Senior Railcard - proof of age

[erk]

An article in today's Daily Telegraph purports to summarise the elgilbility rules for various railcards. For the Senior Railcard it says "You need a valid form of ID such a a passport, UK driving licence or EEA national identity card with you when travelling to prove your age." (My emphasis.)

Is this a clause of the T's and C's I hadn't spotted (and have almost never complied with)? Or has the Telegraph made it up?

 

[MarlowDonkey]

Is this a clause of the T's and C's I hadn't spotted (and have almost never complied with)? Or has the Telegraph made it up?

It's some years since I first applied, but as far as I recall you only had to quote a passport number on the first application. You certainly need no more proof when ytravelling than a valid card. I suspect that many ticket inspectors would assume a valid card on sight anyway.

The Telegraph or its AI assistant has made it up.

 

[NER1621]

An article in today's Daily Telegraph

…which is all the information you need to judge its likely accuracy.

 

[AlterEgo]

Legacy media strikes again. No, you just need the railcard, which doesn't even have a photo on it let alone your date of birth.

 

[Haywain]

I wonder if they are managing to conflate the Senior Railcard with other age related discounts, such as Club 50/Club 55 and the like.

 

[Gloster]

As I remember it, you need proof of age when buying your first Senior Railcard and when buying a new one if you have let it lapse. However, if you are renewing before your old one has run out, I think that the old card suffices as proof of age. (N.b. I buy over the counter at a station.)

 

[Wawanesa]

Sadly I have never been asked to provide proof when buying a card, I can only assume that I am showing my age!

 

[NorthWestRover]

Legacy media strikes again. No, you just need the railcard, which doesn't even have a photo on it let alone your date of birth.

Digital version has photo on it.

 

[fandroid]

When I bought one over the counter at Glasgow Central, the staff member simply visually judged me to be eligible. But I feel 50 inside!

 

[AM9]

An article in today's Daily Telegraph purports to summarise the elgilbility rules for various railcards. For the Senior Railcard it says "You need a valid form of ID such a a passport, UK driving licence or EEA national identity card with you when travelling to prove your age." (My emphasis.)

Is this a clause of the T's and C's I hadn't spotted (and have almost never complied with)? Or has the Telegraph made it up?

Given the propensity of the Torygraph to embroider facts relating to anything that doesn't fit their agenda, I'm not surprised that they've put this frightener out.