Returning Dependants Staff Travel Card

[elgin eagle]

Hi, looking for some advice please, my daughter finished uni in the summer to take a year out before returning for a further two years and Ive been wondering who to send her card back to before reapplying in September. Is it RSTL who I need to contact or the TOC itself?

Many thanks

 

[transportphoto]

Easiest advice is to reach out to RSTL directly. They’re the only people who know how best to keep them happy.

 

[ChilliSauce]

Hi, looking for some advice please, my daughter finished uni in the summer to take a year out before returning for a further two years and Ive been wondering who to send her card back to before reapplying in September. Is it RSTL who I need to contact or the TOC itself?

Many thanks

You haven't said if this is a Safeguarded Facility or something non contractual issued by a TOC

Is she still a dependant on you on this "Year Out" ? i e. Are you in effect still paying her bills and expenses as I am thinking that If she is still a dependant upon you financially why do you actually have to return the card? Of course if she has signed on as unemployed that might be different as she would be in receipt of some unemployment benefit.

Secondly if she left uni in September last year and went and got a job so no longer dependant on you, that card should of been returned way back then ...last September. Returning a card late when the person named on no longer has eligibility might be construed as a Travel Irregularity

Finally I believe that once a person is no longer a dependant and the card is handed back ..because they no longer have eligibility.... that is it .. They can't have the card back at a later date ..

 

[HamworthyGoods]

Hi, looking for some advice please, my daughter finished uni in the summer to take a year out before returning for a further two years and Ive been wondering who to send her card back to before reapplying in September. Is it RSTL who I need to contact or the TOC itself?

Many thanks

Eligibility of Family Members

Rail Staff Travel Eligibility of Family Members.

www.raildeliverygroup.com

Section 7 on the rail staff travel website explains eligibility of child dependents aged 18-24.

Finally I believe that once a person is no longer a dependant and the card is handed back ..because they no longer have eligibility.... that is it .. They can't have the card back at a later date ..

This is partially correct - depending on circumstance quoting from the same section as linked above;

If a Dependant ceases to be eligible to rail staff travel facilities by virtue of employment in which they have earned more than the weekly limit, then they cannot become eligible for rail staff travel facilities again, even if there is a reduction in their earnings to below the weekly limit. There are two exceptions detailed in 2 above (last bullet point) and in point 7 below.

These are the exceptions:

If a Dependant has previously ceased to be eligible to rail staff travel facilities by virtue of employment in which they have earned more than the weekly limit but has continuously and permanently lived at the primary cardholder's home (subject to certain exceptions), then they may regain eligibility to receive rail staff travel facilities once they commence a full-time non-remunerative education course. This means that they can have no income at all from either work or benefits.

Dependants on a degree course that includes a year in industry (often referred to as a sandwich course) have some additional information the employee should be aware of. They remain eligible if they earn below the weekly threshold as usual. However if they earn above the weekly threshold during their year in industry all rail staff travel must be returned to RST. If it is, they can become eligible when they complete their final year at university. If not, their eligibility ceases permanently.

 

[elgin eagle]

Easiest advice is to reach out to RSTL directly. They’re the only people who know how best to keep them happy.

Thanks guys, I've reached out to them.