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Fare reductions

SPECIAL CONCESSION III (FOR BLIND PEOPLE)

Wheelchair passenger
Special price concessions are reserved for the blind.

Blind customers can use a pass "mod. 28/C" (valid 5 years) and appropriate requests (mod. 28) for journeys without an accompanying person.

Special Concession III makes provision for "isolated" journeys of the blind to have a 20% reduction off the ordinary fare to which the service change is added at full price if travelling on IC, IC Plus, ICN, ES*, ES* City, AV, Tbiz or with couchettes and WL. If travelling with an accompanying person, the concession allows a ticket to be issued that is valid for two persons. If travelling by ES*, ES* City, AV, Tbiz or Couchette or WL, a ticket is issued the blind customer at the price for the service requested, whereas the accompanying person must pay for the IC/ES*/ES* City/AV/Tbiz service change and the CC/WL service change respectively.


SPECIAL CONCESSION VIII (FOR INVALIDS OF WARS AND PUBLIC SERVICE)

Accompanied wheelchair passengers
This provides special fare reductions to war invalids and for reasons of service (Italian citizens residing in Italy).

To this category of invalid, tickets are issued for two persons at a 30% reduction off the ordinary fare; If a higher category train is used, the related service change must be paid for at the normal price. If the passenger is also entitled to having a person accompanying, only one ticket is issued, valid for two persons for the price of one. If passengers use IC/ICPlus/ICN trains a service change is also issued at full price which is valid for two persons as well.


For cases of travelling on ES*, ES* City, AV Tbiz, and couchette/WL services, the invalid customer is issued an ordinary ticket at the 30% reduction and a ES*/ES*city/AV/Tbiz or CC/WL service change while the accompanying person is issued a IC/ES*/ES* City/AV/Tbiz service change or a CC/WL service change respectively.