Transport for London Reviews 

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Evaluating 662 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people expressed significant dissatisfaction with the unreliable service, citing constant line failures, frequent delays, and buses often arriving late or terminating early. Customers found pricing excessively high, with concerns about unexpected charges and fines, and reported poor customer service, describing staff as unhelpful, arrogant, and lacking communication. Dirty and hot conditions on trains and stations were also noted. However, some customers also noted positive interactions with staff, highlighting helpful and polite individuals who went above and beyond to assist with travel or lost items.

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Staff

Users describe negative interactions with staff, frequently citing incompetence, lack of training, and... See more

Service

People report negative experiences with service, describing it as embarrassing, awful, and disgraceful, with... See more

Payment

Customers had negative experiences with payment, citing issues with hidden charges, incorrect billing, and... See more

Price

Consumers find price to be a significant source of dissatisfaction, frequently describing it as a "money... See more

Customer service

Customers consistently note negative experiences with customer service, expressing extreme disappointment... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TFL does not help you get to work. It’s filthy, it’s uncomfortable hot and difficult to breathe while travelling on it, it feels like the last journey you’ll make alive while using it this past Summer... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Third day of the week and third days of delay and cancellations! TFL is way to expensive to regularly let down their customer. Alway give myself 20 min more time for the journey and I'm always late ho... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am being harassed by TFL . I do not own the car ,which I confirmed with DVLA. But they still expect me to pay someone else's charges . I asked for investigation and they still keep penalties. I did... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Constant line failures. Constant upgrades so lines shut. No upgrades seen. Piccadilly line is the worst for regular commute. The amount of time wasted is unjustifiable. The amount of times I tap into... See more


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Transport for London is a local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London, England.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely useless

What a useless vessel these are, just trying to get a receipt for the congestion charge is like pulling teeth. Happy to take money but customer service is non existent.

21 April 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Stunning customer service

As a result of an earlier signal failure in Finchley Road, there were no services in either direction on the northern Line in the afternoon. When some friends and I arrived at Woodside Station and learnt of the lack of services, we each were supported by a station person who spent time with each of us working out an alternative way of travel. He was really kind, helpful and considerate, many thanks! As a result we each got to our destination successfully. Huge shout out to him and many thanks!

9 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Endless intrusive announcements

Endless intrusive announcements on trains, tubes and stations. Totally unnecessary and can be damaging to those who are neuro diverse. Only emergency announcements should be given. Plus staff with too much time on their hands adding even more stupid ones - 'make sure your scarf & hat don't blow away', just now at H&C station Hammersmith, annoucer constantly saying which platform the next train is from, simply because they are under employed. It's amazing that many other countries don't do this and everyone knows what they need!! Humans are perfectly capable, and mini community forms if they don't know - they just ask another passenger!!!

9 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dismissive staff members and overcharge

On April 26th at approximately 17:05 at Luton Airport DART, my mother and I had purchased our tickets online in advance. These tickets clearly included the journey from Luton Airport to Airport Parkway, including the DART shuttle. However, when attempting to use the QR code, it did not work at the gate, so I approached your staff for assistance. The first staff member I spoke to immediately told me to tap my card and pay, without checking my ticket. After I showed her the valid tickets, she dismissed them as “third party” and called another staff member who appeared to be a supervisor, was dismissive and unprofessional. Despite clearly showing valid tickets (which I can provide as evidence), she repeatedly insisted that I had not paid without properly reviewing them. This was not my first time using DART with TrainPal, and I have never experienced this issue before. The lack of professionalism and unwillingness to properly assist was extremely disappointing.

26 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Omission of important information on…

Omission of important information on application
My 60+ oyster card wasn't letting me through the gates at Tottenham Hale Station.
Had to pay for my fare to Victoria Station.
I enquired why my card wasn't working. Was told it was invalid because I didn't pay for the annual renewal fees of £18.
My question is why wasn't I informed upon my initial application for the card at the very beginning that there is an annual renewal fee to pay?
So the solution for an invalid card is to make a fresh application and pay £36 again.

4 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Would give -0 if I could

Would give -0 if I could. Absolutely disgraceful service. When trains are delayed for nearly an hour from a station a platform worker states that staff working on site are not prepared to even go on the loudspeaker and confirm a delay and to say "we will update you when we have more information " instead he said they were prioritising other tasks while walking away with a bin bag!!! What sort of customer care and information is that!!

6 May 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I got stuck at Hackney Central Station…

I got stuck at Hackney Central Station and my oyster card was not working so I approached one of the customer service personnel called Oluwarotimi Jimbola and he took his time to contact the office for me on his phone and made sure I was sorted and finally my card was registered and resolved. This man deserves to be recognised and recommended 👌

30 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TFL not fit for purpose

My Oyster +60 card was cancelled without any notification. The customer service advised they had sent me 3 emails. I have not received any correspondence from them for over 12 months ! I have now had to apply for a new card and they requested a 10 digit passport number mine is 9 !;The customer service admitted there are issues and they are being fixed ! Now have to pay a further £36 and apply via the post office as still not receiving emails.

2 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Charged for a Ulez penalty on a vehicle…

Charged for a Ulez penalty on a vehicle i have not owned for 5 years! I had an old autopay account which I did not use and they charged that, then sent the payment to a depth collection agency as the card linked to the account had expired.
They do not check DVLA apparently.

5 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Opportunities to Fleece Customers?

I lost my 60+ Oystercard and paid for a replacement card which was delivered to my home address, and have happily been using it since. 2 months later I received a request to confirm my continuing eligibility for the card based on my address. So despite receiving and using a replacement card recently sent to me, I still have to pay to confirm my home address, even though their records will show the card was received and is being used. Is this a money making scam? Is their a team developing other ways to squeeze money out of passengers?

27 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Zero. Embarrassing.

Zero! Poor service, smelly tube stations and seats, staffs not helpful and do nothing about people pushing through barrier and not paying for their journey. Fairs increasing and constant tube strikes but no improvement on services, very embarrassing really. If you’re a tourist find an alternative way to travel. Avoid taking the tube as it will make your life a misery.

2 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bank Holiday weekend TFL in a mess

Bank Holiday weekend and travel on the underground is a mess. Cancellations, delays and disruption the order of the day. The buck stops with Sadiq Khan. The service has declined significantly during his tenure. Do the right thing Mr. Khan, resign and let someone who knows what they're doing run London's critical transportation service.

2 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AUTOPAY - DO NOT TRUST THEM

AUTOPAY - DO NOT TRUST IT
That is all I came here to say.
I've been stung with 3 PCN's due to a failure with autopay.

Absolute disgrace of a service. In a day where cars drive themselves and a robot delivers my shopping, TFL cannot even send emails properly.
I know people who work at TFL and so I cannot say I am surprised.

29 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Last Friday a journey of 30 minutes…

Last Friday a journey of 30 minutes took me on hour and a half because of their strikes.

Today another severe delays in Northern lines why on earth should I involve in this by get me stressed and affect my journeys .

You should pay compensation and the government should take actions .

This is not acceptable it's ridiculous!

TFL is the world most expensive transportation!

29 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bakerloop

The so called express bus BL1 is quite the fundraising hoax!
The number 21 is almost every time I use BL1 faster than the so called express bus. BL1 is completely useless!

29 April 2026
Unprompted review

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