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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2015 18:42:38 GMT
All,
When i left 11 years ago,the conditions were that up to 13 years old it was free travel with TFL passes from 13 until your 16th birthday for half fare,after ten oclock at night the ticket machines would only issue adult fares....has that changed?
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Post by snoggle on Sept 14, 2015 20:05:06 GMT
All, When i left 11 years ago,the conditions were that up to 13 years old it was free travel with TFL passes from 13 until your 16th birthday for half fare,after ten oclock at night the ticket machines would only issue adult fares....has that changed? Yes hugely. Firstly no TfL buses issue tickets on board or accept cash payment of any form. Therefore there's no concept of time based removal of child concessions as in the past. Secondly there is a fairly bewildering range of child / student concessions on the buses and also on Tube / Overground / DLR and then slightly different ones on National Rail services. If you have a spare half a lifetime  then have a read of the material on this link to TfL under 18 discounts. It's not an easy subject to get your head round - I used to know all the rules and now I've barely got a clue. |
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Post by greeny253 on Sept 14, 2015 21:52:07 GMT
I remember when I first moved to Romford and had to pay the 70p (right?!) adult fare to get home from Havering Park well after 10 o clock one night. Stayed out miles too late for the 40p fare! How things have changed! Even remember that journey being on a Titan  |
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Post by vjaska on Sept 15, 2015 2:18:10 GMT
I remember when I first moved to Romford and had to pay the 70p (right?!) adult fare to get home from Havering Park well after 10 o clock one night. Stayed out miles too late for the 40p fare! How things have changed! Even remember that journey being on a Titan My first fares I remember was as a kid - child was 40p and adults were 70p. Also remember the London Transport tickets given out of the ticket machine - happy days. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2015 19:22:16 GMT
I remember when I first moved to Romford and had to pay the 70p (right?!) adult fare to get home from Havering Park well after 10 o clock one night. Stayed out miles too late for the 40p fare! How things have changed! Even remember that journey being on a Titan My first fares I remember was as a kid - child was 40p and adults were 70p. Also remember the London Transport tickets given out of the ticket machine - happy days. I remember the 70p adult fare - also was a short hop 50p fare. I also remember the one day bus passes that you used to scratch off the date with a coin, one mistake and it was wasted  |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 15, 2015 19:26:47 GMT
All, When i left 11 years ago,the conditions were that up to 13 years old it was free travel with TFL passes from 13 until your 16th birthday for half fare,after ten oclock at night the ticket machines would only issue adult fares....has that changed? Now kids of secondary school age need to prove their identity to get on the bus, usually with an Oyster photocard. Free bus travel comes with the 5-10 and 11-15 age ones, easily identifiable to passengers as the Oyster machine goes "trilililili" when these are read, they have a heavily discounted tube fare (85p). Children that are age 16-18 have free travel on buses so long as they are in education during the period their pass is valid, if they are not in education then they have to pay a discounted adult fare. On the tube 16-18 pass holders have to pay half the adult rate for the journey that they make. |
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Post by YY13VKP on Sept 15, 2015 19:45:14 GMT
All, When i left 11 years ago,the conditions were that up to 13 years old it was free travel with TFL passes from 13 until your 16th birthday for half fare,after ten oclock at night the ticket machines would only issue adult fares....has that changed? Now kids of secondary school age need to prove their identity to get on the bus, usually with an Oyster photocard. Free bus travel comes with the 5-10 and 11-15 age ones, easily identifiable to passengers as the Oyster machine goes "trilililili" when these are read, they have a heavily discounted tube fare (85p). Children that are age 16-18 have free travel on buses so long as they are in education during the period their pass is valid, if they are not in education then they have to pay a discounted adult fare. On the tube 16-18 pass holders have to pay half the adult rate for the journey that they make. You don't need an Oyster Card if you are below the age of 10 and with someone with a valid oyster card (i think). I took my sister on the 434 on Christmas Eve 2013, she was 9 at the time. I took some money just incase the rules had changed and it hadn't. The driver said she can go free. She has since got an Oyster Card after turning 11 |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 15, 2015 19:56:34 GMT
Now kids of secondary school age need to prove their identity to get on the bus, usually with an Oyster photocard. Free bus travel comes with the 5-10 and 11-15 age ones, easily identifiable to passengers as the Oyster machine goes "trilililili" when these are read, they have a heavily discounted tube fare (85p). Children that are age 16-18 have free travel on buses so long as they are in education during the period their pass is valid, if they are not in education then they have to pay a discounted adult fare. On the tube 16-18 pass holders have to pay half the adult rate for the journey that they make. You don't need an Oyster Card if you are below the age of 10 and with someone with a valid oyster card (i think). I took my sister on the 434 on Christmas Eve 2013, she was 9 at the time. I took some money just incase the rules had changed and it hadn't. The driver said she can go free. She has since got an Oyster Card after turning 11 If you look over 10, and you cannot prove you are under the age of 10 you won't be able to travel without a photocard if I remember right. Some children under 10 also travel by themselves and they are generally advised to carry these photocards. Maybe some drivers on here can clarify this. |
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Post by Red Dragon on Sept 16, 2015 16:53:03 GMT
Now kids of secondary school age need to prove their identity to get on the bus, usually with an Oyster photocard. Free bus travel comes with the 5-10 and 11-15 age ones, easily identifiable to passengers as the Oyster machine goes "trilililili" when these are read, they have a heavily discounted tube fare ( 85p). 75p |
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then have a read of the material on this 
