{"id":340,"date":"2022-02-25T12:47:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2024-10-31T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T09:37:24","slug":"free-bus-travel-for-young-people-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/parent-supports\/reducing-the-cost-of-the-school-day\/free-bus-travel-for-young-people-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Bus Travel for Young People in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Free Bus Travel for 5 to 21 Year Olds<\/strong> (as of 31 January 2022). Please see\u00a0<a class=\"sys_16\" title=\"Young Persons free bus travel scheme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transport.gov.scot\/concessionary-travel\/young-persons-free-bus-travel-scheme\/\">Young Persons&#8217; Free Bus Travel Scheme<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>If you live in Scotland and are 5-21 years old you are eligible for a card giving you free bus travel. Children under 5 years old already travel for free on buses and don\u2019t need a card. Applications for cards are now open.<\/p>\n<p>Children and young people aged 5\u221221 years old will need a new or replacement National Entitlement Card (NEC) or Young Scot National Entitlement Card (Young Scot NEC) before hopping on board. Previously issued cards will not allow access to the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about\u00a0<a title=\"How to apply\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transport.gov.scot\/concessionary-travel\/young-persons-free-bus-travel-scheme\/how-to-apply\/\" data-id=\"69510\">how you can apply for the scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Bus Travel for 5 to 21 Year Olds (as of 31 January 2022). Please see\u00a0Young Persons&#8217; Free Bus Travel Scheme\u00a0for more information. Eligibility If you live in Scotland and are 5-21 years old you are eligible for a card giving you free bus travel. Children under 5 years old already travel for free on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/parent-supports\/reducing-the-cost-of-the-school-day\/free-bus-travel-for-young-people-in-scotland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free Bus Travel for Young People in Scotland<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6652,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-340","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1009,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions\/1009"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}