London’s Weekend Hopper will let passengers make unlimited bus and tram journeys for £1.75 a day on summer weekends, beginning on 25 July and running through 31 August 2026.

Purple London Tramlink tram 2554 entering Therapia Lane stop in Croydon
London Tramlink vehicle 2554 approaches Therapia Lane in Croydon. Illustrative image; it does not depict the Weekend Hopper launch. Photo: P L Chadwick / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0

How the £1.75 Weekend Hopper works?

Under the new offer, passengers using pay as you go can make unlimited journeys on London buses and trams on Saturdays and Sundays for the price of one adult single fare. The promotion also covers the August Bank Holiday on Monday, 31 August.

According to Transport for London’s fare guidance⁠, the offer starts at 04:30 on 25 July and ends at 23:59 on 31 August. Passengers must touch in with the same Oyster card, contactless card or mobile device throughout the day, and the discount is applied automatically.

The existing Hopper fare will continue alongside the promotion, allowing unlimited bus and tram journeys within one hour of the first touch-in. Bus and tram fares are also frozen until 1 November 2026, keeping the adult single fare at £1.75 during the trial.

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Six-week trial will test passenger response

The approved mayoral decision⁠ describes the Weekend Hopper as a six-week trial supported by a £20 million allocation for fares innovation. TfL will assess its effect on ridership and revenue before reporting findings that could inform future fares policy.

Around 1.7 million people use London buses on a typical weekend, making about 4.1 million journeys. Roughly 880,000 Hopper journeys are already recorded each weekend, while more than one billion Hopper journeys have been made since the original fare launched in 2016.

For a family of two adults and two under-16s, the City Hall example⁠ puts a full day of bus travel at £3.50. A family making three or more journeys could save up to £7 in one day or £14 across both weekend days.

TfL has also promoted the launch with frog-themed bus liveries. The offer ends after 31 August, when the normal one-hour Hopper rules will again apply on weekends.

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