Prepaid tickets

MetroCard is the great value-for-money travelcard which give virtually unlimited travel on buses or trains & buses in West Yorkshire, and includes Student Plus and School Plus MetroCard.

Companies can also apply for the Company MetroCard, a discounted Annual MetroCard, on behalf of their employees.

West Yorkshire DayRover is your one-day leisure ticket giving you unlimited travel in West Yorkshire, from 9:30am on weekdays and all day at weekends and on bank holidays.

And MetroMaster is a bus-only ticket valid for journeys into South Yorkshire.

Concessionary Travel

From April 2008

The new English National Concessionary Pass will replace all local authority passes and permits for senior, disabled and blind concessionary passengers, and introduce free, off-peak local bus travel.

Metro has been encouraging its permit holders to send their details in as soon as posssible, to ensure that the new Pass is received by April 2008, and over 215,000 of West Yorkshire's eligible citizens have done so.

The new passes, which are credit card-sized, will be sent out during March 2008, but will only become valid from April 2008, so the existing conditions below still apply.

Until April 2008

You will still need one of Metro's Permits if you are blind, disabled or will reach the age of 60 before 1 April 2008.

Metro's Senior Permit (for men and women aged 60 and over) and Disabled Person's Permit offer these concessions on buses and trains:

• 35p maximum fare (train); free (bus)
  Monday to Friday: any journey from 9:30am onwards.
  Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: all day.
• Full fare
  Monday to Friday: any journey before 9:30am.

Blind Person's Permit holders travel free at all times and free travel is also available for a companion or guide dog when needed.

If you are registered as unemployed, MetroRover gives half price travel for 28 days on trains and buses within West Yorkshire.

Children, Young People and Students

• Children under 5 travel free.
• Young People aged 5 to 10 pay half fare (rounded down to the nearest 1p).
• Young People aged 11 to 15 pay half fare (rounded down to the nearest 1p) provided they hold a Young Person's PhotoCard, otherwise they must pay the full adult fare.
• Young People aged 16 to 18, attending school or college for at least 21 hours a week, pay half fare (rounded down to the nearest 1p) provided they hold a Scholar's PhotoCard.

Young People under 18 and in full-time education can also apply for the School Plus MetroCard, valid on most bus services in West Yorkshire.

Students in full-time study, and anyone under the age of 22, can apply for a Student Plus Metrocard, valid on most bus and train services throughout West Yorkshire.