Evening Standard 10p Child Fares Promotion - 20/07/2009 – 06/09/2009

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Anyone with children, this new offer posted within the FRPP may be of interest to you.

Introduction

The London & South East TOCs are running a special Evening Standard 10p Child Fares get-out-of-London promotion over the Summer School Holiday period in conjunction with the London Evening Standard. Holders of the Evening Standard Card (also known as the Eros Card) can download and print-at-home special vouchers free of charge from: www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-home/reward.do.

With these vouchers customers can then buy return tickets for children to travel for just 10p each, provided they are accompanied by fare paying adults on any Off-Peak, Off-Peak Day, Super Off-Peak, or Super Off-Peak Day ticket types.

Money saving tip for customers in the London area:

Anyone can apply for a FREE Evening Standard Card and simultaneously obtain the 10p Child Rate Fares voucher – you don’t have to wait for your card to arrive to download and use the vouchers!

TOCs valid for travel

· c2c

· Chiltern Railways

· East Midlands Trains

· First Capital Connect

· First Great Western

· London Midland

· London Overground

· National Express East Anglia

· South West Trains

· Southeastern

· Southern

TOCs not valid for travel

· Cross Country

· Gatwick Express

· Heathrow Connect

· Heathrow Express

· National Express East Coast

· Virgin West Coast

Stations valid to/from

The promotion is available for the following journeys for travel by participating TOCs only:

· from all stations within London Fare Zones 1-6

to:

· stations outside London Fare Zones 1-9 in the London & South East Network area (not Oxford-Worcester, not Isle of Wight), PLUS

· East Anglia

· West Midlands

· West Coast stations served by London Midland


Not valid for journeys wholly within London Fare Zones 1-9.

Not valid on third parties (bus links, ferries, etc,) but allowed for cross-London transfer by Underground/DLR.

Booking and travel period

Period of the promotion: 20/07/2009 - 06/09/2009.

Evening Standard 10p Child Fares can be bought on the day or in advance, provided the start date of the ticket is on or before 06/09/2009. Tickets purchased to start for travel on the last day of the promotion may continue to be used until the expiry date of the accompanying Off-Peak, Super Off-Peak, Off-Peak Day or Super Off-Peak Day adult tickets. The latest possible expiry date is therefore 05/10/2009. The promotional Evening Standard 10p Child Ticket is not valid without the accompanying adult ticket.

Where to buy and how to issue

Customers should present their downloaded print-at-home vouchers to any National Rail station within the London Fare Zones 1-6 area. If travelling from an unstaffed station, the Evening Standard 10p Child Ticket can be bought on the train.

The voucher shows the date of outward travel and the journey for which the customer wishes to buy the Evening Standard 10p Child Ticket. If customers have changed their mind with regard to the date or journey they want to make (e.g. because of service disruption), the voucher may be manually amended for another qualifying journey.

The voucher should be returned to the customers, who must carry the voucher with them on their journey.

The Evening Standard 10p Child ticket is only valid in conjunction with a valid accompanying adult ticket:

· Off-Peak

· Off-Peak Day

· Super Off-Peak

· Super Off-Peak Day

Further points to note

Standard class only.

No maximum numbers per voucher but maximum of 2 children per fare paying adult.

Railcard discounts and GroupSave party discounts on the adult tickets are allowed.

Family & Friends Railcard holders can use the cheaper Evening Standard 10p Child Fares (instead of the usual Family & Friends Railcard child discounted fare).

Evening Standard 10p Child tickets may accompany for the throughout journey adults who are using a Travelcard Season or Freedom Pass in conjunction with a (Super) Off-Peak (Day) extension ticket to a destination outside Zones 1-9 (issue Evening Standard 10p Child fare from the appropriate BOUNDARY ZONE).