that travel costs can't be pro-rated for part timers

[maltesermum]

I work 3 days a week and travel by train but I don't benefit from buying any type of season ticket, be it weekly, monthly or annual. I find it grossly unfair that in employment there is legislation to protect part timers from unfavourable treatment, but this seems to be one big loop hole where part timers are seriously disadvantaged.

It also works against legislation designed to encourage flexibility in the workplace which is currently being extended. This seems nonsensical.

Surely it should be possible to buy a season ticket which allows travel only on certain days, or a maximum number of days per year, at a pro-rata cost to an annual ticket? Or even to share a ticket with someone - after all, you're just buying one seat on the train.

oh but they are losing customers I go by coach as I cant get a season ticket on the train be it weekly, monthly or yearly.

There is also a big difference to someone travelling 3 days every week to 1 day every month. I also think it is obvious they are not a charity with the price of the fares exactly why are they the most expensive in Europe?

I think bulk buying tickets would be the easy for train companies to manage this. Why should people who only travel 5 days benefit either, travel on the other 2 days should be mandatory as well seeing as they seem to be the only people keeping the trains running and all!

"Travelling on the other 2 days should be mandatory" Don't be stupid - people who have TFL season ticket don't pay for 5 days they pay for 7 days (if travelling on a weekly ticket)or for the whole month/year including weekends.

People travelling on a season ticket get a discount that means it's cheaper for them than buying separate tickets over a 5 days period. Therefore they are not paying for 7 days travel they are in fact getting cheaper travel than normal every day. As some seem very concerned about the train companies profits I would suggest they forgo the benefit and purchase standard tickets on a daily basis which would definitely help. Come on if it wasn't cheaper than normal why would anyone bother?

Part time workers don't get this benefit generally if they work 3 days or less as although they can buy a season travel it is unlikely to be cheaper than buying separate daily tickets. The world of work is changing time and its time the transport system caught up with it.

You are right though why can't anyone benefit from cheaper fares not just workers. This could be done if we could buy bulk tickets of 10 50 etc the more you buy the better the discount. This is probably too much of a sensible idea to work and they also rely on people like us to subsidise the season ticket holders.

Yes buying an annual TFL ticket is cheaper than buying a ticket every day - you gain 4 weeks so in fact you are paying for 48 weeks and get 52 weeks' travel. Divide the saving by 365 days, trust me it is not much. As to why would anyone bother - try queuing up for a ticket every day in London, I'd get one just because it is so much more convenient even if there was no discount at all.