Members of the Metro's Integrated Transport Authority's Executive Committee have approved a new rate of 50p for concessionary off-peak train travel in west Yorkshire.

The 15p rise is the first since 2005.

It means that the county's concessionary card holders, including people over 60 who now also have free off-peak local bus travel throughout England, can still travel the length and breadth of the county by train for just 50p. Cardholders can take advantage of the 50p fare after 9.30am Monday to Friday and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays.

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Scheduled to be introduced from 23 May this year, the off-peak concessionary fare rise is part of a range of cost-saving measures being introduced by Metro which is facing the same difficult economic circumstances as everyone else. Other measure include value-for-money efficiency reviews including staffing reductions.