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	Discounts for children

Children under 12 years old can travel free of charge without tickets in certain conditions.

The following table explains this:

Children under 6 years old
2nd class	Child not occupying a seat	Free of charge
	Child occupying a seat	Child fare (50% ticket) *
1st class	Child not occupying a seat	Free of charge
	Child occupying a seat	Child fare (50% ticket) *
Children from 6 to 12 years old
2nd class	Free subject to restrictions
1st class	Child fare (50% ticket) *

* Excluding the fixed fee of 0,8058 EUR in 2nd class and (0,8058 x 1,54 EUR) in 1st class.

Free of charge: A maximum of 4 children can travel free with one passenger at least 12 years old holding a valid ticket.

	However, there are some conditions to be net:

Free travel is permitted from Monday to Friday after 9.01. On Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays, this restriction is no longer applicable. The time in question is the time when the train really leaves. This means that a child can take a train whose official departure time is 08.50 if it leaves 15 minutes late.
Children under the age of 12 years travelling with a "Large Families" discount card are not affected by timetable restrictions and travel free of charge even when unaccompanied.
Children under 6 can occupy seats. However, if there are not enough seats, they must give up their seats to ticket-holders.
Free travel is only valid in domestic trains. In the Official Timetable, these trains are marked IC, IR, L, CR, P and ICT.
This means that the free travel does not apply on the international trains at market prices Thalys, Eurostar, other TGVs and EN (Euronight), where booking is compulsory, or on trains marked INT (International) and EC (Euro City).

Would you like to buy and print a ‘children’s ticket’ through our website?

The children’s e-ticket bought via our website is:

personal and therefore not transferable
not refundable nor exchangeable

You can print the ticket yourself or link it to your electronic identity card.

Your online payment is being processed via the Ogone secure payment site which uses the most advanced security systems.

When to buy a ‘children’s ticket'?

as of the 5th child (if no passenger older than 12 holding a valid ticket accompanies the 5th child)
travel before 9.01 AM, from Monday to Friday (no Large Families discount)
children travelling alone: children under the age of 12 who are not accompanied by a passenger aged 12 or more holding a valid ticket (without Large Families discount)
children aged 6 to -12 travelling first class
children under 6 who do not want to give up their seat (1st and 2nd class)