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TRAIN STUDENT FARE CARD
Applications for the current 2010/2011 academic year have now closed. We are currently only accepting lost, stolen and faded applications.
You will be able to download an application form for the 2011/2012 academic year from the middle of July 2011.
A train student fare card enables 16 to 18 year old Surrey students attending full-time further education to receive a discount of one third of the adult season ticket price for their home to school/college train journey. Season tickets are available for periods of 7 days (minimum), 1 month and between 1 month and 1 year.
Discounts of one third of the adult rate on single and return tickets are ONLY available after 16.00hrs and anytime at weekends for leisure journeys. These cannot be used for travel to/from school/college.
To qualify you must fulfil ALL of the following:
- Live in one of the 11 boroughs/districts of Surrey
- Elmbridge
- Epsom & Ewell
- Guildford
- Mole Valley
- Reigate & Banstead
- Runnymede
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Tandridge
- Waverley
- Woking
- Attend a full-time further education course and be aged 16 but under 19 on 1 September 2011.
- Your start, finish and transfer (via) stations must all be listed below. The journey must start and / or finish in the administrative county of Surrey, at one of the 83 stations below in bold and be made via the rail lines specified in the map
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Addlestone
Aldershot
Alton
Ascot Berkshire
Ash
Ash Vale
Ashford Surrey
Ashtead
Bagshot
Balham
Banstead
Barnes
Belmont
Bentley
Berrylands
Betchworth
Blackwater
Bookham
Boxhill & Westhumble
Bracknell
Brookwood
Byfleet & New Haw
Camberley
Carshalton
Carshalton Beeches
Caterham
Cheam
Chertsey
Chessington North
Chessington South
Chilworth
Chipstead
Clandon
Clapham Junction
Claygate
Cobham & Stoke D'Abernon
Coulsdon South
Coulsdon Town
Crawley
Crystal Palace
Datchet
Dorking
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Dorking Deepdene
Dorking West
Dormans
Earlsfield
Earlswood
East Croydon
Effingham Junction
Egham
Epsom
Epsom Downs
Esher
Ewell East
Ewell West
Farnborough Main
Farnborough North
Farncombe
Farnham
Faygate
Feltham
Frimley
Fulwell
Gatwick Airport
Gipsy Hill
Godalming
Godstone
Gomshall
Guildford
Hackbridge
Hampton
Hampton Court
Hampton Wick
Haslemere
Hersham
Hinchley Wood
Holmwood
Horley
Horsham
Horsley
Hurst Green
Ifield
Kenley
Kingston
Kingswood
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Leatherhead
Lingfield
Littlehaven
London Road, Guildford
Longcross
Malden Manor
Martins Heron
Merstham
Milford Surrey
Mitcham Eastfields
Mitcham Junction
Mortlake
Motspur Park
New Malden
Norbiton
Norbury
North Camp
North Sheen
Norwood Junction
Nutfield
Ockley
Oxshott
Oxted
Purley
Purley Oaks
Putney
Raynes Park
Redhill
Reedham
Reigate
Richmond
Riddlesdown
Salfords
Sanderstead
Selhurst
Shalford
Shepperton
Smitham
South Croydon
St Margarets London
Staines
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Strawberry Hill Streatham Common
Streatham Hill
Sunbury
Sunningdale
Sunnymeads
Surbiton
Sutton
Tadworth
Tattenham Corner
Teddington
Thames Ditton
Three Bridges
Thornton Heath
Tolworth
Twickenham
Upper Halliford
Upper Warlingham
Virginia Water
Waddon
Wallington
Walton on Thames
Wanborough
Wandsworth Common
Wandsworth Town
Warnham
West Byfleet
West Croydon
West Norwood
Weybridge
Whitton London
Whyteleafe
Whyteleafe South
Wimbledon
Windsor & Eton Riverside
Witley
Woking
Woldingham
Woodmansterne
Worcester Park
Worplesdon
Wraysbury
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You will need to complete an application form and send it with a photograph and a cheque or postal order made payable to SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL to the Student Fare Card Team (address below) by the following dates to ensure collection from your school or college within the timescales stated.
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Received by 15 August 2011 |
Start of autumn term (5 September 2011) |
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Received at other times |
Up to 15 working days |
Student Fare Cards are valid from 1 September 2011.
Cost of the train student fare card
The cost of the train student fare card is £25.00 and is valid from the date of issue until the end of the following August.
Discounts of £12.50 are available for those students who are receipt of an EMA of at least £20 a week or in receipt of a guarateed bursary (for students in care, care leavers and those on income support) or whose family are in receipt of the maximum working tax credit, or one of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Income Based Jobseeker's Allowance (IBJSA)
- Income related Employment ans Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
- Financial support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
Discounts are only available with valid proof of the above documentation. Please send in photocopies of the full relevant documents.
Application forms are available online via the Surrey County Council website
Alternatively you can obtain an application form from the Surrey County Council Contact Centre 03456 009 009
Train Student Fare Card
Student Fare Card Team
Surrey County Council
Floor 3, Conquest House
Wood Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1AB
contact.centre@surreycc.gov.uk
If you lose your Train Student Fare card or if it is stolen then call the Student Fard Card Team on 03456 009 009. (Lost or stolen season tickets are dealt with by the issuing station). You will need to supply the cardholder's details and only one duplicate will be issued in an academic year.
Changing your mode of transport
Once you have received your student fare card and decide that you would like to change your mode of transport i.e. changing from a train to a bus or vice versa, you will need to write to the Student Fare Card Team, returning the original fare card that you have, together with a cover letter, a new passport photograph and a cheque or postal order for £10 made payable to Surrey County Council. This is a flat rate to cover administration costs. Once processed your new card will be sent to your school/college for collection.
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