A charge of half the usual fare for a journey on public transport, available to certain groups such as children and older people.
all children under 18 travel at half fare
Example sentencesExamples
- These are printed and permit seniors to ride at half fare.
- Under the present system, they have to pay half fare.
- Some crew have an ingenuous way of determining whether a child should be charged full or half fare.
- Currently the council gives money to reimburse bus companies for charging half fares.
- Blind people travel free, and young people and students pay half fare.
- There was a station attendant on duty and ready to help us, so both boys got their half fares.
- They recently introduced a special half fare for those who accompany their spouses on business trips.
- District councillors stopped issuing the tokens last year when it switched to concessionary bus passes, entitling holders to half fares.
- He wants the scheme to be extended nationally in place of children paying half fares.
- Maybe you can go for half fare.