Getting Around with Discounts
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National Rail Railcards Senior, 16-25, Disabled Persons and Getting around HM Forces Railcard holders • 1/3 discount on adult Off-Peak Oyster single with discounts fares for most National Rail journeys, including London Overground • 1/3 reduction on the adult rate Off-Peak daily price cap Disabled Persons Railcards • Discounted travel for one adult travelling with the holder of this railcard for the whole journey. The accompanying adult should buy a child Off-Peak Day Travelcard (Zones 1-6) More help on discounts Visit tfl.gov.uk/fares or call the Oyster Pass helpline on 0845 330 9876. Freedom January 2010. All information correct at time of going to print. For the most up-to-date information, please visit tfl.gov.uk/oyster Get the best deal Travel for children under 11 There are many travel discounts Under 5-10 year olds available for people using bus, 5s Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground Bus & Tram Free Free and National Rail services within Tube, DLR Greater London. and London Free Free You may be eligible if you are a child, teenager, Overground student, 60+, a war veteran, eligible disabled, unemployed or on low income or are a • Free on some National Railcard holder. services • Child-rate on National Rail Free most services • Travel Off-Peak Contents for £1 when using Oyster photocard to pay as you go Under-11s 3 Travel for under 5s 11-15 year olds 6 Accompanied children under 5 can travel free within London at any time on bus, Tube, 16-19 year olds 8 tram, DLR, London Overground and National How to get a 5-10, 11-15, 16+ photocard 10 Rail services. The Behaviour Code 11 Travel for 5-10 year olds 18+ Students 12 When 5-10 year olds need an 60+ and people with disabilities 14 Oyster photocard War veterans 16 On Tube, DLR and London Overground Unemployed - New Deal 18 • To travel free anywhere at any time on Tube, Low income - Bus & Tram Discount scheme 19 DLR and London Overground when not accompanied by an adult National Rail Railcards 20 More help 20 2 3 On National Rail services The accompanying adult must hold a valid • To travel free on National Rail services that ticket, validated Oyster card, Freedom Pass accepted pay as you go before 2 January or Veterans Concessionary Travel Scheme 2010 (except Victoria to Balham plus c2c Oyster photocard. service to Grays) if they are not accompanied Please ask a member of staff to let your group by an adult through the gate. If using an Oyster card, the • To buy and use a Travelcard season ticket on adult(s) must touch in and touch out as normal. National Rail services in London. (They can On National Rail services also use a National Rail Child photocard for • To travel free on National Rail services that this purpose if their Travelcard season ticket accepted pay as you go before 2 January 2010 was bought from a National Rail station and (except Victoria to Balham plus c2c services issued on paper) to Grays) if they are accompanied by an adult • To get unlimited Off-Peak travel in Zones 1-9 • To buy an Off-Peak* Day Travelcard for Zones for £1 a day when using Oyster pay as you go 1-6 for £1 when accompanied by a holder of On river boat services any of the following: • To pay for child-rate single journeys on Thames Annual Travelcard Gold Card Clipper river services using pay as you go credit Network Railcard • To get 1/3 off river boat fares if they have a valid Family and Friends Railcard Travelcard season ticket on their Oyster photocard HM Forces Railcard If a child is under 11 but looks older, they will • To buy child-rate cash single and return need to get a 5-10 Oyster photocard to be able tickets and Day Travelcards to travel free on bus, Tube, tram, DLR and *Off-Peak includes Monday-Friday from 0930 and all day London Overground. at weekends and public holidays. For further details about travel on National Rail When 5-10 year olds do not visit tfl.gov.uk/fares need an Oyster photocard On Bus & Tram How to get your child’s 5-10 • They can travel free anywhere at any time Oyster photocard without a ticket or Oyster photocard See page 10 On Tube, DLR and London Overground • Up to four children with an accompanying adult can travel free anywhere at any time Is your child turning 11 soon? without a ticket or an Oyster photocard Turn to the next page for further travel discounts for your child. 