Can several people travel on one Ruter ticket, and are there family discounts?
Group purchase, free children at weekends and child fares.
Short answer
Yes, the Ruter app lets you buy tickets for a whole group in one purchase, and at weekends up to four children under 18 ride free with an adult. The weekend offer also covers public holidays and needs an adult, senior or student ticket. Children under 6 always travel free.
Why
- Ruter says you can buy tickets for everyone in the group in the app, choosing adult, child or senior for each traveller, with up to 25 single tickets per purchase.
- On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays you can bring up to four children under 18 free when you buy an adult, senior or student ticket.
- All children under 6 travel free, and a single child ticket for zone 1 costs NOK 19, against NOK 46 for an adult.
Details
When the group travels together, the tickets sit together in your phone, and everyone must stay together so all can show a valid ticket at a check. If people travel separately, use 'Kjøp til andre' (buy for others) in the app to send the tickets to their phones. A travel card (reisekort) can also hold tickets for a whole group. Large groups should be ready to split between departures if a bus or train is full.
Tip
For a family day out in Oslo, go on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday: one adult ticket then covers up to four children under 18.
What may differ
Ruter's group page does not list a separate family ticket, and the free-children offer only applies at weekends and on public holidays, so on weekdays children aged 6 to 17 need a child ticket.
People also ask
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Sources
- Ruter: Travelling as a groupChecked at:
- Ruter: Ticket pricesChecked at:
- Ruter: Single ticketChecked at:
Prices change, so check Ruter before you go.
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