Request ID: FOI-2635-2223 Date published: 07 February 2023
You asked
I would like a copy of the report that established the regime of having to use pink readers. I travel from ilford to Wood Green via Stratford. If I do not tap the pink reader I am charged as if I travelled to a destination in zone 1. As tfl know when I tap in at ilford and know when I tap out at Wood Green why do I need to tap the pink readers ?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2635-2223
Thank you for your request which we received on 18 January 2023, asking for information about pink card readers.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm TfL does hold the information you require.
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.
Attached is the Mayor’s Direction from 2009, which sets out the rationale and approval for pink readers, which you might find useful.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some 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
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
