{"id":376,"date":"2026-03-02T12:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:37:20","slug":"free-bus-pass-in-scotland-for-under-22-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/free-bus-pass-in-scotland-for-under-22-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Bus Pass in Scotland for Under 22 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free Bus Pass in Scotland for Under 22 years<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_51989\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsHSZzRCzZU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people aged 5 to 21, who live in Scotland for at least 6 months a year, can apply for a free bus pass. You can use this to travel on most bus services in Scotland for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Young Scot Card (Young Scot NEC) or other National Entitlement Card (NEC) will be your bus pass. You can either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygov.scot\/under-22s-bus-pass\/add-bus-travel-current-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update your existing Young Scot Card or other NEC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>apply for a new card&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygov.scot\/under-22s-bus-pass\/apply-bus-pass-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online<\/a>&nbsp;or through your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygov.scot\/under-22s-bus-pass\/apply-bus-pass-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local council<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the under 22s bus pass scheme, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebus.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">freebus.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk\/roads-transport-parking\/public-transport\/bus-ferry-timetables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View public transport timetables<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Bus Pass in Scotland for Under 22 years Young people aged 5 to 21, who live in Scotland for at least 6 months a year, can apply for a free bus pass. You can use this to travel on most bus services in Scotland for free. Your Young Scot Card (Young Scot NEC) or other National Entitlement Card (NEC) will be your bus pass. You can either: For more&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20564,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":540,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolattendance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}