Millenials railcard

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  21 November 2017     11:07336003
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  I cannot see this benefiting many as most in that age group would have season tickets to get to and from work.
  
  
  https://news.sky.com/story/the-budget-under-30s-to-benefit-from-new-millennial-railcards-11136633
• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
  • Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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  21 November 2017     12:03336004
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  I can't see how this could possibly go wrong?
  
  

  

  
  
  Gary Glitter & the Young Person's Railcard
  
  In the late 1980s, British Rail raised the upper age limit for the Young Persons Railcard to 25. Many rail stations displayed a poster of Gary Glitter, his glam-rock mascara smeared by tears, and the text ‘For a limited period, we're offering a Young Persons Railcard to people who are older. (Sorry Gary, not that much older.)'
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  21 November 2017     13:38336011
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  More age discrimination against us 30-60 years olds who can't get national railcard discounts
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• Button

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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  21 November 2017     13:41336012
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  Unless you spend your Tesco vouchers on a '2 together' card and then the pair of you travel for ridiculously small sums of money.
  (Not my real name.)
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• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
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  21 November 2017     13:52336013
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  The mother of my children and I are off to Liverpool to see Ken Dodd (28/12)
  
  Advance booking (up 27/12 back 31/12) with old persons railcard was cheaper than petrol for car.
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Button

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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  21 November 2017     14:25336014
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  2 people, Brum Christmas markets for 3 nights, there and back, with fast trains both sides of London and booked seats t'other side, all done at £34.30/the couple.
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• Guest 2388

  • Registered: 12 Nov 2017
  • Posts: 60
  21 November 2017     18:42336023
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   Captain Haddock wrote:

  I can't see how this could possibly go wrong?
  
  
  
  Gary Glitter & the Young Person's Railcard
  
  

  
  I thought the young person's card min age was 16 - so a bit too old for Gary methinks