Travel and transport

Travel and transport: information and schemes.

These pages have been created to provide you with easy access to travel and transport information and allowance schemes. The links below give you access to trusted organisations.

• Age Concern - Travel and Transport Factsheet: This factsheet gives information on practical and financial assistance relating to travel available to people who are aged 60 or over.
• Arriva Bus Services: Information on timetables and services.
• Blue Badge Scheme (Department for Transport): The Blue (formerly Orange) Badge Scheme provides a national arrangement of on-street parking concessions enabling people with severe walking difficulties or Registered Blind who travel either as drivers or passengers to park close to their destinations.
• British Medical Association: Providing Information and Advice on Travel and Transport issues for the over 50s.
• Community Transport in North Yorkshire: Information on various community transport operators in North Yorkshire.
• Concessionary Bus Travel: Information on Richmondshire District Council's concessionary fares scheme and including applying for a bus pass.
• 50Connect.co.uk: Information on Travel for the Over 50s.
• Dales and District Bus Service: For information on routes and timetables.
• Department of Transport: Information relating to all your travel and transport needs.
• DirectGov: Travel and Transport provided by public services - information in one place.
• Local Travel and Transport Information: Provided by North Yorkshire County Council.
• Marie Curie Cancer Care - Oversees Challenges: Discover your own adventure - If you want to push yourself to your physical limits, achieve a personal goal, see some of the most amazing sights the world has to offer and do all this for a good cause, then you should take on one of our Overseas Challenges.
• Motability Scheme: A scheme run by the registered charity Motability. The scheme enables disabled people to obtain a car, powered wheelchair or scooter simply by using the government-funded motability allowances.
• NHS Direct Online -Travel Health: Advice on health matters when travelling abroad.
• Passport Adviceline: Information on the national Passport Adviceline which provides a single point of contact for all telephone callers.
• Patient Transport Services: Providing assistance for patient’s to get to their appointments if they have a clinical condition which means they can’t get to hospital safely on their own.
• Reeth and Swaledale Travel: Useful travel information for Reeth and Swaledale.
• Senior Railcards: If you're 60 or over, you can buy a Senior Railcard for only £24, click on this sentence to learn more. 
• Traveline: The UK online public transport information service for travelling by bus, coach, train, ferry or underground.