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Children travelling on underground trains

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Dottygran59 Fri 23-Jul-21 08:07:21

We are taking our 2 DGC aged 10 and 8 to London next month for 2 days. I understand (hope!) that it's free for them to travel on the tube, but how do you get them through the turnstyles? DH and I use our own debit cards, and go through neighbouring turnstyles at the same time. Do we go through first then give the children it to use and come through after us?

TIA for any advice and info

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Ellianne Sun 25-Jul-21 17:24:23

Under 18s who live in London have a Zip Oyster and travel free.
Makes perfect sense as many catch the tube and buses for educational purposes.

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Ellianne Sun 25-Jul-21 17:29:21

I confess my friends and I sometimes used to fare dodge on London buses on the way to school. The trick was to go upstairs if the conductor were downstairs, and vice versa. Then you ran down the stairs at the last minute and jumped off at your stop as the bus pulled away. You couldn't do it now.

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