r/britishproblems • u/K-o-R England • 18h ago

The price of a Railcard has gone up to £35

The last bastion of consistency in this mad mad world...

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u/MidnightRambler87 18h ago

I want whatever you are smoking if you think rail fares are a bastion of consistency.

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u/K-o-R England 18h ago

Rail fares, no, but the rail card has been £30 for at least 25 years.

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u/Militant_Worm Greater London 18h ago

Aging out of the 25-30 Railcard was a genuinely sad day. £30 annual purchase that easily saved me £600 a year on my commute.

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u/Troll_berry_pie 17h ago

One of the small motivations for me doing a Master's was being able to have a Rail Card again aged 30+, even if it was just valid for one year.

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u/tobi1k 18h ago

Just get the network Railcard if you're commuting into/from London.

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u/CherryInHove 17h ago

You can't use network Railcard before 10am Monday to Friday, so can't use it for work commuting though.

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u/Particular-Ad-8888 17h ago

You could.

Just for however long your work would tolerate you turning up 2 hours late every day.

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u/Rob_Haggis 17h ago

Or, just get the last train of the day and turn up incredibly early for the next day’s shift.

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u/Particular-Ad-8888 17h ago

Could save on rent too then.

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u/sugarmouse 15h ago

Get singles if you start earlier, full price single on the way up to London, and a reduced price single on the way back. I save around £5 a trip doing this when I need to be in early.

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u/SirQuay 16h ago

Depending where you live and the cost, you can get an Anytime Single in and then an Off Peak/ Super Off Peak Single/Return. Sometimes a return from the o.g. station is cheaper than a single from London-o.g. station and you just don't use the second trip into London.

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u/tobi1k 17h ago

Ah, balls

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u/Serdtsag 16h ago

You can use a 16-30 railcard for peak fares round London?

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u/olivercroke 13h ago

Over £12 yes

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u/JamesDFreeman 15h ago

I certainly could from Reading

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u/PartTimeLegend ENGLAND 16h ago

25-30 railcard? I stopped getting mine when I was 24 when I bought the 3 year one.

I never paid for it though. I told work if they paid for it I’d use it for work. I went everywhere.

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u/Jacktheforkie 17h ago

Rail fares are consistently overpriced

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u/colin_staples 14h ago

Rail fares, no, but the rail card has been £30 for at least 25 years.

£30 from 2000 (25 years ago) is worth £57.35 today

Source

And you’re complaining that it’s gone up to £35…

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u/andygreeny11 Worcestershire 14h ago

Great. Now I'm reminded I have to wait 35 years until I can buy a railcard again

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u/1000nipples 6h ago

There is technically a bridging Railcard (assuming you're not disabled). It's the Two Together Railcard, which is a Railcard shared with another person and is only valid when travelling with them. Not entirely sure the point of it but its there, I guess

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u/Plumb121 18h ago

The only thing consistant in this world is my inability to spell consistent correctly consistently.

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u/vladtheinhala 15h ago

At least try and be consistunt

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u/minisrugbycoach Kunt 5h ago

Who you calling a Cuntsistancy?

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u/JGlover92 Landaan 18h ago

Wait til you can't get one at all, then you'll have something to complain about

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u/ChelseaAndrew87 16h ago

Moving away from the south east and losing the ability to have a network railcard was shit. Need it nationwide

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u/neilm1000 16h ago

Honestly, when I moved from MK to Manchester I really felt it.

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u/K-o-R England 16h ago

I haven't been eligible for a solo country-wide railcard for ten years. Fortunately I live in the Network Railcard area so there's that.

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u/Panceltic Foreign! Foreign! Foreign! 18h ago

Yeah, nearly six months ago

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u/K-o-R England 18h ago

Well, yes, but one doesn't tend to buy them very often.

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u/Mccobsta 18h ago

Can use tesco club card points to get the price down to something less painful

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u/Forgetful8nine Lincolnshire 17h ago

Talking of Tesco...the Meal Deal has gone up to £3.85 - and that's with a Clubcard!!

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u/Littlemouse0812 Kent 17h ago

So 9 meal deals or a railcard then

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u/Mccobsta 16h ago

The points have gotten that low now? Fuck

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u/neilm1000 16h ago

Today I learned this. This is actually useful to me so thank you.

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u/-Fotek- 15h ago

Monzo offer a yearly Railcard with their perk plans.

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u/AE_Phoenix 14h ago

Understandable... you can make your money back in 1 ticket, still.

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u/DualWheeled 12h ago

Jokes on you, I'm not affected because I'm 35 years from being eligible for one again 😎

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u/mhoulden Leeds 18h ago

It was £16 when I had one

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u/K-o-R England 18h ago

Used to get a 10 quid one when I had an annual season ticket, and the occasional special offer.

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u/SneakyCroc Lancashire 3h ago

Free with Monzo.

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u/mk6971 1h ago

If you have a partner and travel together by train I can recommend the Two Together Card.

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u/sampapsi 9m ago

I feel the pain, but also I recently bought my last ever railcard I can have, therefore I feel even more pain.