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The Scottish National Entitlement Card (NEC) is a Scotland-wide smart card scheme run by Scottish Local Authorities on behalf of the Scottish Government.It is predominantly operated as a concessionary travel pass, but can also act as Proof of Age for young people (Young Scot NEC) and give access to civic services such as libraries and leisure centres depending on the local authority.
The Scottish National Entitlement Card offers free bus and scheduled coach travel throughout Scotland for disabled and elderly passengers. Republic of Ireland. Free travel for all persons over the age of 66. Many people with disabilities and their carers are also eligible for free travel passes.
The site was one of the initial launch partners for the .scot top-level domain. The site became available as a public alpha test from 12 September 2014. [ 3 ] The site officially replaced DirectScot.org on 12 May 2015 and the Scottish Business Portal (business.scotland.gov.uk) on 14 September 2015.
Young people aged 5–21 years old can apply to access the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme, which began on 31 January 2022. The scheme is run by Transport Scotland. [20] Young people need a Scottish National Entitlement Card or Young Scot National Entitlement Card with the valid free travel entitlement to take the bus for free.
4 day rail rover (UK, 1994). A transit pass (North American English) or travel card (British English), often referred to as a bus pass or train pass etc. (in all English dialects), [1] [2] is a ticket that allows a passenger of the service to take either a certain number of pre-purchased trips or unlimited trips within a fixed period of time.
The Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which entitles all people resident in England who are either disabled or over the age of 60 to free travel on local buses at off-peak times anywhere within England (transport being a devolved matter and therefore within the purview of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly ...
An example of a senior pass. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme is a national scheme by the Department for Transport in conjunction with local authorities across England. The scheme extended the provision of free bus travel within individual local authorities to allow travel throughout England from 1 April 2008. [1]
Transport Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Còmhdhail Alba) is the national transport agency of Scotland.It was established by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, [2] and began operating on 1 January 2006 as an executive agency of the Scottish Government.