Can you use your DLA bus pass on a train?

Rizlo-654321

I mean like on a northern rail train (local train)

Thanks.

mymerrywidow

i think its only on local buses.

dmg24

mymerrywidow wrote: »

i think its only on local buses.

That's wrong. It all depends on local arrangements, we can in parts of Nottinghamshire.

OP, you'll need to check on the website of the issuing authority.

kingfisherblue

dmg24 is correct - it depends on the authority. In Merseyside, you can use your disabled or OAP bus pass on buses, trains and ferries. The boundary extends beyond Merseyside as far as Chester in Cheshire and Ormskirk in Lancashire.

kurgon

On trains and Metrolink trams
If you live in Greater Manchester, you can also use your pass to travel for free, or for half the current standard fare before 9.30am, on trains and Metrolink trams in Greater Manchester.
This is only available if you live in Greater Manchester. You cannot use your pass on trains and trams outside Greater Manchester.

munchings-n-crunchings

dmg24 wrote: »

That's wrong. It all depends on local arrangements, we can in parts of Nottinghamshire.

Might be worth a check dmg.

I'm notttinghamshire, and when the passes were first issued the passes could be used on local trains, just not the East Coast Mainline.

On checking a few weeks ago at the local station, I was advised this had now been withdrawn.
A shame as my daughter uses the train regularly, and on turning 16, this would have saved some money.

Regards
Munchie.

dmg24

munchings-n-crunchings wrote: »

Might be worth a check dmg.

I'm notttinghamshire, and when the passes were first issued the passes could be used on local trains, just not the East Coast Mainline.

On checking a few weeks ago at the local station, I was advised this had now been withdrawn.
A shame as my daughter uses the train regularly, and on turning 16, this would have saved some money.

Regards
Munchie.

They're still allowed on the Robin Hood Line, but only off peak. I've never applied for a pass, can't use public transport at the mo ...

(Slightly worried that the troll lucky_88 knows about Nottingham!)

OneYorkshireLass

If by Northern Rail you're meaning you intend travelling in West Yorkshire then yes, you can use your pass - you have to pay 35p (or 50p, can't remember which) and can only be used after 9.30am Monday to Friday and all day at weekends.

(They obviously think disabled people don't have to get to work before 9.30am ...)

Blind pass holders are entitled to free travel at all times.

If you leave the West Yorkshire area then you pay the concessionary charge to the last stop in W.Yorks then they charge you normal price from there to wherever you're going. It sounds complicated but the conductor/assistant will sort it out when you purchase the ticket.

zaksmum

kingfisherblue wrote: »

dmg24 is correct - it depends on the authority. In Merseyside, you can use your disabled or OAP bus pass on buses, trains and ferries. The boundary extends beyond Merseyside as far as Chester in Cheshire and Ormskirk in Lancashire.

I've always used mine on buses, trains and ferries without any problem. Here on Merseyside they seem to be accepted as widely as senior persons' travel passes.

kingfisherblue

zaksmum, when my son recceived his disabled bus pass, we were told about the use of passes on the trains and ferries. They are, as you say, widely accepted. My son loves to show his pass at the train station and always smiles at the attedndants, as his pass shows him smiling. He's very proud of his pass and it is very useful at times.

sunnyone

zaksmum wrote: »

I've always used mine on buses, trains and ferries without any problem. Here on Merseyside they seem to be accepted as widely as senior persons' travel passes.

Disabled passes are exactally the same as OAP passes, they have the same rules and regs but OAPs often think that younger pass holders still have no right to priority seating etc. from the posts on here.