Can I get a Freedom Pass if I get PIP?

You'll automatically get the disabled person's Freedom Pass if you meet one of the following criteria: receive the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance. receive eight points or more in the 'moving around' component of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)



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If you get PIP you may be entitled to extra money on top of your existing benefits, a reduction in your council tax or road tax bills and discounts on travel. You'll need your PIP award letter before you can apply for this extra help. This award letter is sometimes called a PIP award notice.

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Travel free on bus, tram, Tube, DLR, London Overground and Elizabeth line. You can travel free on TfL services with your Older Person's Freedom Pass from 09:00 weekdays and anytime at weekends and on bank holidays. If you have a Disabled Person's Freedom Pass, you can still travel at any time on our services.

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Eligibility. There are two type of Freedom Passes: an Older Person's Freedom Pass (OPFP) and a Disabled Person's Freedom Pass (DPFP); the former has a blue right hand edge band and the latter a yellow one to enable transport operators to quickly identify which concessions are applicable.

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The Older Person's Freedom pass allows its holders to travel for free across the TfL Network, with some time restrictions on certain modes of transport – please check with TfL prior to your journey. The eligibility criteria is based on age, which rises in line with the Women's state pension age.

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You can also get your Disabled Persons Railcard discount loaded onto your Oyster card to save 1/3 on single peak or off-peak pay as you go fares on London Underground and Docklands Light Railway services in London.

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