Concessionary Travel Pass

The National Concessionary Travel Scheme gives free off-peak travel on buses.

The pass can be used anywhere in England between 9.30am and 11pm, Monday to Friday, and all day at weekends and public holidays. You can use the pass before 9.30am but, from 3rd April 2011, you will be charged the normal adult fare.

Residents of Greater Manchester can also travel free travel on Metrolink and local rail services.

Who can get one?

The age of eligibility for women will be their pensionable age, and for men it will be the pensionable age of a woman born on the same day.

You can use the pension ready reckoner tool below to work out the date of eligibility for the concessionary travel pass - but remember to use it for these purposes you should enter your gender as female, even if you are male.

Ready reckoner tool

 

Application forms are available from Stockport Bus Station. You will need to take with you:

• A passport-sized, colour photograph;
• Proof of your age. This must be either your birth certificate, medical card, passport or driving licence;
• Proof of where you live. This must be a utility bill or bank statement dated in the last six months or a local council tax bill dated in the last twelve months.

You can also enjoy the pass and free travel if you have a physical or learning disability, are registered partially sighted, are profoundly or severely deaf, or would be refused a driving licence under Section 92 of the Road Traffic Act 1998.

Concession Plus

For disabled people who qualify, a Concession Plus pass allows free travel on buses, the Metrolink and local trains at all times in Greater Manchester. It also allows free travel on local buses elsewhere in England between 9.30am and 11pm Monday to Friday, and all day at weekends and on public holidays.

Useful contacts

Transport for Greater Manchester (Travel Concessions)
Address: Travel Concessions, Customer Services, PO Box 429, Manchester M60 1HX
Phone: 0161 244 1050
Fax: 0161 244 1011
Web: www.tfgm.com
Email: passes&permits@tfgm.com