TfL Ref: 2097-1819

Thank you for your email received by us on 10 November 2018 asking for information about bus drivers who hold TfL staff passes.

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:

which transport services are bus drivers who hold TfL staff pass are able to use as part of the staff pass scheme? Please list.

Are they allowed to use C2C, Overground? Rails within zone 1-6?

The majority of Bus Drivers who work for private bus companies on Transport for London (TfL) routes will hold a Bus Operator pass; these passes have serial numbers beginning with 003. Such passes can be used on TfL services including London Underground, London Overground, TfL Rail, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and London Buses with the TfL Roundel visible. They are not valid on National Rail services.

There are some bus drivers who transferred from London Transport who hold TfL Staff Passes, these passes have serial numbers beginning with 001. The passes can be used on TfL services including London Underground, London Overground, TfL Rail, DLR and London Buses featuring the TfL Roundel. They can also be used on a number of inter-available National Rail routes between the following stations only:

Amersham - Marylebone
Finsbury Park - Moorgate (Via Drayton Park Only) Fenchurch Street -
Upminster Stratford - Liverpool Street Kentish Town - Elephant &
Castle or London Bridge Euston - Watford Junction

Currently C2C operate services which include Fenchurch Street to Upminster. TfL Staff Passes (with a prefix serial number of 001) can use this service as part of the inter-available route between these stations only.

Please note that TfL staff passes are not based on a zonal structure.

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Yours sincerely

Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London