The mean time (From The Argus)
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The mean time
3:33pm Friday 30th July 2010 in
How mean the Brighton and Hove Bus Company seems to be. My grandaughter, aged six, arrived from Denmark to visit recently. In the Bus Times there is no reference to children’s fares being available other than with local ID cards. But it came as a surprise to find her treated as an adult.
A single fare of £1.80 which relates to a return fare at the same price as an adult saver, £3.60, no saver fare being available for children.
Give me the old days when things were fairer.
Andrew Cregeen
Bannings Vale, Saltdean
Comments(4)
Can this be
says...
3:35pm Sun 1 Aug 10
Those aged 5 to 13 without a bus ID are able to travel at 50% of the adult fare, including Savers, according to B&H Buses.
If there is a criticism, it is a shame that the bus ID is not available to children who have not lived in the area for two years.
If this is not the case, we need to be
careful or the town will suffer further when this is linked to the ridiculous car parking charges.
Grey Owl
says...
5:47pm Mon 2 Aug 10
Altogether a good deal.
caeos
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12:39am Wed 4 Aug 10
afaik there is no law that says how much discount a child fare should be BUT its up to the bus company to decide on what age it calls children. (except of course london).
in the same way its up to the local council to put restrictions on NCDS cards.
try looking at it this way also. if the "child" was going to travel at 90p a time and followed their parents around who were on a saver ticket, the bus driver may have suggested an adult saver to atually save the people money.
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Fight Back says...
11:04am Sun 1 Aug 10
Thankfully many of Mr French's drivers have more commonsense than Mr French himself and often let my children ride for the discount price without ID. Seeing that they are 3 and 7 it doesn't take a genius to work out they are children although clearly Mr French struggles !