Concessionary Travel Pass

Changes to Concessionary Travel Passes- Update

Please be aware that, as of 29th February 2020, drivers will no longer accept the old-style green bus passes on board services.

Only those with the new-style Concessionary Travel Passes issued by Transport for Wales will be entitled to use and receive the benefits of Concessionary Travel Passes.

You can apply for your new-style bus pass on the Transport for Wales website or ask a friend, family member or someone you trust to apply online on your behalf. 

Paper copies are available from your local council, but these applications will take longer to process.

If you have any further queries, you can call 0300 303 4240 to find out where local support if available. Please be aware that you cannot apply for your pass over the phone.

For more information and to apply for your Concessionary Travel Pass, please visit the Transport for Wales website.

Arriva Midlands

If you live in Wales, over 60s and disabled people can travel free on local buses in Wales with a Concessionary Bus Pass at any time - there are no time restrictions. People living in Wales can also use their passes to travel free on cross-boundary journeys in and out of England, providing the journey starts or finishes in Wales.

Transport for Wales

If you have a Concessionary Travel Pass from a Welsh Local Authority, you can travel for free on many Transport for Wales trains. 

You can travel between:

Wrexham – Hawarden Bridge

Machynlleth – Pwllheli (Cambrian Coast line) – October to March only

Llandudno – Blaenau Ffestiniog (Conwy Valley line)

Shrewsbury and Llanelli/Swansea (Heart of Wales Line) – October - March only

You will need to get a free ticket from the ticket office before you travel or from a Conductor on the train if there is no ticket office.

You will also get 1/3 off tickets to travel on the Cardiff and Valley network after 09:30 Monday - Friday and any time at weekends and bank holidays.

For more information, please visit the Transport for Wales website.

James Bevan

755 & 761 Passengers can go as far as Chepstow on an English pass. Welsh passengers can travel from Chepstow (755) as far as Lydney (Where the route terminates) or Beachley (761) they cannot transfer to another service England to England only England back into wales.

Sargeant

With concessionary travel across the border we allow Powys issued passes to travel on our 461 service to Hereford and Herefordshire passes to travel to Llandrindod Wells.

Stagecoach

You can travel for free on all local bus services anywhere in Wales. You can also use it on some Stagecoach journeys across the border into England:

between Hereford and Pontrilas on routes X3 and X4

between Hereford and Harewood Turn on route 39

between Bristol and Aust on route X14

between Redbrook and Bigsweir Bridge on route 69

Additionally, if you are resident in the following areas, you (and your companion, where applicable) will be entitled to free travel from 0900 on Mondays to Fridays locally within the listed areas, and for cross boundary journeys into Wales providing your journey either starts or ends in Bristol or South Gloucestershire, and no change of bus is required.  Further onward travel (i.e., to Newport or Cardiff) will necessitate the payment of the equivalent single or concessionary single fare. These enhancements are available on route X14 to pass holders from the four authorities listed below only:

South Gloucestershire

Bristol City

Bath & North East Somerset

North Somerset

The only concession available to those from outside Wales (other than with a Herefordshire pass) is the Daily or Weekly Network Rider.

Only Herefordshire pass holders can travel cross boundary. They can therefore travel free from Hereford to Pontrilas but will have to pay from Pontrilas to Abergavenny.