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Greater Manchester, Tyneside, Northern Ireland, and Scotland also grant concessionary travel at age 60. In Greater Manchester this cover buses, trams, and trains. In Tyneside buses, trains (the Metro system), and the North/South Shields ferry. In Northern Ireland, buses, trains, and local...

I had a look (and will go back to it)....it's very good.

Was in the Isle of Man yesterday (not part of the UK or the EU), and noted that restrictions on pensioner benefits have recently been introduced there, namely, their version of the bus pass is no longer valid during evening 'rush hour', and free tv licences for the over 75s has been ended -...

I didn't know that, but it underscores the point that as a Nation we are becoming balkanized. As if Scottish, Welsh and Irish, separatism wasn't enough, the powers that be, seem hellbent on dividing us even further, with a plethora of different concessions for each area. A way for local...

That's how the bus pass began, but as with it, there would inevitably be pressure from people living just outside an 'area' boundary for cross-boundary travel. In West and South Yorkshire concessionary fares have had to be cut back - to free up capacity for fare-paying passengers. --- old post...

We tend to think of disabled as physically disabled, but the category includes mental conditions too. Recently on an arduous 11 mile ramblers' hike, I asked one participant how he had got there, he replied he had used his 'disabled' bus pass ! He seemed (I'm guessing) to be mildly autistic or...

Yes, I am sure, I have checked the details today on the relevant websites --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Yes, I am sure. I have checked the details today on the relevant website. The age is 60 in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and London...

'It is the same (women's pension age) in most places in England'. Yes, but not in London, Merseyside, or Greater Manchester (all 60). Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland also all issue passes at 6O (who is paying for this generous treatment of the Celts ?).

'The age for qualification rises inexorably in line with female state pension age'. Er......NO it doesn't. The age is 60 in London, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and other places (Wales ?, Manchester ?, Liverpool ?). We don't have a national system. Not only does the age vary, but also what is...

So the full list would appear to be Glasgow, Newcastle, York, Hull, Leeds, Peterborough, King's Cross, St Pancras, Paddington, London Victoria, and Marylebone. One could have a 12 day holiday, staying at a different hotel every night, without every stepping outside a railway station. * I asked...

Thank you for the photo. So, as a passenger doesn't leave railway property, and is undercover, Marylebone should be added to the list.

There is an entrance into the foyer of the Royal Station Hotel from inside the Station at Newcastle. I was there last Saturday, and did just that !

The list of hotels where you can currently enter the hotel directly from the platform or station concourse, ie. without leaving the station (I am not asking about hotels that are merely near a station) would appear to be Glasgow, Newcastle, York, Leeds, Hull, Paddington, London Victoria, and St...

Yes.....as I said in my first post. When working in York and commuting by train, I used it, as a useful short-cut....from the platform through the hotel, exciting out of the main entrance.

The hotels situated at Glasgow Central, Newcastle, and York stations have an entrance/exit that leads directly onto the station. At which other hotels can one do this ?