Wales Council of the Blind

bus

Definition: Public transport via scheduled services on the road.

Category: transport

Credit: Vision in Wales

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Services mentioning bus

Birdshot Uveitis Society - (Birdshot Uveitis Society (BUS)) Support Group

BUS supports patients with uveitis">Birdshot, particularly when first diagnosed and provides up-to-date information about the condition and treatment options to help empower patients and ensure they have access to the most appropriate treatment possible.

Bridgevis Gardening Club - (Bridgevis (Bridgend & District VI society)) Clubs and social groups

At Bronfair Allotments, Garth, Maesteg. every Wednesday. Bus leaves Market Street at 10 am and leaves Maesteg at 12.30 pm. Contact John O'Donnell below.

Culverhouse Cross Shopper - (VEST Community Transport) Transport

A community bus service from Barry or Wenvoe to Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff. Shop at Marks and Spencer, TK Maxx, Tesco and Aldi. Drivers will carry your shopping into your house. Door to door service. To register call 029 20 490325.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Anglesey - (Isle of Anglesey County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Blaenau Gwent - (Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. Please call the Integrated Transport Unit on the number below.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Bridgend - (Bridgend County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Caerphilly - (Caerphilly County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Cardiff - (Cardiff Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Carmarthenshire - (Carmarthenshire County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Ceredigion - (Ceredigion County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. At the Ceredigion Council site it is not clear about the companion pass. Contact them directly as below and stress that it is currently a local authority responsibility, not Transport for Wales, to process the Companion Travel Card.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Conwy - (Conwy County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Denbighshire - (Denbighshire County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Flintshire - (Flintshire County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Gwynedd - (Cyngor Gwynedd) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. (NB The website below leads you to the Transport for Wales page, but you will still need to contact the local authority.)

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Merthyr Tydfil - (Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Monmouthshire - (Monmouthshire County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. The site below gives no information other than to direct you to the Transport for Wales site. Contact the number or email below to apply.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Neath Port Talbot - (Neath Port Talbot Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. Little or no information is available at the NPT site. Click the Provider link below for contact details for NPT Council.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Newport - (Newport City Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Pembrokeshire - (Pembrokeshire County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. Ask for a Disabled Eligibility Assessment Form from the Local Authority.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Powys - (Powys County Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance. (NB Powys does not give any information concerning the Companion Travel Card. Applicants are advised to press the council for assistance in the matter using the general number below. If you are not satisfied, please contact Wales Council of the Blind on 029 20 473954.)

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Rhondda Cynon Taf - (Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Swansea - (Swansea Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Torfaen - (Torfaen County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Vale of Glamorgan - (Vale of Glamorgan Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card - Wrexham - (Wrexham County Borough Council) Transport

The Disabled Person with Companion Travel Card enables you to travel on Wales' bus services with a companion subject to meeting certain criteria. The concession is overseen by Transport for Wales but you must apply to your local authority in the first instance.

Disabled Persons Welsh Concessionary Travel Card - (Transport for Wales) Transport

An ID card to enable concessionary travel for disabled people on many Wales rail and bus services. The holder can travel free on most bus services in Wales and the borders and enjoy discounted or free travel on many rail services. You can apply on the phone number below, via email, or via the weblink. (Please note, this is not valid outside Wales (with the exception of some border services) and does not replace the scope of the Disabled Persons Railcard issued by National Rail.)

Shooting Club - (Bridgevis (Bridgend & District VI society)) Sports, arts, leisure and holidays

Shooting Club for blind and partially sighted people in Bridgend. Using a sound signal to indicate how close to the target the aim is, it is usable for people with total sight loss. Tondu Target Shooting Club every Thursday. Bus leaves Market Street, Bridgend, at 2 pm and leaves Tondu at 4.30pm approximately. Contact John O'Donnell below.

Sight Life Ramblers - (Sight Life) Sports, arts, leisure and holidays

The group usually meets at Jones Court at around 9.30 to travel by bus or train to the chosen starting point and returns by approximately 3 or 4pm. Sighted guides are available for those who need one. The group usually stops for a mid morning coffee stop so take a flask along. Lunchtime is usually spent at a local cafe along the route.

VIM Meetings - (Visual Impairment Merthyr (VIM)) Clubs and social groups

These are normally held on the second Monday of each month at Market Square Church Hall, 3 Salmons Street CF47 8DS (a short walk using the lane opposite the bus station).

Library records mentioning bus

Bus Driver leaflet - myth buster! Leaflet - [Library Type]

Information produced by Bridgevis to give bus drivers an awareness of the issues faced by visually impaired people when trying to use bus services. (It is included in the Transport edition of Roundup, number 13 – Summer 2013, pages 8-9.)

Bus travel in Wales Report - [Library Type]

Wales Council of the Blind and members of the Welsh Rehabilitation Officers Forum received concerns from people with sight loss about applying / renewing their disabled person’s bus pass and/or companion pass.

Designing for Inclusion Report - [Library Type]

The accessibility challenges of some active travel infrastructure for people with vision impairment and other disabled people. This research focuses on bus stops and footways which have been designed to accommodate cycle lanes and the associated element of continuous footways, where sometimes the distinction between being on a footway and being in a roadway could be blurred.

Road to Nowhere Report - [Library Type]

An investigation into the problems faced by bus passengers who are blind or partially sighted and the isolation caused.

Travel (Confident Living) Guidance - [Library Type]

Walking to shops, catching a bus, train, taxi or going on holiday can be challenging when you have sight loss. In this leaflet, you'll find information about travel services and the assistance that’s available, along with useful tips to help you get out and about confidently.