SENIOR RAILCARDS help please.

ANGLICANPAT

No Dzug, I didnt think there was a problem after Id read the website cbrowne posted, I was merely responding to Post 7's eyebrow raising point!

KeithP

ANGLICANPAT wrote: »

No Dzug, I didnt think there was a problem after Id read the website cbrowne posted, I was merely responding to Post 7's eyebrow raising point!

But that was only if trying to buy tickets at a station. :beer:

glider3560

KeithP wrote: »

But if you want to buy your ticket at a station, you will probably raise eyebrows if you do not have your railcard at that time.

I never show my railcard for buying tickets at the station, even at the sin bin. I just ask for x ticket from x to x, routed via x with a 16-25 railcard. Same when I buy tickets on the train - never even get the card out of my wallet unless the guard requests to see it.

You can buy your railcard at any station with a ticket office. You need a photograph and some proof of age. They will issue it to you there and then.

When you buy your tickets, just tick the box to say you have a railcard and just make sure you have one on the day you travel.

Quentin

glider3560 wrote: »

You need a photograph and some proof of age. They will issue it to you there and then.

No photo needed for a senior railcard.

Also check your local council and see if they sell them at a discount for local residents (lots do!)

glider3560

Quentin wrote: »

No photo needed for a senior railcard.

Very strange - didn't know this. How do they prevent people passing the railcard round? Why do 16-25 railcards need a photo, but a senior railcard doesn't? And why does a senior railcard give discounts on first class, but other railcards don't?

Quentin

All questions you probably ought to put to the railcard issuers (if you do really want the answers!)

DaveMacD

Senior railcards can also be used on SDR tickets without incurring a minimum fare.

Haarlem

Dont forget that some local authority bus passes not only give you 50% discount on rail travel within the county, but also journeys into the adjacent counties.

I regularly do a round trip of 120miles, 100 of which is on a high speed train for £7.00 buying tickets on the day.

dzug1

glider3560 wrote: »

Very strange - didn't know this. How do they prevent people passing the railcard round? Why do 16-25 railcards need a photo, but a senior railcard doesn't? And why does a senior railcard give discounts on first class, but other railcards don't?

(Hides in flame proof bunker)

Coz a fair proportion of 16-25 year olds have yet to learn adult standards of honesty and are more likely to be short of cash.

OK a wild overgeneralisation but there's a grain of truth in it.

DaveMacD

There is also the fact that holders of a Senior Railcard are also more likely to hold other ID.