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Post by stevieinselby on Sept 25, 2018 20:59:59 GMT 1
Is there any regulation requiring bus companies to offer child fares, or is it just so embedded as custom and practice that everyone does it? Or are there any operators that make children pay the full adult fare?
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Post by deerfold on Sept 25, 2018 21:18:49 GMT 1
Is there any regulation requiring bus companies to offer child fares, or is it just so embedded as custom and practice that everyone does it? Or are there any operators that make children pay the full adult fare? No, whether to offer child fares is generally a commercial decision. Some local authorities subsidise them. West Yorkshire used to, but I'm not sure if they still do. That was why West Yorkshire had half fares, North Yorkshire had 2/3 fares and Greater Manchester had a flat fare. |
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Post by squeaky on Sept 25, 2018 21:21:18 GMT 1
There is no legal requirement - though under 16s (and under 18s in full time eduction - it would not be legal for university students for example to be covered) can be covered by statutory concession schemes (e.g in Tyne and Wear; in which case the same 'no better no worse off' requirement applies as for other concessionary schemes such as those for elderly and disabled people).
Child fares are an entirely commercial endeavour in most areas, though.
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