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The Disabled Persons Railcard is a concessionary fare scheme in the United Kingdom giving eligible passengers with disabilities benefits on the National Rail network including a 1/3 discount on fares.
The 16-17 Saver was introduced in 2019 [3] in order to allow people aged 16 and 17 to access child fares, which are normally only available to children under 16. [4] The railcard costs £30.00 for a year (or until the holder's 18th birthday, whichever is sooner), [5] and offers up to 50% off rail fares, the same as child rate tickets.
The railcard was designed to reduce the number of people incurring fines for forgetting their railcard and remove the wait for obtaining a physical railcard in the post or at a station. A phone can display the railcard without an active internet connection, as long as the device had connected to the internet in the past 72 hours. [9]
There are two types of concessionary pass: the Senior pass with a blue panel at the right hand side of the pass, and a disabled person's pass with an orange panel. [2]: 10 A Senior pass is valid between 09:30 and 23:00 on weekdays and at any time at weekends and public holidays.
Freedom Pass is a concessionary travel scheme, which began in 1973, to provide free travel to residents of Greater London, England, for people with a disability or over the progressively increasing state pension age [1] (60 for women in 2010, increased to 66 for everybody until about 2026, then increasing further). [2]
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For years parking lots have had a requirement to provide parking for disabled persons, at a rate of one accessible space for every 25 total spaces. If the EV charging spot also counts as one of ...
The service was launched in 1993 and replaced Carelink, which had begun as an accessible bus route for disabled people operated by National Bus Company. [1] [2] In contrast to the Carelink service, Stationlink was open to all passengers and was included in the Travelcard scheme. Holders of Disabled Persons Railcard and Senior Railcard could use ...