Price
The price of the "full" Railcard has been increased on several occasions since 1975. The shorter-lived "Day Returns Only" (and, later, "Cheap Day Returns Only") version also experienced regular increases.
| Effective from | "Full" railcard |
"Cheap Day Returns only" railcard |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 1975 | £4.32 | N/A | Included VAT @ 8% |
| Later in 1975 | £4.00 | N/A | VAT charge dropped |
| 1 April 1976 | £6.00 | £3.00 | |
| 8 January 1978 | £7.00 | £3.50 | |
| May 1979 | £8.00 | £4.00 | |
| 28 January 1980 | £10.00 | £5.00 | |
| 19 June 1983 | £12.00 | £7.00 | |
| 10 January 1988 | £15.00 | N/A | "Cheap Day Returns only" card withdrawn |
| 7 January 1990 | £16.00 | N/A | |
| 17 August 1997 | £18.00 | N/A | |
| May 2004 | £20.00 | N/A | |
| 2 January 2008 | £24.00 | N/A | |
| Current | £28.00 | N/A |
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