Central Trains £5 tickets (over 50s only)

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  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    I was birth registered as the 30th yet born on the 20th, so lost out on cheap buses and trains AND old age pension.
    H.M Government said to get a declaration from any living relative to prove it. For example, birthday parties, that sort of thing.

    Whats a birthday party, I said, we never had birthday parties, we were so poor we lived in a hole in the ground, covered by a piece of tarpaulin, but we were happy. :-))
  • trevored
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    Ken68 wrote:
    I was birth registered as the 30th yet born on the 20th, so lost out on cheap buses and trains AND old age pension.
    H.M Government said to get a declaration from any living relative to prove it. For example, birthday parties, that sort of thing.

    Whats a birthday party, I said, we never had birthday parties, we were so poor we lived in a hole in the ground, covered by a piece of tarpaulin, but we were happy. :-))

    You had a tarpaulin?! We had to use a piece of tatty old lino!!
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    We upgraded to a cardboard box, but we were 'appy.
  • Stompa
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    Does anybody know if Central Trains will be running a similar scheme this year? Nothing on the website yet, I'm probably just being a bit too eager!
    Stompa
  • Stompa
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    Stompa wrote: »
    Does anybody know if Central Trains will be running a similar scheme this year? Nothing on the website yet, I'm probably just being a bit too eager!

    Answering my own question, the good news is they are:

    http://www.centraltrains.co.uk/templates/over50TrainRoutes.aspx?id=2274
    Stompa
  • hardpressed
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    If I understand it correctly I can do Cambridge to Manchester Piccadilly for £10 return, then on to my destination for £9 return, plus £8.60 to get to Cambridge from my local station. Total £27.60 instead of the cheapest fare I can find of two £20 singles. Saving £12.40.
  • Stompa
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    hardpressed wrote: »
    If I understand it correctly I can do Cambridge to Manchester Piccadilly for £10 return, then on to my destination for £9 return, plus £8.60 to get to Cambridge from my local station. Total £27.60 instead of the cheapest fare I can find of two £20 singles. Saving £12.40.

    Sounds right to me. The only problem might be the slowness of the trains. I did Cambridge-Nottingham and Cambridge-Birmingham last year and the trains were very slow.
    Stompa
  • hardpressed
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    Do you have to travel only on Central trains. Cambridge to Manchester is only partly Central the rest in One railways?
  • juno
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    Yay! I can get rid of my daddy for a while! :j
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    100% paid off :j
  • martinbuckley
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    hardpressed wrote: »
    Do you have to travel only on Central trains. Cambridge to Manchester is only partly Central the rest in One railways?

    Central Trains run a service from Birmingham to Stanstead, via Peterborough, Ely & Cambridge.
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