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Think it's only on some train lines in Wales

I had a very pleasant surprise yesterday when travelling from Aberdare to Port Talbot. I hadn't booked my ticket in advance for the trip as I wan't sure what time I'd be travelling.
When I got to the ticket office and asked for the ticket I was asked if I had a Concessionary bus pass (available in Wales for everyone over 60, plus a few other groups).
As it happened I did have my bus pass with me and the gentleman told me that by splitting my ticket from Aberdare to Bridgend and then Bridgend to Port Talbot I could save a third on the cost of the Aberdare to Bridgend part of the trip - result instead of the journey costing £14.20 I got mine for £9.50.
When I met him later my mate said his wife had a similar find on Friday but that was only for 2 stops - my next step is to find out the extent of the routes covered by this offer - anyone have any thoughts than that it is perhaps only affecting the Valley line services?

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