Travel Advice for 16-18 year old students

EASTON First find out which travel County Council company provides the Travel passes service in your area: If you cannot get a First or Konect bus Either search on Traveline or on Google because they do not serve the area to see which bus you need to catch where you live it is worth considering between your house and your campus. whether a bus pass from Norfolk If you need help finding a bus, please County Council might be more email [email protected] economical and affordable. These can only be used Monday to Friday, term time only.

First Eastern Counties Bus To be eligible for this, you first need to see whether you live within the core For students who live in an area where area served by the council. You can they can catch a First Counties Bus, see the maps for City College the cheapest option is to buy your and Paston College on the Norfolk ticket straight from them. County Council website: www.norfolk.gov.uk/education- Look for the City College Students and-learning/school-and-college- pages on the First website to find transport cheaper tickets: www.firstbus.co.uk/ norfolk-/tickets/student-bus- Easton students can find information travel/city-college-norwich about NCC passes on the college website: www.easton.ac.uk/support- For many students the most and-advice/students/student-travel economical ticket will be the Trio, which gives you unlimited travel You have two main options when between September and July , considering whether a Norfolk County including weekends, evenings and Council bus pass will be best for you. college holidays. Please see the You can either pay in advance for link above for details. the bus pass or you can order a free bus pass and pay the bus driver each day on the bus. Apply on their website Konect Bus here: www.norfolk.gov.uk/education- and-learning/school-and-college- If you live in an area served by transport/post16-travel-scheme Konect you can purchase good Or telephone them on 0344 800 8020 value student bus passes directly from them, giving you unlimited 1.Pay in advance option travel between September and July. This includes Anywhere or Straight8 You can order a bus pass and choose tickets. See the website for details: to pay annually, termly or half termly. www..co.uk/savebig These bus passes can only be used to travel to and from college, during term time. They cannot be used for other journeys. The annual cost is £564; this : is reduced to £423 if you are on www.lynxbus.co.uk certain means tested benefits.

If you live outside the core area or cannot find a way to get to a core Travel from Thetford route, then look at the website of the Students travelling from Thetford to bus company that serves your route Norwich by train can get a Norfolk to see if they offer any reductions for County Council train pass for £564 students. per year or £423 if on certain means tested benefits – there is an option to 2. Pay daily option pay for this half termly. Please see here to apply: On the online application you need www.norfolk.gov.uk/education- to tick the box to say you would like and-learning/school-and-college- to pay daily. A pass will be posted out transport/post16-travel-scheme/ to you, which you must show to the apply-for-the-post16-travel-scheme bus driver in order to get the reduced fare. The most you will pay is £3.20 for a return ticket. Those on means tested benefits may be able to get a reduced Help from bursary to pay for rate of £2.70. The passes are issued bus/train pass for the full academic year. However, at the end of each term you will be sent If you can’t afford to pay for the a renewal email or letter asking you bus/train pass, and you qualify for to confirm if you wish to continue as a a bursary, we may be able to help daily fare payer. If you do not respond you to buy one. You can apply for the to this email your bus pass will be bursary online: cancelled. www.ccn.ac.uk/support-and-advice /students/student-finance-at-city- college-norwich/student-bursary-and -free-college-meals-application Other bus companies Please let us know on the application The other main bus companies are: that you need to buy the bus/train Sanders: pass out of the bursary. Alternatively, www.sanderscoaches.com email us at [email protected]

Simonds: www.simonds.co.uk If you are unsure which travel pass is best for you, please Border Bus: come and see the Finance www.border-bus.co.uk Advisers in the Advice Shop, ring us on 01603 773 773 or email Our Bus: [email protected] www.ourhire.co.uk/our-bus EASTON