General Chat

Ours are valid all day and, Ann, the Council doesn't enter into it. The money is paid by a government dept. direct to the bus company. My ticket always says where I've said I'm going, although I suppose other companies might try fiddling it.

I have a freedom pass and I use it all the time to travel into London and on local buses.
My local bank in my village closed recently so I have to go to the next nearest town if I want to use the bank.
There is no restriction on travel time with our passes.
I thought we were supposed to be using more public transport to save us polluting the atmosphere with our cars.

Children under 14 don't pay to travel on the underground in London.

I really hope they don't take this facility away or means test it as for one would not be able to travel as I do at present. :-( :-( :-(
Take care
Von

"elderly and disabled passengers could lose vital bus services because of cuts in government funding, councils in England warn."

That statement annoys me intensely.
Why is it assumed only the elderly and disabled will lose vital bus services?
I don't have a bus pass - too young and not disabled - but the bus service is vital to me.
Not everyone drives - or wants to drive. I work locally, but that is one and a half miles away. I really don't fancy walking in the rain, and if I had a car, there's nowhere to park.
Well, there is - drive half a mile in the opposite direction from work to the park and ride, pay £3 to park all day (the same as my bus fare), then get the park & ride bus.
Teenagers don't drive - how are they expected to get around?