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Concessionary Travel Pass advice

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  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,818 Forumite
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    Okay many thanks
  • jbuchanangb
    jbuchanangb Posts: 1,330 Forumite
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    In some places a normal bus goes a long way. Liverpool to Preston all on one bus for example. Takes quite a long time, I have only used it for half the distance, i.e. Liverpool to Southport. Your auntie seems to be in the West Midlands. You can research long distance "local buses" for her!
  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,818 Forumite
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    jbuchanangb said:
    In some places a normal bus goes a long way. Liverpool to Preston all on one bus for example. Takes quite a long time, I have only used it for half the distance, i.e. Liverpool to Southport. Your auntie seems to be in the West Midlands. You can research long distance "local buses" for her!
    Okay great, you know any good sites to search for such bus services? Isn't this market covered by national express coaches?
  • marcia_
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    bery_451 said:
    jbuchanangb said:
    In some places a normal bus goes a long way. Liverpool to Preston all on one bus for example. Takes quite a long time, I have only used it for half the distance, i.e. Liverpool to Southport. Your auntie seems to be in the West Midlands. You can research long distance "local buses" for her!
    Okay great, you know any good sites to search for such bus services? Isn't this market covered by national express coaches?
     Which bus companies run in the West Midlands?m
    Liverpool is arriva and stagecoach whos websites give details of all buses and timetables
  • JGB1955
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    There are (at least) a couple of people who have taken this to extremes - Gran, 75, travels round the whole of England just on buses (yahoo.com)  and Route 63: Around England on a Free Bus Pass: Amazon.co.uk: Hadfield, Dave: 9780993188206: Books
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  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,818 Forumite
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    Okay what about MegaBus?
  • Alan_Bowen
    Alan_Bowen Posts: 4,859 Forumite
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    Megabus is a privately run long distance company and you have been told already that concessionary or free fares are for local buses only.
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    Alan_Bowen said:
    Megabus is a privately run long distance company and you have been told already that concessionary or free fares are for local buses only.
    That's surprising as I'm fairly sure that you can use the concession card in Scotland.
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  • onashoestring
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    bery_451 said:
    Okay what about MegaBus?
    MegaBus is not a local bus service . 

    Concessionary bus passes are useful for local travel and can also be used for local travel in another area for example if you go on holiday to another part of England you can use it when you get there.

    They are not so useful for long distance travel unless you are prepared for long journeys with lots of changes .
  • Neil49
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    edited 1 October 2022 at 3:00PM
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    If she lives in the West Midlands authority area then the pass also allows rail travel on local services trains (not Arriva etc) after 9.30am within the local authority area, for example between Wolverhampton and Coventry. This also applies to the tram network. 

    This is as stated in the link you provided. 
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