26-30 railcard

[jthjth]

I’ve just been renewing a 16-25 railcard for one of my offspring, and as he’s only got a couple of years left on this card I had a browse over to the 26-30 railcard page. This is claiming that it is a trial, which is now closed. Does anyone have any information on the future of this card?

 

[Darandio]

There are lengthy threads about this railcard on the forum but on the same page where I presume you saw it was a trial, the 'About the Railcard' tab has a bit more information about the history of the railcard. https://www.26-30railcard.co.uk/using-your-railcard/the-benefits/

It seems they wanted to gauge demand, which turned out to be enormous.

 

[ForTheLoveOf]

I’ve just been renewing a 16-25 railcard for one of my offspring, and as he’s only got a couple of years left on this card I had a browse over to the 26-30 railcard page. This is claiming that it is a trial, which is now closed. Does anyone have any information on the future of this card?

The best way to renew is to get a 3-year Railcard just before he turns 24. This will then be valid until just before he turns 27 (yes, it will be valid whilst he's 26 despite it saying 16-25!). Hopefully by the time this expires, the 26-30 Railcard will be fully released.

 

[jthjth]

Is it possible to buy a one year card when he is 25 years and 364 days old?

 

[Wallsendmag]

Is it possible to buy a one year card when he is 25 years and 364 days old?

Yes it is

 

[Merseysider]

Is it possible to buy a one year card when he is 25 years and 364 days old?

Yes, but I wouldn’t advise leaving it until the last minute!

 

[Starmill]

The railcard is being made a permanent offer by the end of the year.

 

[404250]

Why not just change to an 18-30 Railcard instead of 18-25 and 26-30? Or do they have different T & C's?

 

[ForTheLoveOf]

Why not just change to an 18-30 Railcard instead of 18-25 and 26-30? Or do they have different T & C's?

It's actually 16-25, as otherwise 16 and 17 year olds would face a doubling in their fare (vs being 15), instead of the 'mere' 32% increase they face if they have a Railcard!

And yes, I do suspect that eventually the 16-25 and 26-30 Railcards will be changed over to one product; that being said, one obstacle may be that the 16-25 Railcard is actually available to someone of any age, if they are a higher education student, whereas the 26-30 Railcard is strictly for that age range. The 26-30 Railcard also does not have the July and August exemption from the £12 pre-10am minimum fare on walk-up tickets. Also, holding a 16-25 Railcard is sometimes used as eligibility of a student discount for certain TOCs, e.g. TPE.

 

[Deafdoggie]

Not a problem if you can have a 16-25 at any age if a student, as that includes the 26-30 ages!

 

[ainsworth74]

Please see existing thread for further discussion of the recent announcement. The thread can be found here.