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Concession Fares
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
Senior Citizens
Eligible Persons: All men and women 65 years of age or over, who are residents in Northern Ireland, for 3 months or more, and are in possession of a Senior SmartPass are entitled to Free travel within Northern Ireland. This scheme is paid for by the Department for Regional Development. SmartPasses are issued free of charge. Applications are available from any main bus or rail station to residents of Northern Ireland who are in receipt of a National Insurance retirement pension. Completed applications should be taken to any main bus or rail station along with proof of residency and a passport sized colour photograph only.
Your details will be processed and your new pass will be posted out to you within three weeks of your application or a week before your 65th birthday.
N.B. Senior Smartpasses are valid for five years. The first cards issued will be due for renewal from the end of April 2007. Check the expiry date printed on the front of your SmartPass. After this date you will no longer be able to use it to obtain concessionary travel. You will be sent information on how to renew your SmartPass three months before this expiry date. For more information call 0845 600 0049.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
Free Travel in Republic of Ireland
As from 2nd April 2007 all Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland senior citizens can avail of free internal travel in both jurisdictions.
To avail of free internal travel in the Republic of Ireland, NI senior citizens simply show or flash their Senior SmartPass on the relevant bus or train. The procedure for travelling cross-border remains unchanged.
To avail of free internal travel in Northern Ireland on Translink bus and rail services, ROI senior citizens must apply for an ROI Senior SmartPass by completing an application form available from their local DFSA office. They will NOT be able to avail of free internal travel in Northern Ireland without this pass.
ROI senior citizens can still avail of free cross-border travel under the current paper-based ticketing arrangements.
NI holders of the Blind or War Pensioner SmartPass DO NOT get free internal travel in the Republic of Ireland but can still avail of free cross-border travel from any point in Northern Ireland to any point in the Republic of Ireland and vice versa.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
War Pensioners
Eligible Persons: Free travel concessions are available to holders of a war disablement pension, who are under the age of 65 and who are resident in Northern Ireland for at least 3 months. To enjoy free travel, pension holders must be in possession of a SmartPass. Application forms are available from The SmartPass Office, 3 Milewater Road, Belfast BT3 9BG, Tel 028 9035 1201. Applicants should bring the completed application form to any main bus or rail station along with a War Disablement Pension Book or if you do not have a pension book, you must bring an official letter from the War Disablement Agency.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
Blind persons:
The free travel concession applies to all persons resident in Northern lreland who are on the register of Blind Persons held by the local offices of the Health & Social Services Boards. Registered Blind persons must be in possession of a
Smartpass to obtain free travel. Application forms can be obtained from the Health & Social Services Trust with whom you are registered blind.
Under the Department of Social Welfare free travel scheme senior citizens, war pensioners and blind persons resident in Northern Ireland are also entitled to free cross border bus or rail travel from any point in Northern Ireland to any point in the Republic of Ireland.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
Half-Fare Concession Pass
The Department for Regional Development has extended the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme to include an additional four categories. On presentation of your Half-Fare SmartPass you will be entitled to a 50% reduction off the standard adult single fare on scheduled bus and rail services operating within Northern Ireland.
The four categories are as follows:
- People who have been awarded the higher or lower rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance for a period of at least 12 months
- People who have been refused a driving licence on medical grounds
- People who are registered as partially sighted with a Health & Social Services Trust
- People who are known to a Health & Social Services Trust as having a learning disability
Application forms are available at all main bus and rail stations, Social Security Offices, Health & Social Services Trusts and Driving & Vehicle Licensing NI.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
Full-Time Students: A student on a full time course or full time professional training in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland or Great Britain can obtain a Translink Student Discount Card costing £7. They are also available to school
pupils in full time education from the age of 12. Part-time, evening students and apprentices are not eligible.
They entitle the holder to purchase reduced fares on scheduled Translink services throughout the Ulsterbus and NI Railways network. Application forms for the Translink Student Discount Card can be obtained from main bus and
rail stations.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
16 - 21 Rail Discount Card: As from 2nd January 2007, passengers aged 16 - 21 years must be in possession of a 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card in order to receive discounts on weekly and monthly rail season tickets. The cards cost £7 and application forms are available at all main rail stations.
Senior Citizens | Free Travel in Republic of Ireland | War Pensioners | Blind Persons | Half-Fare Concession Pass | Full-Time Students | 16 - 21 Rail Discount Card | Jobseeker
Jobseeker/Gateway: Reduced bus and rail fares are available to any person currently unemployed and actively seeking employment, or to any person on the Gateway period of the New Deal Initiative on production of an authenticated permit and JS40.
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