When your 16-25 railcard expires...

[Gathursty]

how do you/did you commemorate it?

My railcard expires Dec 16 and due to work, the only opportunity for a rail excursion would be a Saturday or Sunday. I think the only 'local' lines I've not used a train on are those that make up the Ffestiniog round robin.

I'll be sad mainly due to the fact that I am no longer young! However I can't moan. I have a car so I am lucky.

Also, where did you go by train after your 16-25 railcard expired?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Always ensure you buy your last renewal the day before your 26th birthday for maximum journey possibilities!

 

[TheEdge]

Well I got a Priv at 22 so didn't really notice my 16-25 expire!

 

[SteveP29]

I thought you were going to ask what you do when it expires, I was going to say, you pay full fare like everyone else

 

[Arglwydd Golau]

I thought you were going to ask what you do when it expires, I was going to say, you pay full fare like everyone else

....and you think about what our railways might look like when you qualify for your Senior Railcard!

 

[DarloRich]

I thought you were going to ask what you do when it expires, I was going to say, you pay full fare like everyone else

this it will come as a shock

 

[Clip]

....and you think about what our railways might look like when you qualify for your Senior Railcard!

Or if you have a friend/partner who you like travelling with you get a 2 together card and enjoy the benefits for much longer

 

[Iskra]

Mine expires in December. Got a farewell trip booked in.

After that I'll be travelling a lot more price sensitively and I'll be spending a lot more time in STD.

 

[DarloRich]

Mine expires in December. Got a farewell trip booked in.

After that I'll be travelling a lot more price sensitively and I'll be spending a lot more time in STD.

On East Coast those sandwiches that are free in first class cost £3.95 in standard and a tea is about £2 - just so you can plan ahead

 

[Iskra]

On East Coast those sandwiches that are free in first class cost £3.95 in standard and a tea is about £2 - just so you can plan ahead

To be fair, VTEC do have a plentiful supply of reasonably priced 1st Advances even without a railcard, and you do get a reasonable offering in return. It's most of the other TOC's 1st class that I'll be avoiding.

 

[Lad Brookes]

I made up for it by getting a job on the railway. There was a period of about 4 months when I had neither a Y-P, nor a Priv. That was a hard time!

 

[yorksrob]

I marked the expiry by continually bemoaning the lack of a national railcard for ever more.

 

[Kite159]

I got a network (southeast) railcard

 

[johntea]

Oh the days when I was eligible for a student zones 1-5 West Yorkshire Metrocard at around £65 a month and a railcard, under a fiver return to Manchester from West Yorkshire (although having to use the slow Northern train) and about a tenner return to Blackpool

Growing old sucks and gets very expensive all of a sudden!

 

[507021]

I'm not sure what I'll do without my 16-25 railcard, although that's a while off yet thankfully. Fortunately, I purchased my first one in March this year a few weeks before my 23rd birthday, so I'll be able to renew it another three times as the renewal date is just before my 26th birthday.

 

[infobleep]

You could of course go back to university full time as a mature student. Then you'd get another 16-25 rail card, even if your not 16-25 any more! Just the small matter of having to study and pay for that... Lol

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[507021]

You could of course go back to university full time as a mature student. Then you'd get another 16-25 rail card, even if your not 16-25 any more! Just the small matter of having to study and pay for that... Lol

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It might be worth it if I spent that much on rail travel each year, lol.

 

[RichmondCommu]

I really don't understand what the issue is here; if you need to make a journey then you make a journey. I accept that it can make first class travel a lot more expensive but having to travel in standard class is hardly a hardship!

 

[trainophile]

I really don't understand what the issue is here; if you need to make a journey then you make a journey. I accept that it can make first class travel a lot more expensive but having to travel in standard class is hardly a hardship!

It is if your journey involves more than half an hour on Virgin West Coast. But then I suppose those young things who are still in their 20s don't notice the back-aching seats in Standard like us oldies do .

Anyway it's not so much a case of "needing to make a journey" for forumites - it's a hobby!

