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Originally Posted by JohnDough
What is country coming to lashing out at the disabled an Oaps whose only enjoyment is free travel on mostly empty trains and buses ,it sounds like sour grapes to me as there is a very low cost to Gov. as mostly used off peak!
As for the person who dislikes giving up their paid seat to a oldie that is just pathetic as they must have never been taught manners by their parents as this would be common courtesy by normal standards.Try to take away these passes then the Grey brigade will swing in to action and we all know what happenned before!
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My mother (75) raised this with me today. She and her sister (80+) had discussed it and while they would like to see local travel remain free, they see no particular reason to not pay at least something towards long distance travel. The scheme here is remarkably generous (it even extends to Northern Ireland) and while cheap for government, is rather expensive for the transport companies.