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DfT plays down Cornwall’s bid to pilot concessionary travel charges

03 February 2012
Free travel: no change
Free travel: no change

 

The DfT this week played down the likelihood of Cornwall Council being given permission to introduce a flat rate charge for concessionary travel on buses.

The council is to write to transport secretary Justine Greening seeking approval to be exempted from the current mandatory system of free off-peak bus travel.

“With 5.8 million concessionary journeys a year in Cornwall, a 50p flat fare would raise £2.9m per annum,” Peter Moore, Cornwall’s community transport manager,...

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