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Change the age of children’s railway tickets from 16 to 18 years old

Submitted on Tuesday 27th May 2025

Rejected on Wednesday 11th June 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the age of children’s railway tickets from 16 to 18 years old

Petition Details

As children now have to stay in education until they are 18 years old , children’s railway ticket prices need to reflect this

Additional Information

Raise children’s fares to age 18


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Require train operators to allow under 18s to purchase child tickets
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/705193

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