Popularity
Many millions of Senior Citizen and Senior Railcards have been sold since 1975. A written reply to a question in the House of Commons on 8 December 1998 revealed that between the 1990/1991 and 1997/1998 financial years inclusive, 5,569,842 Railcards had been issued, with the highest annual total in that period being 930,393 in 1990/1991. Data from before 1990 was said to be unavailable.
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