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Today, when passengers buy a ticket with a railcard discount, they are assumed to know the rules. ... That is the situation facing some young people holding 16-25 railcards in the north of England ...
The 16–25 Railcard is an annual card giving discounts on certain types of railway ticket in Britain. It is available to anybody aged between 16 and 25 (inclusive), and certain mature students aged 26 and above, and is currently priced at £ 30.00 (as of 19 May 2013).
The Railcard was launched nationally on 3 March 2014 [5] at a cost of £30.00, although for the first six months a 10% discount was given if it was bought online and a promotional code was quoted. [1] The Two Together Railcard was the first new Railcard scheme to be launched for more than 30 years. [6]
The 16-17 Saver was introduced in 2019 [3] in order to allow people aged 16 and 17 to access child fares, which are normally only available to children under 16. [4] The railcard costs £30.00 for a year (or until the holder's 18th birthday, whichever is sooner), [5] and offers up to 50% off rail fares, the same as child rate tickets.
Unlike the 2022 Rail Sale, railcard discounts do not apply. But children aged 5-15 travel half-price. Tickets please: Great Western Railway hub, London Paddington (Simon Calder)
Examples of Anytime Return fare increases for railcard holders include from £194.15 to £195.90 from Cardiff to London, and from £72.60 to £73.25 from Birmingham to Manchester.
Rounding was done in the passenger's favour: for example, a Railcard discount of one-third would be rounded to 34% (i.e. 66% of the full fare), downwards to the nearest £0.05. In fact, APTIS could apply any whole discount from 1% up to 99% and it was how the various companies decided what discount to apply e.g. Senior Citizen at 33%.
The most recent change involving the discount structure happened as from 29 May 2000, and involved the introduction of another new ticket stock with a changed logo, red upper band and new form number A (RSP 4599/253; all previous APTIS Family Railcards had used BR 4599/19, or RSP 4599/19 after privatisation.) [6] All adult fares received a 34% discount, representing an improvement in respect ...