Concessionary Bus Travel

Older customers and those with a qualifying disability, can apply for a bus travel pass allowing you to use NCT buses for free under the National Concessionary Scheme. To apply for a travel pass, please contact your local council. 

NCT accepts all English local authority concessionary passes, where the following travel arrangements apply:

Council Card Monday–Friday Go2 Night Buses Weekends
Before 07:30 07:30–09:30 09:30–23:00 23:00–01:00
Nottingham City Older Person Not valid
(full fare applies)
Not valid
(full fare applies)
FREE Not valid
(full fare applies)
Not valid
(full fare applies)
FREE
Disabled FREE
(inside city area)
FREE FREE
(inside city area)
Nottinghamshire Older Person & Disabled Not valid
(full fare applies)
FREE Not valid
(full fare pplies)
Leicestershire Older Person & Disabled Not valid
(full fare applies*)
FREE Not valid
(full fare applies)
All other Older Person & Disabled Not valid
(full fare applies*)
FREE

Concession cards*Except when travelling on South Notts service 1 or Skylink, where the journey starts and finishes in Leicestershire (between Loughborough and Stanford Corner on the 1 or within the East Midlands Airport and Pegasus Site on Skylink), where free travel applies on disabeld cards only.

City Area

The ‘City Area’ includes all NCT services over their complete route except on the following services, where they are valid between the points shown:

  • 1 between Nottingham and Clifton Pastures
  • 26, 26C between Nottingham and Carlton-le-Willows School/Linden Grove
  • 100 between Nottingham and Carlton-le-Willows School/Linden Grove
  • Skylink between Nottingham and Clifton Man of Trent