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[email protected] · February 27th 11, 10:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article
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(Mizter T) wrote:

On Feb 27, 11:35*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
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at 03:27:09 on Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Mizter T
remarked:

Why do you make the assumption that accompanied children would be
dealt with any differently when an adult is travelling using a 'pay
and wave' card compared to when that adult is using an Oyster card?

For one thing, today you can't use an Oyster Card for a group, but you
can use a Credit Card (by buying several tickets at once).

That's not what I was getting at. Children aged 5-10 travel free on
the Tube, DLR and LO "if travelling with an adult who has a valid
ticket, Freedom Pass or Veterans photocard or who is using pay as you
go" - that covers up to four children per adult - see:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14554.aspx
(Children under 5 travel for free too, but they're dealt with
separately as they have to be accompanied by an adult.)

I don't see any reason to imagine why this free travel for accompanied
children up to the age of 10 (inclusive) would be any different if the
adult was travelling using a 'pay and wave' credit/debit card instead
of an Oyster card.

What about 11-15 year olds? How many of them have cards?

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Colin Rosenstiel