Is a photograph required to buy a senior railcard?

[Sniffingmoose]

This seems a basic question but I was looking at the application for the Senior Railcard and I cannot find any mention of needing a photograph. Is that true? I have photographs on the Two Together Railcard so why not on the Senior Railcard? Am I missing something?

 

[jmh59]

It looks like the senior one only needs proof of age - no mention of a photo in the online docs either.

At a very quick guess its because the '2 together' must always be the same 2 people so perhaps visual identification is needed? That's only a maybe - the 16-25 railcard has a photo.

 

[district]

No photo required on Senior railcards, with the expection of those bought through the Railcard app.

 

[Western Sunset]

They check your age either through your passport or driving licence (or count the grey hairs.....)

There's just your title, initial and surname put onto the railcard.

 

[AM9]

No photo required on Senior railcards, with the expection of those bought through the Railcard app.

By "Railcard App", do you mean the online one or an Android/iOS one. I get mine online and have never been asked for my picture.

 

[district]

I mean the app, as in the downloadable software you can download to your phone to purchase and then display the railcard, not the online web service where you can purchase a physical plastic railcard which is then sent to you by post.

 

[Sniffingmoose]

Thanks for your help everybody. I am really surprised that no photograph is required. Anyway my wife managed to purchase the senior railcard yesterday without needing a photo .

 

[Joe Paxton]

Thanks for your help everybody. I am really surprised that no photograph is required. Anyway my wife managed to purchase the senior railcard yesterday without needing a photo .

For what it's worth, the Network Railcard doesn't require a photo either (again, with the exception of the app-based Digital Railcard version).

 

[island]

The requirement for a photo is the exception rather than the rule, if we look across the full family of Railcards.