By the mid-Seventies, the first pensioners had got their Freedom Passes (initially only for buses). They offered significant savings: by 1980, a two-and-a-half-mile journey on a bus run by the London ...

Then and Now: London's transport in photographs is on now at London Transport Museum, and is included in the museum ticket price. This exhibition runs until spring 2026.

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