In my experience it's primarily determined by the cost to the employer, not the convenience of the person travelling. This is why so many meetings are now online only via Teams.
We have driving licences, passports, PASS ID cards, just off the top of my head.
It would be used by a minority of people who don't have ID but who also use digital subscription services.
There actually is a database now, so that's a start... However as you suggest, it's hilariously incomplete.
This is also true of course, hence the decline in in person work meetings when people are distributed around the country etc - but it does still happen to some extent
Indeed. If you've entered "123456" as the serial number and show up with no railcard then you're not going to be able to claim that it was a "mistake".
You can also get your fuel cheaper if you swap between pumps halfway through filling.Of course not! It will be that you will have to upload your licence, MOT and insurance document before you book and pay in advance for, a time limited reserved slot on the road to drive from A-B - you won't be able to break your journey for longer than a 20 minute personal needs break too.. There will be season tickets for these slots, but no refunds if decision not to travel made on the day
But at least that will mean a level playing field across modes.
Funnily enough I can't see people at the DfT seeing it like this.
I can believe it more than I ever believe the "I haven't got it with me" when someone is asked for a JCP discount card. Unfortunately as they're handwritten the JCP card isn't in the scope of this scheme, it just covers the major ones.
I found that the introduction of the 16-17 card provided a handy transition from "half-fare with no proof required" to "third off with a card" by bringing in an intermediate stsge of "half-fare with card".
A TOC staff ID card?
Indeed. But as the government is claiming that report in justification, it's worth looking at how the two relate - and they don't.
Whatever happens, it will surely be as well as rather than “rather than”.
Given a Jobcentre Plus Discount and a whole host of other non-national discounts are scoped out of the database, presumably you'll be able to continue to buy all or those freely. The database is specifically for national railcards and 16-17 Savers. I'm not sure that there are savings to be had personally.
True, for those in the know. But they are the retailer many passengers use when buying tickets so in that context a good example of how Delay Repay are working towards making claims simpler in the future.
There is no such thing as an entitled discount - Railcards are a commercial product which are basically a subscription. All that I am proposing is that, like nearly everything else in life, it is only relevant to prove entitlement when buying the ticket. So, if you want to get a third off, either subscribe online and use your membership number 675357821 to buy the ticket in your name MR A SMITH, and then just show ID, or if you don't want to do that or otherwise object on whatever grounds, get a rail photocard like everyone who has a season ticket needs to.
It's advertising and regulatory capture. It is actually really bad.
It was made very clear in my employer's travel policy that any delay claims during working hours were to be processed by our travel provider on behalf of the employer. Out of hours compensation for delay could be claimed directly by me from the TOCs.
Until someone memorises the serial of their 3-year railcard and punches it in on day 1,096 of travelling and is treated like an armed bank robber on the train for it.
Thanks for sharing. clearly they had thought this through and implemented a clear approach in that case.
I'm a little surprised there won't - apparently - be a requirement to enter the expiry date.
Why does it need GBR? The purchasing of railcards is already separate to TOCs.
Indeed. I bought some tickets for travel in mid June about 2 weeks ago.
I wouldn't be against switching to a system where the date of purchase rather than the date of travel matters for Railcard validity. It wouldn't eliminate the possibility that the Railcard check is passed at point of purchase but not at point of travel, though. It has to be the same person. Otherwise you'd get people travelling on Railcards that aren't theirs.
They need to take account of the money they're currently able to extort in the form of settlements from the people they seem to be admitting (?) are in some cases being (reasonably) innocently tripped up by the current rules. If they lose that revenue...
Good thing they only do revenue blocks about every third leap year, then. The only jeopardy there is they'd have to wait outside the station and we'd have to step back a train. It's a high frequency line, so that would have been no big deal.
There is a central railcard validation database.
| Railcard Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 2TR | Two Together Railcard |
| DIS/DIC | Disabled Persons Railcard |
| FAM | Family & Friends Railcard |
| NEW | Network Railcard |
| SRN | Senior Railcard |
| TST | 26-30 Railcard |
| TSU | 16-17 Saver |
| VET | Veterans Railcard |
| YNG | 16-25 Railcard |
That's a sign of the system not working, not a benefit of it.
