Concessionary Travel Scheme
A concessionary travel scheme to meet the needs of the over 60’s and disabled people resident in the Borough of Dartford.
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Connecting you with free and discounted travel services
About your concessionary travel options
Dartford Borough Council administrates a concessionary travel scheme which offers reduced cost and free travel for residents over the age of 60 or with applicable disabilities.
The scheme offers two different options for travel across the country – either a free bus pass for free travel on local bus services anywhere in England OR a rail warrant towards the cost of a Senior or Disabled Persons Railcard
Qualifying residents are entitled to choose ONE concessionary travel option:
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Free bus pass
This pass entitles you to travel on ‘local’ bus services at off peak times, between 9.30am and 11pm on weekdays and any time at weekends and on public holidays.
The definition of a ‘local’ bus is generally self-evident – it is those services that connect you to the local town or neighbouring areas. In a few instances this can include some longer distance buses and coach services where part of their route is registered as a local bus service. If in doubt you can check with the service operator or the council
In London your bus pass is only applicable to buses and is not the same as the London Freedom Pass.
If you already have a bus pass you should have already received your new bus pass through the post.
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Rail warrant towards the cost of a Senior or Disabled Persons Railcard
The warrant, to the value of up to £10.50, reduces the cost of applying for a railcard which entitles the holder to further discounts on train journeys. You would need to pay the balance of the fee for the railcard and the reduced cost of tickets for travel.
Do you qualify for a pass?
You will need to be able to prove that you’re a permanent resident within Dartford borough AND provide satisfactory evidence that you are eligible for one fo the following reasons:
- You are aged 60 or over
- You have a permanent disability, or a temporary disability which has lasted at least twelve months and is likely to last another twelve months, and you fall into one of seven specified categories*:
- You are blind or partially sighted
- You are profoundly or severely deaf
- You are without speech
- You have a disability which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on your ability to work, for example problems walking 100 metres or needing mobility aids
- You are without use of both arms
- You have a learning disability**
- You have been refuse or are likely to be refuse a driving licence on medical grounds other than on the grounds of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol
*As defined in section 146 of the Transport Act 2000
**Defined as a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning
How to apply
If you do not have a current pass or have moved house since you last applied please complete the application form within this leaflet. You will need to bring the following items to the council’s customer services at the Civic Centre, open between 9am and 4pm on weekdays:
- Your completed form, AND
- Proof of your name and address, for example a council tax, telephone, gas or electricity bill, AND
- A recent colour passport sized facial photograph with your name on the reverse, AND
- Either proof of your age, for example a pension book, birth certificate or passport, OR
- Proof of disability, for example evidence of receipt of a high rate mobility component of disability living allowance
Your form and evidence will be validated by a customer services advisor,
If you are applying for a rail warrant it will be issued after validation and will need to be exchanged at a railway station within fourteen days of issue.
Bus passes will be issued and mailed to you within seven days of your application being validated.
