Submitted on Tuesday 13th February 2018
Rejected on Tuesday 20th February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ensure children below 18yr aren’t charged adult fares for transport to education
Once you turn 16 you begin paying an adult fare on public trains. This is unjust. Legally we still have to attend school/college and yet we suddenly have to pay almost double the fare. At 16, you cannot drink, drive or vote but apparently you can pay an adult fare just by going to school.
Furthermore, I am unemployed - I have no income. How could I? I’m still in full time education. So how do I suddenly have the excess money to pay for an adult fare?
There is a 16-25 railcard in place BUT this only reduces the fare on journeys at non-peak times - unhelpful if you’re trying to get to school/college for 8:30. So I propose that if this fare increase cannot be abolished completely, the reduction in fare covered by the 16-25 railcard should cover all times of the day. That’s fair.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Aged-based transport fares are not set by the UK Government. For buses, local bus companies are free to set their own fares. For trains, the fares are set by train operating companies.
You could start a new petition asking the UK Government to subsidise local transport for 16 and 17 year olds in full time education, if that's what you want to happen.
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