Council to stop funding railcards

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Feb 2016, 12:00 BST
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Hailsham Town Council will stop refunding part of the cost of railcards, which offer cut-price train travel for senior residents, from April 2016.

Hailsham Town Council has provided a subsidy on railcards for senior residents since 2002, paid for out of the council tax precept and totalling approximately £6,000 per year. Currently, around 400 senior resident railcards are subsidised by the town council each year.

From Friday, April 1, the administration of the railcard subsidy will change and the town council will no longer offer a part-refund on the cost of the railcard purchased online or from a railway station.

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The removal of the subsidy from the town council’s budget for 2016/2017 means that more money can be put in to running council services and other projects that could benefit all Hailsham residents.