urge train companies to increase the “adult” ticket age to 18.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Children Act 1989 define a child as “under the age of 18” - I’m 17 and use the train 5 times a week to get to and from college - I pay over £100 a month for a poor service which is delayed more often than not. I have a job, but do not earn adult wage! Why am I expected to pay adult train fares?

I pay £5.10 for a train ticket, £25.50 a week, over £100 a month! At work, I earn £4.20 an hour - an hour of work can’t pay for a single train journey! A lot of 17 year olds don’t even have a job. In addition, the price of train tickets is set to rise in January 2019. Minimum wage will only increase in April 2019 by 50p... still not enough for me to buy a single train journey. I’m not regarded an adult in any other aspect of my life - legally I am a child, NOT AN ADULT!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Require all transport operators to offer child fares to anyone under 18, by law.

Timeline

3 Dec 2018	Petition opened for signatures
5 Dec 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Dec 2018

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