No railcards for the 'middle-aged'???

lisyloo

*Rainbow*Warrior* wrote: »

Because I would LIKE to travel more but train tickets are just too expensive

Advance tickets that come out 12 weeks beforehand are quite cheap.

We buy them all the time, often within hours of being released.

Mrs_Ryan

HappyMJ wrote: »

What is the reason you wish to travel by train?

I live in Burton on Trent and we have a ticket called a Derbyshire Wayfarer which is a discounted ticket that railcards can not be used with as it's already heavily discounted.

That ticket get's me anywhere in Derbyshire on trains and buses and also up to Sheffield and back again for just £12.40. A day return to Sheffield is normally £26.50


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Thank you for the tip on that! I live on the Burton bus route and although I do have a Disabled railcard, being able to travel to Sheffield for £12 will still save me about a fiver- it's much about the same distance to Burton as it is Leicester so I might try that next time- cheers

rubuhoeikanaika

There's no national railcard for you because you are the agegroup that doesn't need to be tempted onto the trains. A large fraction of your cohort are commuters who basically have no choice but to pay the high fares.

barbarawright

If *everyone* had discounted fares, then the prices would have to go up, surely.