Free Bus Travel in Wales

Does that include us English people Fish?

Do we need our bus passes?.....

I understand everyone is eligible. Until May 2018. its just another way of fritting our hard paid taxes on trivia. You know what politics is like, go for the margins but ignore the basics. Look on the Welsh Government web site or BBC Wales for full details.

Thanks for the heads up Fish, I'll ask my Taffy mate who is a bus driver in Cardiff.....

Perhaps another way of looking at it is that it helps keep services fuller than they would  normally be so helps maintain those services that might otherwise not operate without this scheme and subsidy ? Also an advantage to those who might not be able to afford a day out but can. 

David

We occasionally use our bus passes in England. When we do, every other person getting on has a bus pass and no money passes to the driver. How long can we expect this to continue I wonder?

AS far as I am aware English bus passes are not accepted in Wales or Scotland.

Perhaps the OP means no one has to pay at all at certain times?

Free to everyone on "T" buses Saturday & Sunday. Its odd the Welsh Govmt moan every day that the Barnet formula is detrimental to Wales but they still co me up with an idea for free bus passes to even non Welsh Tax payers. Don't worry about our Health Service, Schools etc. plenty of monies for trivia.

As far as I am aware this free bus service applies only to the Traws Cambria long distance buses mainly between north and west Wales and Cardiff. It is not available on local services nor on services in Gwent (south east) or Pembrokeshire (far west). At least I can use my bus pass any where in Wales but not England or Scotland.

We are often in Hereford where of course we can use our (English) bus passes.   Many buses go to destinations in Wales, or travel through Wales en-route to a destination in England.  As you only present your pass on entry to the bus, I assume that any journey starting in England is free, but if you get off in Wales you would have to pay for the return journey.  Does anyone know anything to the contrary??   (An interesting case is a trip to Hay-on-Wye, where it is only a short walk back into England to catch the return bus ).