If you are over 60 or disabled, you could be entitled to free bus travel and concessions on ferry, rail and subway fares if you have a National Entitlement Card. This page explains the symbols displayed on your card, and what you are entitled to in the Strathclyde area.
Bus | Rail | Subway | Ferry | |
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Local concessions within Strathclyde available only to Strathclyde residents | ||||
Concession (elderly) | Scotland-wide free bus travel on all local and scheduled long-distance coach services at all times. | £1.00 single, £1.50 day return for journeys up to 10 miles. | £1.00 single, £1.50 day return. | A separate Strathclyde Ferry Travel Card is required for access to concessionary ferry travel. |
Disabled | Scotland-wide free bus travel on all local and scheduled long-distance coach services at all times. | £1.00 single, £1.50 day return for journeys up to 10 miles. | £1.00 single, £1.50 day return. | A separate Strathclyde Ferry Travel Card is required for access to concessionary ferry travel. |
Disabled + companion
| Companion travels free when accompanying cardholder. | Companion travels at 50% full fare when accompanying cardholder within Strathclyde, except when concession fare is more than 50% of the standard fare, then full fare is charged. | Companion fares: | A separate Strathclyde Ferry Travel Card is required for access to concessionary ferry travel. |
Visually impaired | Scotland-wide free bus travel at all times. | Scotland-wide free rail travel at all times. | Free Subway travel at all times. | Scotland-wide free ferry travel at all times. |
Visually impaired + companion | Scotland-wide free bus travel at all times for companion when accompanying visually impaired cardholder. | Companion travels at 50% full fare when accompanying cardholder within Strathclyde. | Companion fares: | Companion travels at 50% full fare when accompanying cardholder on specified route. |
Ferry travel - a separate Strathclyde Ferry Travel Card is available to customers who are resident in the Cowal or Rosneath peninsulas, or on one of the islands in the scheme area (check the Strathclyde Concessionary Travel Area map for details of the area covered)
Rail travel - exceptions apply on rail travel. Please check the Strathclyde Passenger Transport website for further details