 

[tony_mac]

Having a railcard made most of my (primarily Transpennine) weekend trips cheaper than driving.
Now that the train also costs more, as well as being slower, less comfortable, and less convenient, I am more likely to drive.

So, the answer of what to do when your railcard expires, is to buy a car!
(joking!)

 

[sprinterguy]

Well I got a Priv at 22 so didn't really notice my 16-25 expire!

Similar. I ensured that I renew my 16 - 25 railcard in case I was pushed out of the rail industry again or on the off chance that there was an advance ticket available that was cheaper than the Priv fare, but my final 16 - 25 railcard has remained pristine through lack of use since I purchased it.
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I really don't understand what the issue is here; if you need to make a journey then you make a journey.

A 33% discount on the cost of a ticket is a substantial boon if you are a regular traveller.

 

[tony_mac]

A 33% discount on the cost of a ticket is a substantial boon if you are a regular traveller.

Or, it's a 50% increase in the fare when your railcard expires, which is even worse

 

[RichmondCommu]

A 33% discount on the cost of a ticket is a substantial boon if you are a regular traveller.

I concur. However surely the journey will still need to be made whether you have the railcard or not.
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Anyway it's not so much a case of "needing to make a journey" for forumites - it's a hobby!

Well yes for some forum members I suppose it is but as a "wake up call" to the realities of life I don't think its a bad thing at all.

 

[AlterEgo]

I concur. However surely the journey will still need to be made whether you have the railcard or not.

Not all journeys "need to be made". A lot of people simply go where the low fares take them. I know I do.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Not all journeys "need to be made". A lot of people simply go where the low fares take them. I know I do.

However in that case if you no longer had access to those "low fares" I can't see how it would affect your general well being as opposed to not being able to afford to visit your family etc.

 

[me123]

I really don't understand what the issue is here; if you need to make a journey then you make a journey. I accept that it can make first class travel a lot more expensive but having to travel in standard class is hardly a hardship!

Mine will be up in just over a year, and to be honest I think I'll be spending more time in my car when that happens. Even at present, rail doesn't offer me a great deal going to Scotland for the weekend, so adding 50% onto that cost isn't going to make things any better. Without the discount, my car will generally be much cheaper than the train for the vast majority of my journeys.

But I don't think there is an "issue". There's nothing wrong with having a last hurrah on the railcard. If you're going to do an ALR or something, then it obviously makes sense to do it whilst you still have the sizeable railcard discount.

However in that case if you no longer had access to those "low fares" I can't see how it would affect your general well being as opposed to not being able to afford to visit your family etc.

Being isolated from your family can definitely be detrimental to your wellbeing.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Being isolated from your family can definitely be detrimental to your wellbeing.

Oh absolutely and I completely agree, although in all fairness I never said that it wasn't. However not being able to travel to random destinations when ever you please is not detrimental to your general well being, indeed its just a fact of life.
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But I don't think there is an "issue". There's nothing wrong with having a last hurrah on the railcard. If you're going to do an ALR or something, then it obviously makes sense to do it whilst you still have the sizeable railcard discount.

Well if it wasn't an issue surely there would have been no need for this thread!

 

[tony_mac]

However not being able to travel to random destinations when ever you please is not detrimental to your general well being, indeed its just a fact of life.

No longer being able to do something you enjoy, or that helps you relax, can certainly be detrimental to your general well being.

 

[AlterEgo]

Well if it wasn't an issue surely there would have been no need for this thread!

The thread was going on about getting a last hurrah out of the card. I don't think anyone is making it out to be "an issue".

 

[RichmondCommu]

No longer being able to do something you enjoy, or that helps you relax, can certainly be detrimental to your general well being.

Life is all about making comprises! I would still like to be able to play Sunday League football but I've suffered too many injuries. I'd like to spend the entire summer on a beach in Antibes, visit Sydney for the weekend and see my Grandson every weekend. I would have great enjoyment from doing all of these things but I appreciate that I need to accept life for what it is.
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The thread was going on about getting a last hurrah out of the card. I don't think anyone is making it out to be "an issue".

Well I suspect that for some it is an issue. In which case welcome to reality!