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Title: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Lee on December 20, 2007, 10:43:38 From an FOSBR member :
Quote From January, the price of Young Persons, Family & Senior railcards will increase by 20%, to ^24, so if anyone wants one, I'd buy it soon! It might also include Network Railcards, but that website doesn't seem to say very much... The leaflet seems to imply that you get some money off with this new railcard, but the website seems to say that the offers have already existed. Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: grahame on December 20, 2007, 11:49:02 "Network Railcard"?
I'm quite a frequent traveller by train on disparate routes. I'm employed, not a student, not young, not disabled, not in the forces, not old, not travelling with a family, not an overseas visitor, not always using the same route, not a resident of Cornwall - the groups for which loyalty or bulk purchase discounts are available to my knowledge. Is this "Network Railcard" something that I could purchase for 24 pound per annum to get me a discount off a wide range of train fares to and from my home station of Melksham and other Wiltshire stations? Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Lee on December 20, 2007, 12:34:11 "Network Railcard"? I'm quite a frequent traveller by train on disparate routes. I'm employed, not a student, not young, not disabled, not in the forces, not old, not travelling with a family, not an overseas visitor, not always using the same route, not a resident of Cornwall - the groups for which loyalty or bulk purchase discounts are available to my knowledge. Is this "Network Railcard" something that I could purchase for 24 pound per annum to get me a discount off a wide range of train fares to and from my home station of Melksham and other Wiltshire stations? Reply from another FOSBR member : Quote According to http://www.railcard.co.uk/ the Network Railcard is the card for Network South East. I may be (and hope I'm) wrong but I understood that there is no equivalent of the discount cards you can get in other countries for frequent travellers, apart from the local ones (Devon, Norfolk, Mid Wales line etc). I'd be interested to know whether it's a Network Rail thing or whether it like the cards that are produced by Passenger Transport Authorities, if anyone knows. It would be nice if the S W Regional Assembly or the regional rail network could do a SW one. (Dream on). Something else to campaign for! Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Ollie on December 20, 2007, 12:51:09 Network Railcard is as you say for the Network South East only.
Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: swlines on December 20, 2007, 12:53:33 The Network Railcard covers the ex-NSE area and their are particular restrictions on Monday to Friday, ie, travel only after 10am and minimum fare applies.
Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: vacman on December 20, 2007, 12:57:37 You can use it between Salisbury and London Waterloo, so you could buy one and buy a normal return/single from Melksham to Salisbury and then re-book using the railcard from Salisbury to Waterloo, or Salisbury to Exeter. The "NSE" are actually went as far as Exeter via the Southern route.
Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Conner on December 20, 2007, 16:14:24 We got our Family Railcard a couple of months back for ^10 in a special offer.
Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Shazz on December 20, 2007, 17:22:53 Thing is, if any student wants one, they tend to go with natwest for a student account (So its free for 5 years) so the change really wont have that much effect...
Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Lee on December 20, 2007, 17:31:51 More from the original FOSBR member (if that makes sense) :
Quote The Network Railcard is for use on services which operate in the former Network SouthEast region, this includes the South West Trains services to Exeter, though not the ones to Bristol. It was started by Network SouthEast and funding is allocated through ATOC. The model is generally not seen to be appropriate in other areas as services in the former NSE area are generally significantly higher, per mile than those in comparable areas, although exceptions do exist and are funded on a local level. PTEs & councils don't issue railcards as such, although Local Concessions do exist, known as LACON. This can include discounts for college students or employees of the Local Authority. Some areas also have subsidised or free Railcards Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Ollie on December 20, 2007, 20:54:00 Thing is, if any student wants one, they tend to go with natwest for a student account (So its free for 5 years) so the change really wont have that much effect... Wrong, the amount of railcards done especially in the London area is a great deal. Especially Young Persons. Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Shazz on December 20, 2007, 20:57:12 I was refering to Uni students in particular, not the card overall. Throughout the country, not just in one small area.
Title: Re: Railcard Price Increase Post by: Mojo on December 21, 2007, 13:39:01 If you're going from Salisbury to London, it may be cheaper to buy a ticket from Bristol Temple Meads, routed "WARMSTER-SALSBRY."
Examples: - SAL - London Terminals route Any Permitted (Standard Day Return) - ^51.50 BRI - London Terminals route Warmster-Salsbry (Standard Open Return) - ^42.40 SAL - London Terminals route Any Permitted (Cheap Day Return) - ^33 BRI - London Terminals route Warmster-Salsbry (Cheap Day Return) - ^31.70 SAL - London Terminals route Any Permitted (Super Off Peak Return) - ^27.20 BRI - London Terminals route Warmster-Salsbry (Cheap Day Return) - ^28.30 Seasons are never cheaper from Bristol. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |