LOTRO's Server Transfers Begin September 14th

Lord of the Rings Online's free server transfers begin on September 14th, as part of LOTRO's worlds consolidation and move to a new data center. Players with characters on Estel and Elendilmir will be able to transfer to one of the remaining servers by clicking the "Transfer" button underneath the "Play" button in the launcher. 10 world will remain at the end of the year, 5 US and 5 EU. On October 1st transfers between the remaining 10 servers will once again require payment, but players leaving their home world will be able to transfer for free until the end of the year, when the servers shut down for good.

You can read the original server transfer article on the Lord of the Rings Online website.