Half-price high-speed AVE train tickets for young passengers
Sunday, January 24, 2016 @ 10:06 PM
A NEW young person's rail card allows teens and 20-somethings to travel on the high-speed AVE link for half price.
Rail board RENFE has announced that long-distance fast train tickets booked at least 30 days before travel will attract a discount of 50% for passengers aged 14 to 26 inclusive, or a 40% reduction when booked at least 15 days in advance.
For tickets bought on the day or booked less than a fortnight before travel, the usual young person's discount of 30% will apply.
From now on, the 14-26 age-group will, additionally, get 25% off all travel on the outer suburban-cum-provincial lines, the Cercanías, as well as the Avant and medium-distance trains which are inter-regional but normally a lot cheaper than the AVE as they take up to three times as long to reach their destinations.
And the existing Tarjeta Dorada ('gold card') for the over-65s has been extended, with the Tarjeta RENFE Dorada Plus offering even greater deals and discounts through a loyalty scheme.
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