Bus Pass and Concessionary Travel Scheme for

Vale of Glamorgan Residents

The Vale of Glamorgan Council Free Local Bus Travel Scheme

Provides free travel on local bus services within Wales for Senior Citizens and people with disabilities who are permanent residents of the Vale of Glamorgan.

You are entitled to a free concessionary travel pass if you are a permanent Vale of Glamorgan resident AND if you fall into one of the categories below:

• Aged 60 or over
• Registered blind or partially sighted with the Social Services Department
• Registered profoundly or severely deaf with the Social Services Department
• Without speech
• Without arms or have long term loss of the use of both arms
• Disabled or have suffered an injury, which has a substantial and long term adverse impact on your ability to walk
• In receipt of Disability Living Allowance (with HIGHER rate mobility content)
• In receipt of a war pensioner's mobility supplement
• Learning disabled, that is, with a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind that includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning
• Unable to be granted, if an application was made, a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, pursuant to section 92 of the Act, (physical fitness) other than on the grounds of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol i.e. had a driving licence refused on medical grounds.

Changes to the Vale of Glamorgan Concessionary Travel Scheme (Bus Passes) from 1st October 2011

• Passes issued to persons with disabilities will only be validated for three years maximum, where and when it is established the person's disabilty may not be lifelong. The Council reserves the right to review the continued validity of such passes at any time.
• Charges will be applied for replacement bus passes where passes have been lost or stolen.

Bus Pass Application Charges:

• £0 (free) for first pass issued on initial application.
• £0 (free) for replacement passes where damage, non-functioning or general wear and tear affects acceptance or validity of a pass and that pass is returned to the Council when applying for a replacement. If such a pass is not returned a charge will be applied in accordance with charges for replacement passes when lost or stolen.
• £5 first replacement pass when lost or stolen.
• £10 second replacement pass when lost or stolen.

Full details are available in our Guide to the Concessionary Bus Pass Scheme.

You can download an Application Form for a Concessionary Bus Pass here.

If you would like more information please contact:

Concessionary Travel Team

Contact OneVale

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Civic Offices

Holton Road

Barry CF63 4RU

Tel: One Vale Call Centre: 01446 700111 (general enquiries)

E-mail: C1V@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

If you have any queries regarding an existing application or a disabled pass, please contact Concessionary Travel on 01446 709224

Rail Travel

Seniors' Railcard - Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes

Discounted off-peak travel

If you are 60 or over, you are entitled to an Arriva Trains Wales Seniors' Railcard which gives a 50% discount on Cheap Day Return fares on the Valleys & Cardiff local routes network. The card costs just £5 and is valid for one year. The card is available from any Arriva Trains Wales staffed station on the Valleys & Cardiff local routes network.

There are also a wide range of concesionary travel schemes and ticket offers across the national rail network for young persons, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, families and friends, job seekers and group travel.

For further information contact either:

Arriva Trains Wales

website: www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk

email: customer.relations@arrivatrainswales.co.uk

Telephone: 0845 6061660

or

Railcards Online

website: www.railcard.co.uk

email: enquiry@atoc.org for enquiries, or help@railcards-online.co.uk for technical help with online purchases.

Telephone: 08448 714036 (Mondays to Fridays, 0900 - 1700) or in person at staffed stations.