The Travel Card enables the holder to travel free or at a half fare on the following services:

LOCAL BUS SERVICES All journeys both starting and finishing within The Highland Council area. Free tickets cannot be pre-booked.

Camusnagual- Fort William Cape Wrath Ferry

Mallaig-Armadale Mallaig-Loch Nevis Mallaig-Small Isles Raasay-Sconser

Half fare travel for all cross-boundary journeys either starting or finishing within The Highland Council area on the following routes:

Fort William–Oban Inverness–Aberdeen

Inverness–Edinburgh Inverness–Glasgow

Uig–Fort Willaim–Edinburgh via either Glasgow or Stirling

Kinlochbervie, Assynt and Dunvegan Subsidised Taxis

Argay/ Bonar Bridge, Lairg, Rosehall and Dornoch Dial-a-Buses

Glenelg and Portree to Trotternish Evening Taxi services

Single, Saver, Supersaver and Cheap Day Return tickets at half the normal fare on scheduled train services within Highland. Train tickets are for Standard Class only.

Single tickets (and day return or short break tickets where these exist) at half the normal fare on the following services:

Kilchoan–Tobermory Lochaline–Fishnish

Oban–Craignure

Andrew Chapman Iris MacKay, Durness

Bluebird Stagecoach D. Maclennan

Bruce Watt MacLeod’s Coaches

Caledonian Macbrayne Martin’s Coaches

Clan Taxis Rapson’s Coaches

D&E Coaches Ross’s Minibuses

Tim Dearman Coaches Royal Mail Postbus

Dunvegan Subsidised Taxi Scotrail

Easter Ross Coaches Scottish Citylink

Ewen’s Coach Hire Shiel Buses

Glenedin, Edinbane Spa Coaches

Highland Country Buses Stagecoach

Kinlochbervie Subsidised Taxi Waterloo Minibuses

KSM Motors Westerbus

Lochinver SubsidisedTaxi

M. MacDonald, Struan

NOTE: This list is correct at time of going to press but may vary during the currency of the Travel Card.

The Travel Card is available free of charge at any Post Office, Sub-Post Office, Council Service Point or Library in Highland. You must take with you:

Proof that you are resident of Highland.

A recent passport sized photograph of yourself (see page 5).

EITHER proof of age (if applying as a Senior Citizen)

OR A Certificate of Eligibility from your local Social Work Area Office (if applying under categories 3, 4, 5 or 6 on page 6 of this leaflet). IF APPLYING AT A COUNCIL SERVICE POINT proof that you are in receipt of one of the following benefits will be accepted in place of the Certificate of Eligibility:

War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement

Mobility Allowance

Higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance

The card is valid for five years from the date of issue.

If you lose your Travel Card a replacement may be obtained from any Post Office, Service Point of Library on providing proof of eligibilit

HIGHLAND COUNCIL

SURNAME (Mr/Mrs/Miss) _____________________

(BLOCK CAPITALS)

FORNAMES _______________________________

ADDRESS _________________________________

__________________________________________

I certify that I am a resident of the Highland Council area and that the above information is correct.

Signed ____________________________________

You may hold a Travel Card if you are a resident of the Highland Council area and:

you are a woman aged 60 or over

OR

you are a man aged 65 or over (from 1 April 2003 men aged 60 or over)

OR

you are profoundly deaf

OR

you are or would be disqualified from holding a driving licence on medical grounds

OR

you have a permanent disability which seriously impairs your ability to walk

OR

you suffer from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.

If you need help when travelling by public transport you may be eligible for a Companion Card entitling your travelling companion to travel at half fare. Ask for details at your local Social Work Office. Your local Social Work Office will be able to advise you if you have any queries about those aspects of the scheme.

FREE OR HALF PRICE TRAVEL

ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT

CARD VALID FOR FIVE YEARS