Definition of Child Fares
For ticket-issuing purposes, British Rail defined a child as being between five years old and one day short of 16 years old. This definition has been maintained since privatisation. Children under five are allowed free travel, provided that they do not occupy reserved seats and that no more than two (in British Rail days, four) accompany each fare-paying adult. The sole exception to this occurs with the Family Railcard: if a Railcard holder is travelling with one or more children under the age of five, and the combination of Railcard-discounted adult fare plus Railcard-discounted child fare(s) is cheaper than the full (non-discounted) adult fare, the Railcard holder may buy discounted tickets for the group, as if the children were actually five or older.
Where children turn 16 during the validity of a Railcard, they may still travel at the child fare until it expires.
Read more about this topic: Family And Friends Railcard
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