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Free Bus Travel For Over-60s – Useful Websites.

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LesD
LesD Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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The following websites contain much useful information to help get the best out of the new national concessionary travel schemes for over-60s.

Please use this thread only to post websites. Discussion on the subject continues elsewhere.


GENERAL INFORMATION

Consultation on the definition of eligible services for the statutory bus concession in England.

National Summary for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
[strike]Department for Transport Communication Toolkit (England)
[/strike] No longer available

Transport Scotland

Free Travel in Wales

Translink Northern Ireland

"Bus Pass Centre"

"Bus Pass Heaven"


JOURNEY PLANNERS

Transport Direct

Traveline

Carlberry Travel Search


MAJOR BUS COMPANIES

Arriva

First Group

Go-Ahead

National Express

Stagecoach

Megabus


REGIONAL INFORMATION

Transport For London

Network West Midlands

Greater Manchester Public Transport

Lothian Buses

Cardiff Bus

East Midlands Public Transport Map

Southern Vectis (Isle of Wight)

Yorkshire Coastliner

For individual county information, use 'www.COUNTY.gov.uk'
(eg for Gloucestershire, use www.gloucestershire.gov.uk.)


INTERESTING JOURNEYS

Berwick to Land’s End

Penzance to Berwick

Land’s End to Lowestoft

Daily Telegraph 20 Great Bus Routes


OTHER USEFUL SITES

National Express Registered Sections

[strike]Driver Briefing (Lincolnshire) on New Scheme in England[/strike] Website no longer available

Longest Bus Routes in England

Longest ‘Registered’ National Express Sections in England
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  • countrymusicfan
    countrymusicfan Posts: 337 Forumite
    Now that National Express are on the concessionary system, does that mean that the people in Scotland can now ride a National Express coach for free? Before we had to ride and claim our money back. Has that changed?
    Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you can't get more time
  • VIJAY_FROM_KENT
    VIJAY_FROM_KENT Posts: 2,126 Forumite
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    My mum is about to turn 60 and I wanted to get her some info for places to travel by bus, etc. She lives in Dartford in Kent. Can anyone help me please? :)
  • LesD
    LesD Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    As the powers-that-be haven't seen fit to preserve this info as a 'sticky', I've now set it up on a separate web page which will be easier to link future queries to.
  • Androcles
    Androcles Posts: 78 Forumite
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    I don't know if anybody else has noticed, but the other day, I went onto Google Maps to identify a route and noticed that once I had put in the post codes for start and destination for my itendedjourney, that an option had appeared entitled "Public Transit".

    Out of curiosity I selected it and was presented with a comprehensive bus route between the two points, including little maps for getting from one bus terminus to the next at interchange points. Might be useful for some of the more unusual journeys. Mine was from a village in Buckinghamshire to Eastbourne and it sent me via Heathrow, Gatwick and Brighton. Certainly doo-able even if it took 5and1/2 hours!

    Check it out........
  • LittleVoice
    LittleVoice Posts: 8,974 Forumite
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    I tried the link to the National Express Registered Sections given in post #1. Unfortunately receive the message:
    The site leytr.co.uk has been disabled. Please contact support.
  • JAKMAR
    JAKMAR Posts: 5 Forumite
    LittleVoice wrote: »
    I tried the link to the National Express Registered Sections given in post #1. Unfortunately receive the message:
    The site leytr.co.uk has been disabled. Please contact support.


    A few of them are Disabled
  • LesD
    LesD Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    We were told the leytr website would be back - but that looks unlikely now.

    The only other link not working was (OF COURSE) a government one!
  • Merrywidow
    Merrywidow Posts: 766 Forumite
    Is this discussion thread not watching www.buspassheaven.co.uk, it all looks like paralell info.
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    You grow old because you stop laughing
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  • LesD
    LesD Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    Or are they watching us????????????
  • Merrywidow
    Merrywidow Posts: 766 Forumite
    Good point LesD - I had the temerity to put something on here and got politely directed to you know who. I find this thread a little more personal and exciting. Androcles had a GREAT discovery with her Google expedition. Tried it and it worked. Thought I might toddle on down to Falmouth for the Oyster festival in a week. All by bus of course. (I am in Tunbridge Wells in case you care)
    member # 12 of Skaters Club
    Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
    You don't stop laughing because you grow old,
    You grow old because you stop laughing
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