Bus pass applied for.

[Deleted member 26715]

I was a mere youth of 47 when I joined this forum, nearly 13 years ago. Scary!

By simple maths that makes you 60, as I'm 62 I'd not heard of this free pass I thought I'd check, with the following results

If you're in Scotland it's 60
If you're in Wales it's 60
If you're in Northern Ireland it's 60
If you live in the centre of the universe as long as you are traveling in the centre of the universe it's 60
But if you live outside the centre of the universe live in the rest of the UK it's State Pension age which for me is another 5 years

 

[Smokin Joe]

I drive every day for work, but it's only part time and I'm home by eleven. I started using my bus pass when I packed in full time work and enjoyed it, a nice rural run into one of three towns with the furthest (Cardigan) twenty miles away.

I stopped using buses when Covid struck, but now it seems to be at a very low level I think it's time to start again. When you are not in a rush it is a relaxing way to travel, sitting gazing through the window at sights you miss when driving, or doing a bit of people watching. I would not like it as my sole means of transport though, too slow and inflexible.

 

[vickster]

By simple maths that makes you 60, as I'm 62 I'd not heard of this free pass I thought I'd check, with the following results

If you're in Scotland it's 60
If you're in Wales it's 60
If you're in Northern Ireland it's 60
If you live in the centre of the universe as long as you are traveling in the centre of the universe it's 60
But if you live outside the centre of the universe live in the rest of the UK it's State Pension age which for me is another 5 years

Time to move to Greater London then...not only free buses, but also trains, tubes, DLR, Crossrail (from next week), trams off peak...

https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/freedom-pass/using-pass

Oh and buses throughout the whole of England

 

[steveindenmark]

Sadly, we do not get free bus passes in Denmark. We do get reduced rates ln the trains when we become pensioners though. It would be great to get on the bus with the Brompton and travel a few miles and then ride home.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Time to move to Greater London then.

I would rather have a triple heart bypass without anaesthetic than live there thank you, sorry but I am occasionally forced to visit the place & can't wait to wipe my feet on the way out.

 

[vickster]

I would rather have a triple heart bypass without anaesthetic than live there thank you, sorry but I am occasionally forced to visit the place & can't wait to wipe my feet on the way out.

Fair enough. Don’t moan about waiting longer for your bus pass then…or lobby the necessary politicians…

 

[BoldonLad]

It would appear, from previous posts, we are quite fortunate (not as fortunate as London dwellers, perhaps, that is not a moan, by the way).

We have a bus-stop about 150 yards away, bus roughly every 15 minutes, free. Cannot remember the last time I drove into any of the nearby towns. We also have a Metro system, which, for £12/year, we can travel on "free", off peak. Bicycles are allowed on the Metro, off peak (there are some stations where you cannot get on/off with a bicycle), and, some local buses allow bicycles onboard (subject to priority for disabled passenger).

There has to be some advantage in being old!

 

[DCBassman]

I've had mine for so long I had to renew it 😂

Yup, me too. Have used it for work when delivering cars, but mainly otherwise when my own car is u/s.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I don't use the free bus pass very often except for nights out when I will be drinking alcohol, but it is going to come in handy soon when I have to go into the city centre each day for two weeks while I have to do jury service. Could kill two birds with one stone by having a drink on jury service.

 

[Dirk]

Had mine over a year now and still haven't used it.
MrsD gets hers this month, so we might surf the local buses just to pass the time.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Brandane I've still got 8 months to go before I get my bus pass
I'll be still cycling to work and to most places, but I might retire the ice bike, take the bus to work when it's icy.
My ice tyres are almost perished.
They did last 10 years, not worth getting another pair because I'm not going to be working for another 10 years

 

[ChrisKz]

Maybe the buses would be much quicker if it weren’t for the 4x4s clogging up the roads

Buses should be banned . as they hold up the traffic . They cause more pollution because of the backlog of traffic behind them . Must be 30 years since I set foot on those germ boxes

 

[vickster]

Buses should be banned . as they hold up the traffic . They cause more pollution because of the backlog of traffic behind them . Must be 30 years since I set foot on those germ boxes

Good for you.

There'd be no backlog of traffic or pollution if all the people in cars were on the bus, on bikes, on foot

 

[cougie uk]

Buses should be banned . as they hold up the traffic . They cause more pollution because of the backlog of traffic behind them . Must be 30 years since I set foot on those germ boxes

Yeah because all of those passengers all in their own 4x4 instead of the bus would really get the traffic moving...

 

[vickster]

Yeah because all of those passengers all in their own 4x4 instead of the bus would really get the traffic moving...

Clearly typical moton logic