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Title: bus pass on Heart of Wessex Post by: bradshaw on September 10, 2012, 15:58:16 Have just seen this on the DfT website.
(http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20120831a/) New study offers bus pass holders a third off train travel Publisher: Department for Transport Published date: 31 August 2012 Older and disabled people with bus passes will be able to get a third off train travel as part of a twelve-month experiment announced by Rail Minister Norman Baker. The trial is being launched on Sunday to encourage more older and disabled people to use trains, and means concessionary bus pass holders will be able to claim discounted fares on two test routes without purchasing an annual Senior Railcard, which costs ^28. The scheme is being rolled out by First Great Western and will apply to standard off-peak fares between Worcester and Swindon via Stroud, and between Westbury and Weymouth. The Department will be assessing the trial keenly to see if a wider and more permanent application might be merited. Title: Re: bus pass on Heart of Wessex Post by: JayMac on September 10, 2012, 16:55:08 Topic already under discussion on the 'Fare's Fair' board.
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