Responsibility for concessionary travel has
transferred from the Borough Council to the County Council
from 1st April 2011 as a result of Government legislation, and the
funding for the service will also be transferred. This means that
there will be changes in the way the system operates.
People of pensionable age and disabled people
can apply for a NoWcard bus pass that gives them free travel on
off-peak buses all over England, but Lancashire County Council has
taken over all administration of the scheme.
Due to the money the
Council previously spent being removed from its
budget, from April 2011, West Lancs Borough Council is no
longer able to provide the extra discretionary travel concessions
for elderly and disabled people that it previously offered over and
above the NoWcard.
It must be stressed that elderly and disabled
people will continue to be able to apply for a NoWcard that
gives free travel on off-peak buses all over
England.
Please find below
the NoWcard contact details and external link if you
require further information or details of how to apply.
Travel Tokens
Any customer who still holds unused Travel Tokens can
continue to use them but are advised to use them as soon as
possible as the operators will eventually cease to accept them.
However, this decision will be subject to the individual transport
operators involved and each operator will impose its own cut
off date.
Please note: We will be unable to
reimburse customers for any unused Travel
Tokens.
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