Request ID: FOI-0871-2425 Date published: 31 July 2024
You asked
Please can i have a copy of the rules that govern TFL bus inspections for passengers getting on a bus, on a current journey on a bus and when a passenger has vacated a bus
CLARIFICATION
I asking in regards to bus ticket inspections, for example if a passenger steps off a bus after their journey, what is the rules for a bus ticket inspector asking to check their oyster/payment card even though they are on a public street.
We answered
TfL Ref: 0871-2425
Thank you for your clarified request received by us on 12 July 2024 asking for information about bus ticket inspections. 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 have asked specifically:
if a passenger steps off a bus after their journey, what is the rules for a bus ticket inspector asking to check their oyster/payment card even though they are on a public street.
The power to ask for a ticket for inspection exists at any time during the passenger’s journey and therefore requests to see a ticket should be made whilst the passenger is still on board the bus and before they alight. As long as the request has been initiated before the passenger exits the bus, it is a legitimate and ongoing request.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
