Trams

A question about : Trams

Pretty fed up that the Bus Pass is not valid on the trams unless it has been issued in Edinburgh.

Over 60's from anywhere else in Scotland other than Edinburgh have to pay full whack.

It won't take long for the 100 bus service to be reduced/withdrawn to push people on to the trams so it looks like one benefit for the over 60's has disappeared.

Best answers:

• Clue's in the name 'Bus Pass'.
• Catch the 35.
• Can a pensioner from Edinburgh have concessionary travel on the Glasgow Underground?
  I don't believe so.
  WR
• Sorry guys but I think the term to describe the tram system is emperor's new clothes.
  It was years in the planning, massively over budget and it only runs from the airport to Prince's Street.
  All I have to say is Monorail (and The Simpson fans will know what I mean!)
• Airport Bus beats the trams every time for me every time.
  Bus for me - free. Bus Stop is the first one you come to on leaving the terminal. 25 minutes to Waverley Bridge.
  Trams - Ј8 return. Longer journey time.
  No contest.
  What a monumental waste of money!!!
• Actually, the Bus (Concession) pass doesn't get accepted on the Citylink Glasgow to Edinburgh Airport service either.
• But the issue is as a 'bus' pass, Citylink do not accept it on their new EH airport coach.
  Sure, you can go to Maybury but this service is being reduced to the tram and will be less reliable. It may also be withdrawn.
  Best option is getting off at Ingliston gates and walk the last 10 minutes.
• I know someone who's just over 60 and earns the same wage as me. He gets free bus travel in Edinburgh and I don't
  That's no fair either
  Age discrimination?
• Someone who hasn't paid a lifetime of taxes can also benefit from the same perk. Is that fair?
  My point was really aimed at the OP. Trying to make the point that it is a perk and not a 'right' therefore the lack of free travel on the tram is just tough luck. There's other free travel options for the OP. Typical that one gets a free perk and enevitably expects more,more,more
  I'm delighted that this particular mode of transport isn't bogged down and filled with 'free loaders' taking up seats that I pay a fare for
• Im always a bit peeved that as an English person with a bus pass, why I cant use it in Scotland.
  and the same question as to why a Scot cant use theirs in Britain.
  We are the UNITED KINGDOM after all.
• Hi Bridgedino
  I am original OP.
  My point is that I have paid taxes all my life, and I am still paying them into my late sixties and counting. I contributed through Scottish Government contribution to the trams but don't enjoy free travel but ironically I do on the buses. It seems illogical to me.
  In any case the bus at least as convenient as the tram. Bus Stop is nearer Airport Terminal than the Tram Stop. Journey time is similar.
  Who took the crazy decision to spend hundreds of millions on a service, which in my opinion, adds nothing like the value spent on it?
  Hope you enjoy your old age when it arrives, Dino. We are not all !!!!!!!!!!s looking for more, more, more. I am still paying my whack.