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I know the minimum validity of a concessionary fare bus pass is from 9 to 11 or something similar with some councils offering a 'discretionary element' where a concessionary fare bus pass is valid all day every day.
Which made me wonder:
Here in North Lincolnshire we've got the 'discretionary element' and I was told that even if you are outside North Lincolnshire, if you board a bus bound for a North Lincolnshire destination, you can use your bus pass as if in North Lincolnshire but on that service service only, any other service you'd have to wait until the valid hours.
For example, if you were in Hull and boarded the Humber Flyer or Humber Fastcat services before 9 oclock, because they are heading into North Lincolnshire your password would be accepted but not on any local Hull services before 9 oclock.
But last year when I was staying overnight in Grimsby, and got the 5 o'clock Humber Flyer service, the ticket machine lit up red on top when I try using my bus pass, obviously it had not accepted it.
Should it have accepted it even before 9 oclock considering the bus was heading into a 'discretionary element' area, or should it have accepted it only one crossing into the 'discretionary element' area?
On the back of the bus pass it states it's valid for journeys TO, FROM and WITHIN North Lincolnshire all day and every day.
The journeys to part seems to imply I should have been allowed to take that 5 o'clock in the morning Humber Flyer service as it was a journey TO North Lincolnshire.
Or was the ticket machine not accepting my pass at that time either a programming error, or intentional but the driver should have pressed the button to override the rejection at his discretion?
Any clarification on this matter appreciated.
Which made me wonder:
Here in North Lincolnshire we've got the 'discretionary element' and I was told that even if you are outside North Lincolnshire, if you board a bus bound for a North Lincolnshire destination, you can use your bus pass as if in North Lincolnshire but on that service service only, any other service you'd have to wait until the valid hours.
For example, if you were in Hull and boarded the Humber Flyer or Humber Fastcat services before 9 oclock, because they are heading into North Lincolnshire your password would be accepted but not on any local Hull services before 9 oclock.
But last year when I was staying overnight in Grimsby, and got the 5 o'clock Humber Flyer service, the ticket machine lit up red on top when I try using my bus pass, obviously it had not accepted it.
Should it have accepted it even before 9 oclock considering the bus was heading into a 'discretionary element' area, or should it have accepted it only one crossing into the 'discretionary element' area?
On the back of the bus pass it states it's valid for journeys TO, FROM and WITHIN North Lincolnshire all day and every day.
The journeys to part seems to imply I should have been allowed to take that 5 o'clock in the morning Humber Flyer service as it was a journey TO North Lincolnshire.
Or was the ticket machine not accepting my pass at that time either a programming error, or intentional but the driver should have pressed the button to override the rejection at his discretion?
Any clarification on this matter appreciated.
