Are WFH Fridays here to stay? Sadiq Khan’s 24m cheap fares plan to lure Londoners back to the office ‘flops’ [Video]

The mayor’s “off peak Fridays” initiative ran for 13 weeks, starting on March 8 and concluding on May 31.

The temporary scrapping of peak rates – including on the Elizabeth line, London Overground and mainline commuter trains within the capital – meant savings of between 10p and £2 per journey.

But it failed to reverse the trend of many Londoners choosing Friday as a day to work from home and stay away from their central London workplace.

A TfL analysis of the initiative said: “There was no noticeable difference in the number of pay as you go journeys made at peak times during the trial compared to pre-trial.”

It said that passengers travelling in from the suburbs stood to save most but there was “no material demand growth was observed irrespective of the size of discount available”.

Sir Sadiq, speaking at a London Assembly meeting at City Hall on Wednesday, said he was now considering incentives such as free coffees for passengers …