On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:14:08 +0100, Neil Williams
wrote:

On 2014-09-18 07:45:23 +0000, Roland Perry said:

Discounts don't apply across the board (for example a 'student' card
doesn't give a discount on tube fares). However both contactless and
Oyster are usable on National Rail lines within the TfL area, so why
shouldn't people be able to get a discount if they have an appropriate
railcard?

I'm not saying they shouldn't - I'm just saying that everywhere else
I've looked at such things Railcards are a long-distance product only
and don't apply to local journeys within a joint-tariff area.

The Swiss Halbtax does (at least on ZVV), but I can't think of any
others...

Richard.

On 2014-09-18 20:11:27 +0000, Richard said:

The Swiss Halbtax does (at least on ZVV), but I can't think of any
others...

Yeah, I suppose the Halbtax is a notable exception (it does in Mobilis
Vaud as well, though seemingly not from the TL machines in Lausanne,
only if you buy from an SBB machine) - but then that's to some
extent[1] sold as a national public transport discount card, not just a
Railcard.

In DB-land and SNCF-land you don't get discount on Verbund products, I believe.

[1] VMCV buses in Vevey-Montreux didn't used to accept it prior to the
introduction of the Verbundtarif.

Neil
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