Citymapper launches London travel pass that's cheaper than Oyster
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Citymapper has today launched a London travel pass that offers cheaper fares than an Oyster travelcard.
Last week the transport app confirmed that it would launch a subscription travel pass that would offer unlimited travel via any mode of transport. The first city for the roll-out is London.
A Citymapper “Super Pass” costs £31 a week and covers unlimited public transport – London Underground, DLR, Overground, rail services and buses – in London zones one and two.
That makes it £4.10 cheaper than the equivalent Oyster travelcard, which costs £35.10 a week. It’s also cheaper than the contactless cap, which is set at the same price as the travelcard.
For heavier transport users, a “Super Duper Pass” costs £39 a week and covers all public transport, Santander cycle hire and £10 worth of Citymapper cab rides. Both passes can be paused or cancelled easily and will be integrated with the Citymapper app.
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"Tropical Storm Barijat was just passing over Hong Kong, bringing with it this crepuscular ray that brightened up a part of Kowloon" - Tse Yuk Wai
Tse Yuk Wai
2/27 Singapore - Cities
"This was taken at the top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore. It’s an amazing place, offering breathtaking views of downtown, with people frolicking in the infinity pool in the foreground" - Robert Huberman
Robert Huberman
3/27 Kyoto, Japan - People
"This 17-year-old girl has been training to become a geisha for the past two years. Until she qualifies, she wears half-painted lips, signalling to her clientele that she’s still learning" - Sharon Kynaston
Sharon Kynaston
4/27 Kolkata, India - Cities
"A taxi driver leans against his yellow Ambassador cab — one of the icons of the city — reading a newspaper before the day begins" - Annapurna Mellor
Annapurna Mellor
5/27 Alaska, USA - Nature
"Heavy snow fell one night during my visit to the city of Homer. As I lay in the snow to capture shots of bald eagles, two began squabbling, sending the fresh white powder flying" - Julia Wainwright
Julia Wainwright
6/27 Kandy Central Market, Sri Lanka - Food
"Everything in a busy market feels magnified — all your senses are pushed to the limit
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8/27 Mount Mikeno, Democratic Republic of Congo - Nature
"Some of the world’s last mountain gorillas live on the slopes of Mount Mikeno. This is a female from the Humba family, a habituated group that lives near Virunga’s Bukima station" - Daniel Burton
Daniel Burton
9/27 Leh, India - Food
"I was walking through the streets of Leh — a town in the Indian region of Ladakh — when I saw two workers at this bakery, churning out bread from an oven. It felt like an authentic moment in the life of the town" - Marco Anfossi
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"This was taken outside a taverna while I was watching fishermen hang octopus out to dry. For me, the image perfectly captures how people live on Skiathos — slow and steady, but with love for what they do" - David Fargher
David Fargher
11/27 Kampala, Uganda - People
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Mikael Molander
12/27 Yosemite Valey, USA - Nature
"I took this image on a day off from climbing in Yosemite Valley. I spotted two climbers* approaching El Cap Tower — it looked like they were lost in a sea of granite" - Alex Palmer
*Climbers can just about be spotted in the bottom left of the image
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"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
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14/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
15/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
16/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
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17/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
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18/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
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19/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
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"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
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21/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
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"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
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24/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
Original Communist propaganda featuring Chairman Mao's trademark beneficent smile.
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26/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
The town barber awaits customers in his 'salon'
Simon Urwin
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Lunchtime in the restaurant 'A Heavenly Table', a former Communist canteen which served free food to workers.
