Over 60 rail card
nanamags
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I am 60 in May and I can apply for my bus pass up to 3 months before my birthday and it will be delivered approx a week before.[ I live on Merseyside and 60 is still the eligible age. Very MSE as I normally pay £600.00 for a yearly bus pass.]
Does anyone know how soon I can apply for a rail card as there is no info on the website? I am planning on travelling by train the day before my birthday so will obviously be buying in advance to save money.
Thanks
Mags
Does anyone know how soon I can apply for a rail card as there is no info on the website? I am planning on travelling by train the day before my birthday so will obviously be buying in advance to save money.
Thanks
Mags
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You dont get your bus pass these days till you are eligible, and it will be around when you actually qualify for your state pension.
Rail cards, dont know whether you realise that these are not free, you have to buy them at a discounted price.
You wont be able to use them until after you qualify and I dont know if this is linked to your pension age either.
Check on the website for details.make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
Senior Railcards are available from your 60th birthday.
Currently cost £26 for one year, or £65 for three years.
There are often offers of 10% or 25% discounts... bringing the one year card's price down to £23.40 or £19.50.
As suggested above, see the website.0 -
Senior railcards are excellent, they reduce late booking to much lower costs and early bookings can be very cheap:cool:0
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Just worth pointing out that if you are eligible for a Disabled Persons Railcard, then that can work out better value, because any companion also gets a discount, whether disabled or not. Disability can include a hearing loss.Signature removed for peace of mind0
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You can buy rail tickets online using a senior railcard without actually having the railcard - as long as you have one when you actually travel. The website doesn't ask for any 'proof'
So you could buy the tickets in advance online and buy the railcard at the station on the day of travel.0 -
You can buy rail tickets online using a senior railcard without actually having the railcard - as long as you have one when you actually travel. The website doesn't ask for any 'proof'
So you could buy the tickets in advance online and buy the railcard at the station on the day of travel.Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
Just a note to male readers of this topic ....
Some councils have a policy of not age-descriminating for men - so for example Test Valley Borough Council state:You may apply provided that you are a full-time, permanent resident within the Test Valley Borough Council area, and fall into one (or more) of the following categories:- You are a woman who has reached state pension age
- You are a man who has reached the pensionable age of a woman born on the same day as you (see Eligibility date)
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Just a note to male readers of this topic ....
Some councils have a policy of not age-descriminating for men - so for example Test Valley Borough Council state:
It's clearly worthwhile checking and not presuming that men will not get their passes until their normal retirement age.
Worth checking yes - but I (a male) have had a bus pass since I was 60 and I don't think the age limit has changed other than in line with the female pension age.
And I don't think it's council policy - it's national0 -
This topic is about Railcards not the National Bus Pass.
The Senior Railcard is nothing to do with the local council. Its terms & conditions have not changed. It is available to anyone over 60 for a fee.
(It is a requirement for ALL English councils to offer a bus passes to men from the current WOMEN's retirement age which is increasing from month to month from 60 to 65. Nowhere do men currently have to wait until 65.)0 -
Still 60 for a bus pass in Wales and Scotland.
Tesco sell Rail Passes for £26, presumably you key in a number to the relevant website.0
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