Railcards for ex Armed Forces.

Cyril Haearn · Post by **Cyril Haearn** » 13 Dec 2020, 8:40pm

Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free :wink:

millimole · Post by **millimole** » 13 Dec 2020, 8:43pm

Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free

Not any more.
Only those employees with "grandfather" rights get free travel, or those travelling between jobs during their working day.
Even employees of National Rail have to pay

paddler · Post by **paddler** » 13 Dec 2020, 8:46pm

Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free

I think I could have enjoyed working on a train. Used to love traveling from Hertfordshire to stay with my aunt in Aberystwyth as a kid. I think the days of just getting a job have gone though.

Paulatic · Post by **Paulatic** » 13 Dec 2020, 9:01pm

millimole wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free
Not any more.
Only those employees with "grandfather" rights get free travel, or those travelling between jobs during their working day.
Even employees of National Rail have to pay

Not exactly right
Get a job with Northern and get free travel on their trains and 75% off other franchises.

Cyril Haearn · Post by **Cyril Haearn** » 13 Dec 2020, 9:06pm

Worked on a heritage railway many years ago, 75% off other heritage railways and National Rail
Free on the line where I worked :wink:

landsurfer · Post by **landsurfer** » 13 Dec 2020, 9:16pm

What or who is National Rail ..... ?

Tangled Metal · Post by **Tangled Metal** » 13 Dec 2020, 10:36pm

Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free

Flash your PT and chances are the guard will not take your money for a ticket as well. My Grandad was railway man most his working life. Even after his death my gran got her PT card. No guard took her money on a train after retirement except long distance journeys but for those she had a special ticket for each journey to travel free or really cheap.

Then there used to be a BR travel club for overseas holidays by train. They organised foreign holidays where you got there by train instead of plane using effectively that PTs to get there cheap.

Oldjohnw · Post by **Oldjohnw** » 14 Dec 2020, 5:55am

landsurfer wrote:What or who is National Rail ..... ?

https://www.nationalrail.com/

Post by **Vorpal** » 14 Dec 2020, 8:52am

landsurfer wrote:Agriculture is, like the armed forces, is a broad brush ...
The danger to life from mechanised industrial farming and high mountain care of livestock are very different ...
My time in the AF is very different to front line infantry .. in my case it has resulted in fractured spine x2, fractures to all extended limbs and x3 skull fractures ...
High mountain care of livestock must, inevitably, lead to injuries ... major injuries.
Let just make sure we look after all of us ..

I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting with this, and it's a bit off track, but most deaths in farming come from being hit by vehicles; tractors, combine harvesters, loaders, handlers, etc. Even in Norway, where they still follow that practice of taking livestock up the mountain for summer pasture, and bringing them down again in autumn.

The next most common cause of death (in the UK) is a result of injury by cattle. The next most common cause of death is falling from height. But not mountains; roofs, fruit trees, combine harvesters, lifting equipment, etc.

TBH, I think public transport should be free or very low cost for everyone, so any steps toward that, including giving veterans and other former military railcards, I'm in favour of.

reohn2 · Post by **reohn2** » 14 Dec 2020, 9:15am

Vorpal wrote: I think public transport should be free or very low cost for everyone, so any steps toward that, including giving veterans and other former military railcards, I'm in favour of.

If we want to cut congestion on the roads and fossil fuel use(where it's doing the most harm)at a stroke,free or very low cost public transport with an efficient transport system would be a huge step forward IMV.

pete75 · Post by **pete75** » 14 Dec 2020, 9:20am

Oldjohnw wrote:
landsurfer wrote:What or who is National Rail ..... ?

https://www.nationalrail.com/

It appears to be just another ticket booking agency.

pete75 · Post by **pete75** » 14 Dec 2020, 9:23am

Tangled Metal wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free

Flash your PT and chances are the guard will not take your money for a ticket as well. My Grandad was railway man most his working life. Even after his death my gran got her PT card. No guard took her money on a train after retirement except long distance journeys but for those she had a special ticket for each journey to travel free or really cheap.

Then there used to be a BR travel club for overseas holidays by train. They organised foreign holidays where you got there by train instead of plane using effectively that PTs to get there cheap.

Round here people flashing things on trains tend to get a trip to court and their name on the sex offenders register. What is a PT?

Tangled Metal · Post by **Tangled Metal** » 14 Dec 2020, 9:23am

People living near where they work and being able to afford houses there too might be better. If everyone commuted by foot then how many tonnes of pollution could be taken out of the environment. Even cycling is a second choice behind walking distance. Plus more use of footwear that can be resoled too so less consumerism needed.

Tangled Metal · Post by **Tangled Metal** » 14 Dec 2020, 9:26am

pete75 wrote:
Tangled Metal wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free

Flash your PT and chances are the guard will not take your money for a ticket as well. My Grandad was railway man most his working life. Even after his death my gran got her PT card. No guard took her money on a train after retirement except long distance journeys but for those she had a special ticket for each journey to travel free or really cheap.

Then there used to be a BR travel club for overseas holidays by train. They organised foreign holidays where you got there by train instead of plane using effectively that PTs to get there cheap.

Round here people flashing things on trains tend to get a trip to court and their name on the sex offenders register. What is a PT?

Privileged Ticket. Rail workers and their partners and dependents all got one. It allows for a set number of dirt cheap train tickets every year and for the rest of your train journeys you get discount that makes any railcard feel inadequate. Back when I last took a train journey with my gran I paid £3 or so and she paid 35p!

pete75 · Post by **pete75** » 14 Dec 2020, 9:30am

millimole wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:Get a job on the railway, then one can travel cheap, maybe free
Not any more.
Only those employees with "grandfather" rights get free travel, or those travelling between jobs during their working day.
Even employees of National Rail have to pay

Free travel still seems to be the norm.

https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/careers
Free travel for you (and your eligible family members) means that you can get away to the beach, or check out the latest scene in the city, completely on us!

https://lnerjobs.co.uk/jobs/lifeatlner/
And you can hop on our trains for free.

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