If you're registered blind (severely sight impaired), you can apply for a blind person's bus pass, for free.
A blind person's bus pass offers:
- free travel on all service buses in our area at any time of day
- concessionary travel on 'York Park & Ride' buses at any time of day
Get more information about using your blind person's bus pass.
If you need further advice, contact the concessionary Bus Passes Team.
Disabled person's companion bus pass entitlement
For people with more severe disabilities, your bus pass can include a companion who can travel with you free of charge throughout York and North Yorkshire.
Your companion can make 'cross-boundary journeys' with you, between York and other areas of Yorkshire and the Humber, such as the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Hull. Meaning, for example, they can travel for free with you between York and Leeds (but not on local journeys within Leeds).
You can apply for 'companion entitlement' if you are in receipt of:
- higher rate Disability Living Allowance
- enhanced rate Personal Independence Payments
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- a Certificate of Vision Impairment
To qualify for free travel, your companion must board and leave the bus at the same stops as you.
Also see
Concessionary Bus Passes
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Concessionary bus pass appointments
Please telephone: 01904 551670 to make an in-person appointment at West Offices, for support and advice relating to bus passes.
