Renewing National Concessionary Travel Passes
The majority of the 420,000 National Concessionary Travel Passes issued by Transport for Greater Manchester will start to expire in the 12 months from this April. Letters will be sent to pass holders within six weeks of their current pass expiring, but not before this, with the first letters being sent out from mid-February. They will be sent directly to the people whose pass is due to expire and before the six week deadline there is no need to take any other action.
Any pass holders who have changed address in the last five years should contact the authority who issued their travel pass (note that this may not be the number on the back of the pass holder’s card). This will ensure they receive the letter being sent out.
Transport for Greater Manchester is working closely with bus operators and other stakeholders to ensure that there is minimum disruption to pass holders as a result of this process. If you would like to speak to someone about the process for renewing passes, Tel: 0161 244 1028 Website: www.tfgm.com
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Transport update for families, children and young people
Important changes to Ring & Ride
Tameside Ring & Ride bookings will now taken in a central call centre. The new number to use is 0845 688 3989.
This means you will be able to:
- Phone Ring & Ride between 8am and 4pm daily on 0845 688 3989.
- Book your journeys up to seven days in advance and up to one hour before.
- Book both Ring & Ride and Cross Boundary services by using one telephone number.
- Make requests for several different journeys with one call.
Please remember:
- Make sure you call the new number above from now on to make your booking.
- Block bookings (those for 6+ people) are still available to groups.
- New cards will be issued to registered users but your details are still on the system so even if yours has not reached you yet you can still book a journey. You can register for the service at www.ringandride.info/page5.htm
- Cross Boundary service bookings from Tameside can only travel to neighbouring boroughs (Oldham, Stockport and Manchester).
For more information or to make general enquiries please phone 0845 6888 4933 (8am-10.30pm).
Funding available
To find out about funding available to help older and disabled people to travel see our funds available page.
