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🚌 Independent travel
Learning to get to college and work on your own
✔ Checked October 2026🌟 Why it matters
Being able to travel on your own opens up college, jobs, friendships and social life. It is one of the most useful skills for leaving school.
🧠 Skills to practise
- Planning a journey and reading a timetable or app
- Knowing which bus or train to catch and where to get off
- Buying a ticket or using a pass
- Crossing roads safely
- What to do if the bus is late or cancelled
- Asking for help and staying safe
- Keeping your phone charged and knowing who to call
🚶 Travel training
Councils and some schools and colleges offer independent travel training. A trainer travels with you until you can do the journey alone. See who offers travel training in your area.
🎫 Free and cheaper travel
- Disabled person's travel pass: free bus, train and ferry travel in Merseyside if you qualify
- MyTicket: £2.20 for a day of unlimited bus travel if you are under 19
- 16–19 Bursary Fund: help with travel costs from your college
✅ Am I ready?
Try the Am I ready to travel on my own? checklist with a parent, carer or teacher.
➡️ Where next?
Disabled travel pass
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