Travel South Yorkshire offers cheaper fares and tickets to young people
Encouraging young people like you to use public transport is very important to Travel South Yorkshire, so this is what we can offer you...
MegaTravel Card
If you are 11-16 and living in South Yorkshire you can have a MegaTravel Card which means:
- you can enjoy cut price travel for only 70p, seven days a week on all buses and trams in South Yorkshire.
- get half price travel on local trains
- use it right up to the end of the school year in which you have your 16th birthday
- prove to bus drivers, tram conductors and ticket sellers and anyone else that you are entitled to travel at reduced cost on public transport. No problem!
- Read the full information on the MegaTravel card on the Travel South Yorkshire website.
Barnsley MiCard
For details of this scheme please contact Barnsley Council on 01226 775656 or visit the website at www.barnsley.gov.uk/micard .
From August 2012, young people up to the age of 18 who live in Barnsley will no longer be entitled to free bus travel within the borough. Under the new arrangements, there will now be a 30 pence fare for every bus journey you make within Barnsley or between Barnsley and the rest of South Yorkshire. However, time restrictions that previously applied to the use of the card have now been lifted, which means that the card can be used at any time and every day, including weekends. Please see the Barnsley Council website for more details.
Zero Fare Pass
If you are in education full time, and live more than 3 miles from where you study, you may be entitled to a Zero Fare Pass which gives you free travel on school days on bus, train and tram all day until 1900. Only on journeys between home and school. Read the full information for the Zero Fare Pass on the Travel South Yorkshire website.
Lost your MegaTravel pass, put it in the washing machine by mistake or your dog has eaten it...
...Don’t worry there are three easy ways to get hold of your replacement MegaTravel Pass:
1) Download a copy of the application form, print it off and send it to us at the address below with a recent passport size colour photograph. Your MegaTravel Pass will be sent direct to your home address within three weeks.
2) You can also pick up an application form from your school reception.
3) Visit your nearest Travel South Yorkshire information centre in person with:
- Proof of your age (birth certificate, for example)
- Proof of where you live (e.g. an official letter, a utility bill – this can be addressed to your parents)
- A recent passport size colour photograph and £7
Remember – a parent or guardian must sign the application form.
Education Team, SYPTE, 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield, S1 2BQ.