Tickets Issued With A Railcard
On the APTIS, PORTIS/SPORTIS and other computerised ticket issuing systems, a "status code" field is provided on each ticket issued. This is left blank if an adult is travelling at full (undiscounted) fare; but if any discount or other special condition applies, a code of up to five letters appears.
Since the introduction of the APTIS and PORTIS systems in 1986, an adult ticket bought with a Family Railcard has always been identified with the code FAM. This has continued since the introduction of various "New Generation" systems that have superseded these. The code used for child tickets has varied, however. Usually, CHFAM is used; but during some of the changeover periods between different versions of the Railcard, FAMCH has been used as well. In these circumstances, one code has been used for tickets issued against the "original" Railcard, and the other has been used for those issued with the "new" version. CHFAM was used exclusively again once all of the "original" Railcards had expired. This happened after both the 1990 and the 2000 changes to the Railcard conditions.
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