How do YOU use your bus pass?

Pudsey Bear

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If you have one of course.

I finally got around to getting mine, it arrived yesterday, no booklet or any info other than data protection stuff.

I went for the disabled one as Liz doesn't need one then.

I went onto the Metro website to get more info but not a lot on there other than basic how toos & not toos

Disabled + Companion Bus Pass

Free off-peak travel on local bus services* in West Yorkshire from 0930 to midnight, Monday to Friday and all day at weekends and on public holidays.

Free travel on local bus services throughout England between 0930 and 2300, Monday to Friday, and all day at weekends and on public holidays.

Half-fare, off-peak train travel within West Yorkshire. Off peak train travel is Monday to Friday after 0930 until 1600, then from 1830, and all day on weekends and public holidays. If you are travelling by train during the weekday evening peak - 1601 to 1829 - you will need to buy an Anytime Day Single or Anytime Day Return ticket.

Companion Passes
If you have a Companion Disabled or Blind Person’s Travel Pass, your companion is entitled to the same concessions when travelling with you on buses and trains within West Yorkshire. This includes local bus services when you travel within West Yorkshire, and for journeys which start in West Yorkshire. You can also use your companion pass to travel on return cross-boundary bus journeys to York, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Hull. For return bus travel to areas not listed, the companion will be required to pay the fare to return to West Yorkshire. For example, your companion can travel free between Leeds and Manchester, but will be required to pay for the return bus journey from Manchester to West Yorkshire.

Companions are not entitled to free bus travel for journeys made wholly outside West Yorkshire. This means, for example, your companion can travel free between Leeds and York, but not on local bus journeys within York.

Your companion does not need to be the same person for every journey, but your companion cannot use the pass when travelling without you. Your companion is not issued with a separate pass. A companion pass has an orange stripe down the right hand side of the pass with a blue +C symbol at the top right hand corner which tells the driver that you require a companion. Your companion CANNOT use your pass without you.
 
We have the Scottish Bus Pass [also doubles up as our Library Card so can use Library WiFi whilst waitng for the Bus ...]. No ticket needed, no restricted hours of use, so no need to use the car for early hospital appointments etc. Joined up thinking that actually works

Steve
 
Like Marchie we live in Scotland and have no restrictions on our bus pass (except annoyingly they are not valid on Edinburgh trams). We use them by getting on a bus, slapping the pass on the card reader then go and sit down! Also get our library books out with them.
 
Pudsey Bear said:
Scotland actually tries to help it's citizens, England has a shortage of fecks to give.

IMHO they should be UK wide.
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No thanks, Kev. Our Bus Pass is a brilliant resource, and it means that City Centre Car Parks have space for employees who have to be there before opening hours. We can pootle in to suit ourselves, and we keep to the left of the footpath, so that those who are dashing to get to their destination don't have to dodge the doddery old gits who set out for the shops 3 days ago ... (y)

Steve
 
What did you mean by no thanks Steve?
 
Pudsey Bear said:
What did you mean by no thanks Steve?
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Not having a UK-wide Bus Pass Scheme, Kev. The Scottish Bus Pass is much better in terms of age eligibility, hours of usage, not having to buy tickets/print saving of tickets and using the Pass to double up as one's Library Card. Wouldn't want to swap for the English version, or a standard UK version, that would inevitably be based on the lowest common denominator

Steve
 
Good points Steve but simple access to bus services would make a lot of sense the other facilities should based on council tax paid.
 
tonybvi said:
Like Marchie we live in Scotland and have no restrictions on our bus pass (except annoyingly they are not valid on Edinburgh trams). We use them by getting on a bus, slapping the pass on the card reader then go and sit down! Also get our library books out with them.
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They were valid on the trams ?
 
When the Wife first used hers the Driver looked at her and said......OK so you have a Full Driving Licence 🤣🤣🤣🤣 told her go to Specsavers.
 
I never ever used the one I got in Derbyshire as what busses did come within over half a mile of the house were erratic and there was no bust stop shelter to hang about at.

I asked if it applied in Ull when I moved there but they said I needed to get a different one, never had in spite of the fact I did fancy touring around while we were looking for houses. When we did buy one there are no bus stops in under half a mile again lol
 
We use park and ride in some places, so it'd be useful in towns that don't have P&R.
 
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