4 5 Travel for 11-15 year olds On river boat services • To get 1/3 off child single river boat fares with a valid Travelcard season ticket on an Oyster photocard Bus & Tram Free • To pay for child-rate single journeys Tube, DLR, • Child-rate on Thames Clipper river services using pay as you go credit London • Travel Off-Peak for £1 Overground a day when using When 11-15 year olds do not and most Oyster pay as you go National Rail need an Oyster photocard services • To buy child-rate cash single and return tickets, and Day Travelcards When 11-15 year olds need an • To buy an Off-Peak* Day Travelcard for Oyster photocard Zones 1-6 for £1 when accompanied by a holder of any of the following: On buses and trams Annual Travelcard Gold Card • To travel free anywhere at any time. (If you Network Railcard do not have a valid Oyster photocard, you must pay the adult cash fare for each journey Family and Friends Railcard you make or buy a child-rate Day Travelcard.) HM Forces Railcard On Tube, DLR, London Overground and most National Rail services How to get an 11-15 Oyster • To pay as you go at child-rate photocard • To get unlimited Off-Peak travel in Zones 1-9 See page 10 for £1 a day when using Oyster pay as you go • To buy child-rate Travelcard season tickets Turning 16 soon? Turn to the next page for further travel discounts. 6 7 Travel for 16-19 year olds Why 16 to 19 year olds need an Oyster photocard On Bus & Tram • To get free travel if you are 16-19* years old, in 16-19 year olds All 16-17 † in qualifying year olds full-time education or on a work-based learning full-time scheme and you live in a London borough education • To get half adult-rate Oyster single fares when or training you pay as you go on buses and trams, if you and living in do not qualify for free travel. Otherwise adult London fares are payable Bus & Tram Free • Half adult- • To get half adult-rate 7 Day, Monthly and longer rate Oyster period Bus & Tram Pass season tickets, if you single fares do not qualify for free travel. Otherwise adult and Bus & fares are payable Tram Pass • To get child-rate Travelcard season tickets, season which are also valid on buses and trams tickets Free travel is valid until the end of your course • Child-rate or academic year, whichever is earlier. If you Travelcard had free Bus & Tram travel and are returning to season full-time education after the summer holidays, tickets you need to reapply. Tube, DLR, • Half adult-rate Oyster * 19 year olds need to have been aged 18 on or before the London single fares start of the current academic year. Overground †Full-time education is defined as a minimum of 12 hours • Child-rate Travelcard guided learning per week on courses at level 3 or below and some season tickets (e.g. A-level or equivalent vocational qualification). National Rail services For full details visit tfl.gov.uk/zip On Tube, DLR and London Overground Most • Adult-rate Oyster single • To get half adult-rate Oyster single fares when National fares on most National you pay as you go on Tube, DLR and London Rail Services Rail services Overground • To buy child-rate Travelcard season tickets 8 9 On National Rail services The Behaviour Code • To travel free on National Rail services that accepted pay as you go before 2 January 2010 (except Victoria to Balham plus c2c services to Grays) The Behaviour Code applies to all holders of Child, 11-15, Under 14, 14-15 and 16+ Oyster photocards. • On most National Rail routes, holders of 16+ Any breach of the Behaviour Code may result in Oyster photocards pay adult-rate Oyster the withdrawal of your Oyster photocard by TfL. single fares. When on London’s public transport network or Visit tfl.gov.uk/fares for more details premises, always act sensibly and treat others as you would like to be treated. Your free On river boat services travel concession may be withdrawn if • To get 1/3 off the adult single river boat fare we believe that you have behaved in an if you have a valid Travelcard season ticket on antisocial way. Antisocial behaviour your 16+ Oyster photocard includes, but is not limited to: • To get 10% discount on the adult single fare on • Putting your safety or the safety of others at risk Thames Clipper services using pay as you go credit • Use of offensive or threatening language • Behaving offensively, bullying or How to get a 16+ Oyster photocard threatening others • Smoking See below. • Playing music out loud • Damaging or defacing an Oyster photocard Thinking of continuing your • Letting anyone else use your Oyster photocard studies in London? • Committing any crime on, or in connection with, London’s public transport network, Turn to page 12 to find out about further in particular, but not limited to: travel discounts.