STUDENT RAIL TRAVEL

gabriella

so many thing I want to say, don't know where to start, worried about saying something on these forums that I maybe should'nt!!!!!! I'm now incandescent with rage, I'm lighting up like a beacon. Maybe it's the wine!!

crana9

Thank you, but you can only use that after 10am in the morning, I think you will find that colleges and uni's start at 9am

you can use them on the way home though perhaps.

gabriella

No, he travels back after 4, and even if it was earlier I think this card only gives you a saving of something like 40p a day.

fragster

it is still some help, i have one and it gives u a 3rd off all train tickets after 10am, and before 10am it gives you discount but there is a minimum price of £8
so if its £10 return you should still be able to get it for £8, or it might work out cheaper to get single in morning without discount and then 1/3rd discount for the journey home.
I'm a student myself and I have to agree free travel would be great, but since it doesnt look likely with this govt. or the next i'll jsut keep saving as much as i can, tell him to join this site, its saved me loads

http://www.youngpersons-railcard.co.uk/ is the official website of the card too so u can double check everything

Savvy_Sue

Presumably he's a year too old for the Educational Maintenance Allowance which is being paid to 16 year olds, ie those who did GCSEs last year? I think it's a rip-off that it's not also being paid to 17 year olds in their second year of A level study: I bet they'll have abolished it before the younger two get there!

Does the College have any hardship allowances? It could be worth asking, especially if it's such a struggle your son is thinking of giving up.

crana9

No, he travels back after 4, and even if it was earlier I think this card only gives you a saving of something like 40p a day.

how do you get it being 40p, is there some kind of limit on it? if it's £10/day that's £5/journey so 1/3 of that woukld be about £1.60.

also why does he travel back after 4 if one of the days is a half-day? ???


ps. it might be worth getting him to get a job so he can pay his own (or at least part of) his travel expenses, especially as he only does 3.5 days at college.

fragster

as i said in my post there is a limit, minimum payment for ticket is £8 before 10am.
and maybe the half day is in the afternoon... ::)