarth Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 5DJ
 04165863
Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Limited  Rail House, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 1JF  04356933
MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited  Providence House, Providence Place, Islington, London, N1 0NT  08754715
Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited  Basement And Ground Floor Premises, 1-5 Union Street, Inverness, IV1 1PP  SC477821
First Transpennine Express Limited  4th Floor, Capital House, 25 Chapel Street, London, United Kingdom, NW1 5DH  09111801

I am also interested in knowing why some TOCs accept Inboundary Travelcards on their services, but others do not. Why for example does South Western accept them but LNER does not.
This is due to either a Train Operating Company not operating services within the London area, or when their trains do not serve any station within the London zonal area apart from a London terminus. In these circumstances it is therefore not possible to make a journey on the services of such an Operator wholly within the London zonal area for which an Inboundary Travelcard is valid.

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Yours sincerely

Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London

 

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