Aberdeen to Inverness

[FlambeGarlic14]

I need to travel with the other half on 03/12 between the two places above using our 2TG railcard.
I’m looking at advances and is coming up around £22/23 however, when I use TrainPal, I can buy a Scotrail Concession Single for a grand total of £1 for two people. What is this ticket and are we eligible to purchase it? TrainPal seems to think so!

Thanks!

 

[alistairlees]

TrainPal should not be selling this, I’m afraid.

 

[Haywain]

TrainPal should not be selling this, I’m afraid.

And the OP is not eligible for that ticket.

 

[Andy Pacer]

But as the OP also asked ..
What is the ticket?

 

[FlambeGarlic14]

I can’t even find the ticket on brfares.

 

[alistairlees]

I can’t even find the ticket on brfares.

CCS for 50p

 

[Egg Centric]

If the OP does buy it, who is responsible for their lack of eligibility, and does the answer change if they are aware of it?

 

[221129]

If the OP does buy it, who is responsible for their lack of eligibility, and does the answer change if they are aware of it?

The passenger is always responsible for buying the correct ticket.

 

[Egg Centric]

The passenger is always responsible for buying the correct ticket.

That intuitively makes sense - I was asking because there is an exemption where if a journey planner showed your ticket as being valid then it de jure is, and wondered if this applied to any trainpal output.

 

[island]

But as the OP also asked ..
What is the ticket?

It’s a ticket for holders of certain national entitlement cards, which I think is a Scottish take on the Freedom Pass for older and disabled people.

 

[Wallsendmag]

It’s a ticket for holders of certain national entitlement cards, which I think is a Scottish take on the Freedom Pass for older and disabled people.

More local than national I believe.

 

[yorkie]

The passenger is always responsible for buying the correct ticket.

It's not as simple as that

In this case, the name of the ticket does, I think, put the burden on the passenger

However if the ticket had a name that did not make it obvious that the ticket should not be sold, then the contract would be binding (any dispute would be an internal rail industry dispute between the relevant train company, the retailer and any other relevant suppliers)

 

[lachlan]

It’s a ticket for holders of certain national entitlement cards, which I think is a Scottish take on the Freedom Pass for older and disabled people.

I'm an entitlement card holder and we don't need to purchase tickets - just show the guard the card and tap the card on ticket gates. I have no idea what ticket this would be!

 

[FlambeGarlic14]

Thanks for all the replies guys

 

[Wallsendmag]

I'm an entitlement card holder and we don't need to purchase tickets - just show the guard the card and tap the card on ticket gates. I have no idea what ticket this would be!

Not every Local Authority gives free travel some ony subsidise the fares.

 

[island]

More local than national I believe.

The name of the card is the National Entitlement Card.

 

[Haywain]

It’s a ticket for holders of certain national entitlement cards,

That is not correct. The fare in question is an anomaly in the fares system as there are no concessions that qualify for that fare on that journey. A similar fare exists on the Inverness - Edinburgh flow and is available to the Companion of a blind person holding a Highland Concessionary pass. The Scottish National Concessionary scheme for blind persons does not offer similar discounts.

 

[reb0118]

I believe that this fare is for companions of registered blind National Entitlement Card holders resident in the Highland Council area who require to attend hospital appointments in Edinburgh & Glasgow.

It has erroneously been enabled for other journeys for some reason.

 

[lachlan]

Not every Local Authority gives free travel some ony subsidise the fares.

Thanks, do you know of a list/map of benefits by local authority? I often wondered whether every LA gave the free travel or not - would be handy to know which ones do!

 

[Wallsendmag]

When I was updating our handbook several years ago I just googled each LA to see what they offered their residents. Example below

Your MyFife card lets you travel on all scheduled rail services operating between any two train stations within Fife, for a £1 single fare or £2 for a return. You can make as many journeys as you like, but only during "off peak" times. You can read more in the Concessionary Rail Scheme Information Sheet.

 

[Butts]

Thanks, do you know of a list/map of benefits by local authority? I often wondered whether every LA gave the free travel or not - would be handy to know which ones do!

No reduced Rail Fares in Falkirk - They knocked it on the head four or five years ago apparently, so I dipped out on it