Concessionary travel cards

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Older people and people with disabilities can travel free on any local bus service or scheduled long distance coach service anywhere in Scotland using a Scottish Citizen's National Entitlement Card.

If you are registered blind or partially sighted and are living in the Strathclyde region, you can enjoy additional concessions. The Entitlement Card for registered blind and partially sighted people has a logo of an eye on it which indicates that the card holder has extra travel benefits.

With such a card, you can travel free of charge at any time, standard class, within Scotland on scheduled services of all participating transport operators.

These services include:

• all rail services within Scotland and ScotRail services to Carlisle, and Virgin and GNER services to Berwick and Carlisle
• all scheduled bus services within Scotland and to Berwick and Carlisle
• all scheduled ferry services within Scotland, and
• the subway service operated in Glasgow.

If you are registered blind you can apply for a companion card. If you are registered partially sighted you need to be in receipt of Attendance Allowance or DLA Care Component at the middle or higher rate to qualify. A companion card holder can travel alone or with a companion.

This card entitles your companion to travel with you free of charge for the same journey by bus. In addition, your companion can travel with you at half fare by subway and rail within the area of the Strathclyde Concessionary Travel Scheme.

If you live in Renfrewshire and you want to find out how to apply for the Entitlement Card, please contact the council's Visual Impairment Team.

Please email: vi.services.sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk

or telephone during our duty hours:
0141 847 4977

Alternatively you can fax us on:
0141 847 4966

or visit us during duty hours, or write to us, at:

Mile End Centre
30 Seedhill Road
Paisley PA1 1SA

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