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The earliest APTIS version of the Senior Citizen Railcard. The first revision, from January 1988. A change in October 1988: the background lettering becomes brown. The Senior Railcard is an annual card available to people aged 60 and over, which gives discounts on certain types of railway ticket in Britain.
The railcard was known at that time as the Senior Citizen Railcard. In 1992, however, the "new" Senior Railcard was phased in; the standard discount became 34%, and there was no longer a discount for accompanying children. The discount is now 33.4%. Again, not all ticket types qualify for a discount.
The Network Railcard is a discount card introduced in 1986 by British Rail, upon the creation of their Network SouthEast sector in parts of Southern England. The card is intended to encourage leisure travel by rail by offering discounts for adults and accompanying children on a wide range of off-peak fares.
Train operators are preparing to trim railcard discounts, with a pro-rail group describing the move as “a step in the wrong direction”. The PA news agency understands fare reductions will be ...
Support for smartcards and mobile apps as of November 2024; Train operating company Smartcard issued Routes supported by smartcards for: Season tickets Pay-as-you-go Single, Return and Day Travelcards loaded to the card Concessionary passes Smartcards and mobile apps EMV credit / debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay
The U.S. National Parks present a lifetime pass tailored for seniors, aptly named the Senior Pass. Priced at only $80, this pass bestows access to over 2,000 federal recreation sites.
Oyster cards can be used to store season tickets of both travelcards and bus passes (of one week or more), and a Pay-as-you-go balance. An Oyster card can hold up to three season tickets at the same time. Season tickets are Bus & Tram Passes or Travelcards lasting 7 days, 1 month, or any duration up to one year (annual).
Introduced in 1974 on an experimental basis, under the name Student Card, and expanded into the Student Railcard later that year, it was the first of the many Railcards which formed part of British Rail's array of concessionary fare schemes, and which still exist on the post-privatisation railway network.