Bus fares - when is a senior pass accepted in YOUR county?

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[ChrisB]

The fact that different councils can make different arrangements is something I find particularly frustrating, as it isn't always easy to find out what the situation is in any authority's area, even if you do happen to have access to websites.

Be grateful that they do - they are using the residents council tax to subsidise the extra. Government pay for use in the standard hours with councils that exceed the standard top up the difference. Hence why sometimes the extra is only open to their own residents

[Witham Bobby]

Worcestershire County Council's seniors' bus pass is valid for travel 0930-2300 M-F, all day SSuO, all day public holidays

The village where I live is on two thinly served routes.  One operates six or seven times a day into Evesham, and takes best part of half an hour for a journey that takes less than 10 minutes by car, and the last bus out of town departs just after 1800.  The other service is the 247 between Redditch and Evesham.  This route was quite useful when it provided an hourly Midland Red bus right through to Birmingham.  Those days are gone.  It's a bit quicker into Evesham from the village, but, again, the last bus is at a fairly early time.  Neiter route runs on Sundays

The service is so thin and ponderous that it does not attract much custom.  One of the routes is kept going mostly for anyone who wants to visit any guests of His Majesty at Long Lartin max security jail, I'm sure