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Taken from Stagecoach web site at http://www.stagecoachbus.com/Concessionary%20Fares.aspx
Concession Fares Changes for 1st April 2011
On Friday 1st April 2011, the free travel scheme for Elderly and Disabled passengers moves from being provided by district councils to be provided by county and unitary councils. This should reduce the amount of different start times that exist in the current scheme, as all districts in a county will now have the same rules. The following information sets out the rules for each area on weekdays. As with the previous scheme travel is allowed at all times on weekends and bank holidays. It will take some time for the county councils to re-issue passes and we will continue to accept passes with district names on them. The following information also includes a handy guide to which district passes apply to which county.
Companion Passes Some passes will have a C+ logo on them, these allow the holder to take a companion with them free of charge. This benefit is usually restricted to district in which the pass is issued. The times and journeys that a pass holder can take a companion with them are detailed for each scheme.
At all other times and for all other journeys the passes have the same validity as a disabled pass and are valid for the holder ONLY. The holder of a companion pass does not have to take a companion on every trip and may, if they wish, travel alone.
Concession Pass Exemptions Concession passes are not valid on the following services: N700, Goodwood Race Meetings, Farnborough Airshow. Bracknell Forest Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Bracknell Forest Local OAP: All Day Visiting OAP: All Day Local Disabled: All Day Visiting Disabled: All Day Companions: No companion passes issued. Brighton & Hove Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Brighton & Hove Local OAP: 09:00 to end of service (not valid on N700) Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 (not valid on N700) Local Disabled: 09:00 to end of service (not valid on N700) Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 (not valid on N700) Companions: No companion passes issued. Hampshire Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Hampshire, Basingstoke & Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester Local OAP: 09:00 until 23:00 Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: All day Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 Companions: All day, journeys beginning in Hampshire or Wiltshire only. Portsmouth Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Portsmouth Local OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 (passes issued to blind residents are valid all day) Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 Companions: 09:30 until 23:00 or all day for blind passes weekdays, all day weekends, only valid for journeys within Portsmouth. Southampton Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Southampton Local OAP: 09:00 until 00:30 Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: 09:00 until 00:30 (passes issued to blind residents are valid all day) Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 Companions: 09:00 until 00:30 weekdays and all day weekends, journeys beginning in Southampton. Surrey Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Surrey, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking Local OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: All day Visiting Disabled: All day Companions: All day, journeys beginning in Surrey only. West Sussex Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: West Sussex, Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing Local OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: All day Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 Companions: All day, journeys beginning in West Sussex only. West Berkshire Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: West Berkshire Local OAP: 09:00 until 23:00 Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: 09:00 until 23:00 Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 Companions: 09:00 to 23:00 weekdays and all day weekends journeys wholly within West Berkshire only. Wiltshire Concessionary Scheme
Passes accepted: Wiltshire Local OAP: All day Visiting OAP: 09:30 until 23:00 Local Disabled: All day Visiting Disabled: 09:30 until 23:00 Companions: All day journeys beginning in Wiltshire & Hampshire only. Somerset & Dorset companion passes are also accepted.
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