Bus pass validity when entering another area (2006 to 2008)

[175mph]

ENCTS started on 1 April 2008. It is only ten years old. Between April 2006 and April 2008 there was free travel, but only in the immediate areathe passholder lived in. Before 2006 there was no free travel for pensioners. Pensioners with a bus pass got concessionary fares; up here and also in West Yorkshire the fare was 30p per journey or about £1 for a day ticket, in other areas the discount varied. Outside the local area commercial reduced fares were charged.

As I said, its amazing how quickly an electoral bribe changed into a sacred cow. People think the "free bus pass" has always been with us. It hasn't.

So let's say if during that time from 2006 to 2008, for example you had a bus pass issued by North Lincolnshire Council and you traveled on the 350 route to Hull, would the driver have stopped at the last stop before crossing the bridge and told the pass holder they need to pay a fare from here onwards or leave the bus, or would they have been allowed to continue to Hull but of course not allowed to use their bus pass on the return journey until they get back into North Lincolnshire again?

 

[Ianno87]

AIUI, the passes were valid up to the boundary but no further, so in the example above a passholder wishing to travel to Hull would have had to pay the fare from the boundary of the pass's validity to Hull, in both directions.

 

[175mph]

AIUI, the passes were valid up to the boundary but no further, so in the example above a passholder wishing to travel to Hull would have had to pay the fare from the boundary of the pass's validity to Hull, in both directions.

I've

seen at bus stops on the outskirts of Hull, on the signs there are blue 'concessionary fare boundary' stickers on the signage.

 

[Wirewiper]

Many councils had agreements with operators which allowed concessionary passes to be used on routes to and from adjoining areas. For instance, passes issued by local authorities in Hertfordshire were valid for travel to and from places like Luton, Harrow and Uxbridge.

 

[Deerfold]

Many councils had agreements with operators which allowed concessionary passes to be used on routes to and from adjoining areas. For instance, passes issued by local authorities in Hertfordshire were valid for travel to and from places like Luton, Harrow and Uxbridge.

Many had agreements before 2006 for reduced fare travel but many of these agreements were cancelled with the new funding arrangements. Some got new agreements after a gap. Some councils didn't see the point in working on them for such a short time.

 

[Ianno87]

Many councils had agreements with operators which allowed concessionary passes to be used on routes to and from adjoining areas. For instance, passes issued by local authorities in Hertfordshire were valid for travel to and from places like Luton, Harrow and Uxbridge.

But if a bus route ran through beyond the free travel boundary, you could not continue to destination.

For example on the 125/126 Bolton-Preston service, GMPTE-issued passes could be used beyond the GMPTE boundary (at Horwich), as far as Bamber Bridge (Hob Inn), but *not* through to the end of the route at Preston.