TfL Child Zip card - how many can you have per child?

[Taunton]

TfL have child Zip photocards for travel on their services from age 5. How many cards can you have? If held by the child that will last a few days before it is lost/forgotten. If held by parents what if both travel with the child separately - one takes to school, the other picks up. If you apply for duplicates (£10 a time) is the previous one cancelled, or are multiples allowed? There's no provision to say how many you want.

 

[thedbdiboy]

It's one per child. My son is now old enough to look after his own but when he was smaller my wife and I had to coordinate who had it

 

[MikeWh]

And to clarify, yes the old one is cancelled if you order another. You can only have one per child at any one time.

 

[Surreytraveller]

Presumably a child too young to look after their Zip Card doesn't actually need it to travel, as they're free with an accompanying adult anyway?

 

[MikeWh]

Presumably a child too young to look after their Zip Card doesn't actually need it to travel, as they're free with an accompanying adult anyway?

Not on National Rail lines, no.

 

[Surreytraveller]

Not on National Rail lines, no.

That's true. But you can get normal child fares on National Rail

 

[MikeWh]

That's true. But you can get normal child fares on National Rail

But if they have a zip card they get free travel on National Rail in zones 1-9.

 

[Surreytraveller]

But if they have a zip card they get free travel on National Rail in zones 1-9.

Of course they can. Its changed since I had a child under 11!
You'd think they would have thought of something to cater for this situation?