You can apply for reduced cost or free travel pass if you are:
- disabled
- an older person who has reached their 66th birthday
- someone with a learning, speech, visual or physical disability under pensionable age
- a carer companion to someone who couldn't travel without your help
- qualify under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
Concessionary travel for disabled people
To apply for a travel pass you need to be:
- chronically sick and disabled and suffering from any disability which permanently and seriously impairs your ability to walk
- permanently blind and unable to perform any duties for which sight is required
- assessed as having learning disabilities
- registered as profoundly deaf, with or without speech
- without the use of both arms, whether through the absence of limbs or otherwise
- unable to drive having had a driving license refused or revoked on medical grounds
- registered as partially sighted (where disability can be assessed by a Consultant Ophthalmologist)
How to apply for a concessionary travel pass for disabled people
Apply online for a concessionary travel pass
Or you can download the application form.
Follow the instructions on the form
For help to apply for a concessionary travel pass
Email: adultsocialcareadmin@newcastle.gov.uk
Phone: 0191 278 8100
Address: Adult Social Care, Westgate Community College, West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9LU
Fax: 0191 278 8188
Concessionary travel for older people
People over the age of 66 can apply for a free National Concessionary Travel Pass. You can use this pass to travel for free on buses after 9.30am Tyne and Wear.
Read more on the Nexus website about the older people's concessionary travel pass. This includes how to: apply, replace a lost pass, renew your pass.
How to use a concessionary travel pass
Visit the Nexus website for more information on using your pass as an
How does the council pay for concessionary travel
Read our bus service operator grant reports.
