Concessionary travel pass
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
Contact Adult Social Care Admin Team
For help to apply for a concessionary travel pass
Email: adultsocialcareadmin@newcastle.gov.uk
Phone: 0191 278 8100
Address: Adult Social Care, Newcastle City Council, Benton Park Road Office, Benton Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7LX
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.
How to use a concessionary travel pass
Visit the Nexus website for more information on using your pass as an