Aibu to resent paying more for DD’s train ticket now she’s turned 16

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DD is 16
She’s still in school and will be for two more years
How can train companies, and others, justify charging her ‘adult prices’?
I haven’t noticed her income going up

Can you get her a railcard?

Not as much as I resent paying adult prices for holidays and anything else for my 14 and 12 year olds. I think it’s disgusting!

Not as much as I resent paying adult prices for holidays and anything else for my 14 and 12 year olds. I think it’s disgusting!

This!

Student railcard, that’s what they’re made for, surely?

16-25 Railcard.

In theory she should be getting herself a wee Saturday job to pay for it? And she can’t sit on your lap/fit 3 to a seat. There has to be a cut off somewhere.

Rail card won’t work at peak times mine dosnt and that’s when they would be going to school

1/3 off all dates, no travel restrictions, with 16-25railcard.

You can'r use a railcard to go to school! They are for off peak travel only. My children travel by train to school every day and I also feel that it is unfair that they pay the full adult price (of a season ticket) for that from 16.

dates? that should say “fares”!

When I was at school we had a 16-19 pass if you were still studying. It allowed us to get on the bus or train for children’s fares - I’m guessing that doesn’t still exist?

From the train line site:

“The 16-25 Railcard – sometimes called the Student Railcard, or Young Persons Railcard – is a great way to keep travel costs down when you’re on a budget because, with one of these in your hand, you’ll get 1/3 off your train tickets.

You can use this Railcard to get cheap train tickets for your journeys to work, university or college, as well as using it for any journeys you make in your own free time. You can even use it to get cheap train tickets when you travel First Class, making long journeys more comfortable. There are no travel time restrictions with a 16-25 Railcard, so whether you have an early morning lecture, or you’re rolling home in the wee hours after a night out, you can still apply your discount.

The only requirement? As the name suggests, you have to be aged 16-25 when you buy the Railcard to qualify for the discount. And it doesn’t matter if you look young, sorry, you’ll have to provide ID to make sure you’re within the age limits. You can either buy a one-year Railcard for £30, or a three-year Railcard for £70, which can be bought up until the day before your 24th birthday.

Cheap train tickets are just the beginning with a 16-25 Railcard, there’s also a 20% discount on Virgin Experience Days and up to 60% off selected London West End musicals.“

irregular There are no travel restrictions.

Actually I am wrong. You can use it at peak times. But there is a £12 minimum fare at that time. Why??? Just so that it excludes those using it for a daily short commute to school college?

Info here www.thetrainline.com/information/railcards?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwJTju97E2gIVQuEbCh2G_gebEAAYAiAAEgK9fPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CIOpuL_exNoCFTED0wodx-MIBQ#studentrailcard

"A £12 minimum fare applies for journeys starting between 4.30am-10am Monday to Friday excluding Advance Fares. This minimum fare does not apply on Public Holidays or throughout July and August."

Grrrrr!

www.16-25railcard.co.uk/using-your-railcard/travel-times-tickets/

My son had this problem. It should have cost him £4 for his train ticket each day when he got to 16.

He always used to take the correct fare but the lovely ticket inspector used to ignore children in school uniform, they travelled free 80% of the time.

Is that because he thought they would be free so didn’t bother checking purple?

It will be £6.40 a day for mine at 16. Half that at 15.

Actually it is less as we buy a season ticket, but that only reduces it by about 20%.

My ds who was 16 in sept and I were just talking about that today. He has to pay full fare when his friends get half price, they're in the same class at school and although ds isn't small he's smaller than a few of his friends who get cheaper. If they got a pass or something from school that would be the fairest thing I think.

@Herefortheduration , my DD has a September birthday. However, we live in Tyne & Wear, and residents can have a POP card which entitles them to child fares within the county until the end of Year 11, so it can be done if the local authorities want to. However, the neighbouring counties don't have equivalent schemes. Go North East does have a single fare for £1 for under 18s though.

Don’t know where you are but in Surrey you can apply for a school journey rail card from the council. It is delivered to the school and gives 1/3 off the costs of travel cards for the school journey only. I used to get half a term at a time but it is valid for a weeks card. And the weeks card costs less than 5 days worth

He looked 19 at aged 16 so I guess not. None of the children in local school uniform got asked for tickets about 80% of the time.

The children went one or two stops, the journey was 6 minutes. I don't know if that made a difference.

We have a young person’s railcard but the 16-25 age bracket seems ridiculous.
At 16, almost all young people are still in the care of parents, and financially dependent.

At 25, you’re likely to be earning and independent.