Simon Urwin
1/27 Hong Kong - Cities
"Tropical Storm Barijat was just passing over Hong Kong, bringing with it this crepuscular ray that brightened up a part of Kowloon" - Tse Yuk Wai
Tse Yuk Wai
2/27 Singapore - Cities
"This was taken at the top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore. It’s an amazing place, offering breathtaking views of downtown, with people frolicking in the infinity pool in the foreground" - Robert Huberman
Robert Huberman
3/27 Kyoto, Japan - People
"This 17-year-old girl has been training to become a geisha for the past two years. Until she qualifies, she wears half-painted lips, signalling to her clientele that she’s still learning" - Sharon Kynaston
Sharon Kynaston
4/27 Kolkata, India - Cities
"A taxi driver leans against his yellow Ambassador cab — one of the icons of the city — reading a newspaper before the day begins" - Annapurna Mellor
Annapurna Mellor
5/27 Alaska, USA - Nature
"Heavy snow fell one night during my visit to the city of Homer. As I lay in the snow to capture shots of bald eagles, two began squabbling, sending the fresh white powder flying" - Julia Wainwright
Julia Wainwright
6/27 Kandy Central Market, Sri Lanka - Food
"Everything in a busy market feels magnified — all your senses are pushed to the limit
— presenting an abundance of photographic opportunities"
Pablo Borrego
7/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - People
"One of the owners of a fabric boutique in Marrakech showed us this almost apocalyptic scene of a worker dyeing wool - it was dirty, hot and a pungent smell filled the air" - Justin Cliffe
Justin Cliffe
8/27 Mount Mikeno, Democratic Republic of Congo - Nature
"Some of the world’s last mountain gorillas live on the slopes of Mount Mikeno. This is a female from the Humba family, a habituated group that lives near Virunga’s Bukima station" - Daniel Burton
Daniel Burton
9/27 Leh, India - Food
"I was walking through the streets of Leh — a town in the Indian region of Ladakh — when I saw two workers at this bakery, churning out bread from an oven. It felt like an authentic moment in the life of the town" - Marco Anfossi
Marco Anfossi
10/27 Skiathos, Greece - Food
"This was taken outside a taverna while I was watching fishermen hang octopus out to dry. For me, the image perfectly captures how people live on Skiathos — slow and steady, but with love for what they do" - David Fargher
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11/27 Kampala, Uganda - People
"During summer, I visited a village in the Kampala District. I don’t know the name of the boy who curiously looked through a hole in the door at me, but suddenly he was there, his eye perfectly framed by the wooden structure" - Mikael Molander
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12/27 Yosemite Valey, USA - Nature
"I took this image on a day off from climbing in Yosemite Valley. I spotted two climbers* approaching El Cap Tower — it looked like they were lost in a sea of granite" - Alex Palmer
*Climbers can just about be spotted in the bottom left of the image
Alex Palmer
13/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
14/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
15/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
16/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
17/27 Wrangel Island, Russia - Portfolio
"The buildings at Doubtful Harbour are decaying slowly. The rangers who work here are tasked with protecting the wildlife in this federally protected nature sanctuary" - Claire Waring
Claire Waring
18/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
Mick Ryan
19/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
Mick Ryan
20/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
Mick Ryan
21/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
Mick Ryan
22/27 Marrakesh, Morocco - Portfolio
"Navigating the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, the local people and their everyday lives are fascinating to watch, with a mix of buyers, sellers, musicians and observers on every corner" - Mick Ryan
Mick Ryan
23/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
"Deep in the western suburbs of Sichuan's capital Chengdu, lies Peng Zhen, a town barely touched by the hands of time, and where the shadow of Chairman Mao and his Cultural Revolution still looms large" - Simon Urwin
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24/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
Original Communist propaganda featuring Chairman Mao's trademark beneficent smile.
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25/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
Qingyuan Xu, Pengzhen's traditional medicine practitioner in his doctor's 'surgery'. Qingyuan, 78, began studying traditional medicine at the age of eight under the tutelage of Master Liu, one of the physicians to Chiang Kai-shek, the former Chinese leader who was ousted by the Communists and forced to flee to Taiwan.
Simon Urwin
26/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
The town barber awaits customers in his 'salon'
Simon Urwin
27/27 Pengzhen, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Portfolio
Lunchtime in the restaurant 'A Heavenly Table', a former Communist canteen which served free food to workers.
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“We believe ease of ticketing is essential for public transport to compete with private players, and this is important for the future of congested and complex cities,” Citymapper said in a Medium post outlining the thinking behind the new pass.
“But we’re developing a more complete and tailored experience for regular commuters: all transport integrated in one place, personalised, with a comprehensive app they use every day.”
A Transport for London spokesperson told The Independent that Citymapper has confirmed that TfL will still receive the correct fare for any journeys made.
“We are aware of Citymapper’s plans to introduce a subscription model, bundling together a number of transport options in London, and welcome products which promote public transport, walking and cycling,” the spokesperson added.
The pass is available to buy through the Citymapper app. Users will need to have the latest version of Citymapper to purchase the pass.
The pass is available as a physical card in Citymapper green, or through Apple and Google Pay.
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