Baby and toddler too young to be 'children' on tram

A MUM was 'shocked' to be twice told she could be fined for buying a family Metrolink ticket because her baby and toddler were too young to be called 'children'.

- By ETHAN DAVIES Local Democracy Reporting Service

Cassie, from Droylsden, Tameside, takes the tram to the city centre with her husband and two children for church. They usually buy a zone one to three off-peak family day travelcard, costing £7.10.

But at the start of this month, Cassie said a Metrolink ticket inspector told the family they could have been fined for using the ticket, because children aged under-five travel free on Metrolink trams so do not qualify for the family ticket. The inspector reportedly told Cassie and her husband they instead should have each purchased an adult day ticket, worth £8.60 for two people.

“I felt shocked,” Cassie said. “Obviously we are a family... I do not know how we are not a family.”