Can I buy a railcard to take pupils to London?

[Bayum]

Taking 12 children to parliament. Without railcard, £753.10.
With railcard, 340ish.
One member of staff on each card with 4 students. No come back from this surely?

 

[CyrusWuff]

Taking 12 children to parliament. Without railcard, £753.10.
With railcard, 340ish.
One member of staff on each card with 4 students. No come back from this surely?

Perfectly fine. Though it's also worth contacting the Group Travel team at the TOC you're travelling with to see if they can beat the price.

Schools in London also get two free trips per child per term within the London area. Details on the TfL website.

 

[alex17595]

Kids can get a travel card for £1 if the journey starts outside the zones.

Kids for a Quid Return | National Rail

Looking for Kids for a Quid Return? A portal into UK rail travel, including information on ticket purchase and promotions, train times and delays, and more.

www.nationalrail.co.uk

 

[Bayum]

Kids can get a travel card for £1 if the journey starts outside the zones.

Kids for a Quid Return | National Rail

Looking for Kids for a Quid Return? A portal into UK rail travel, including information on ticket purchase and promotions, train times and delays, and more.

www.nationalrail.co.uk

Looks like they’re South Eastern only unfortunately.

Perfectly fine. Though it's also worth contacting the Group Travel team at the TOC you're travelling with to see if they can beat the price.

Schools in London also get two free trips per child per term within the London area. Details on the TfL website.

That was through the LNER group bookings service unfortunately.

Perfectly fine. Though it's also worth contacting the Group Travel team at the TOC you're travelling with to see if they can beat the price.

Schools in London also get two free trips per child per term within the London area. Details on the TfL website.

We’ve been told all primary school aged children receive free travel on TfL regardless. I was concerned that tube fare wasn’t included within the cost and got a response indicating the above.

 

[alex17595]

Looks like they’re South Eastern only

It's not just South Eastern, theres a few others but LNER don't seem to offer it.

 

[Bayum]

It's not just South Eastern, theres a few others but LNER don't seem to offer it.

Oh. The site you linked me to states very specifically it’s SE only (but then lists all the TOCs as participants)

 

[A S Leib]

Oh. The site you linked me to states very specifically it’s SE only (but then lists all the TOCs as participants)

I think it's £2 for accompanied children for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern, £1 for ScotRail (ticket offices only) and free (off-peak) for TfW Rail as separate schemes.

 

[Bayum]

Whilst they’d be amazing, the no reservations and walk-up price only would concern me. They can stand for 2.5hrs - I can’t

 

[Haywain]

Taking 12 children to parliament. Without railcard, £753.10.
With railcard, 340ish.
One member of staff on each card with 4 students. No come back from this surely?

What is the journey? It's really difficult to help without knowing.

 

[30907]

I assume you are using F&F railcards? I've done that myself, many years ago.

 

[Bayum]

York to Kings Cross and return.

Yes, friends and family.

 

[Joe Paxton]

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We’ve been told all primary school aged children receive free travel on TfL regardless. I was concerned that tube fare wasn’t included within the cost and got a response indicating the above.

That's not totally accurate. As per TfL...

A fare-paying adult can travel with up to 4 children under 11 free of charge.

But this works fine with your travel arrangements.