Halton disabled bus pass
FreeDisability
Free bus travel for eligible disabled residents. Send the application to a Halton One Stop Shop, or by email or post, with copies of ID and proof of address.
🚌 Travel help in Halton
Help with getting to school, college or training for young people with SEND who live in Halton. Travel support depends on where the young person lives, not where the school or college is.
✔ Checked November 2026 · Next check January 2027⚡ Halton at a glance
Disabled bus pass
From Halton Council
Halton residents get their pass from the council, not Merseytravel.
MyTicket
£2.20 a day
Unlimited bus travel for under-19s, valid across Merseyside, including Halton.
Travel training
Ages 11 to 19
For young people with any kind of additional need.
New policy
From Sept 2026
A new SEND travel policy applies to new applicants.
Source: Based on Halton Borough Council's public transport and travel training pages. Halton's new 2026–27 SEND travel policy wasn't available to check online.
👥 Who can get help
Up to 16
School age
Home to school travel help for children with SEND under Halton's travel and transport policy.
16 to 18
Post-16
Halton's 2026–27 SEND travel and transport policy has a section on post-16 travel assistance. Ask the council for the current criteria.
19 to 25
Adult
Ask Halton Borough Council how travel is assessed for adult learners with an EHCP.
What the council looks at
Check with Halton: Halton has agreed a new Home to School and Post 16 Travel and Transport Policy for children and young people with SEND, which applies to new applicants from September 2026. We couldn't check its detailed criteria and any charges online, so contact the council for a copy before applying.
🔍 Try these first
MyTicket
Under 19£2.20
One-day unlimited bus ticket for young people, valid on participating buses across Merseyside, including Halton.
16–19 Bursary Fund
MoneyCollege
Help with travel and course costs. Ask the college, for example Riverside College.
Before 9:30am: from 1 April 2026, Halton trialled letting disabled person's passes be used before 9:30am on all Halton services, for three months. Check with the council whether this is still running.
🧭 What help might be offered
Halton's approach expects young people to travel by the most cost-effective means that meets their needs. This could be a travel pass, a personal travel budget, a seat on a contract vehicle or independent travel training.
💷 Costs
Charges: Halton's 2026–27 post-16 transport statement gives no fixed yearly charge for SEND transport. It says door to door fares are charged at about the same level as local bus fares. Help is discretionary. Ask Halton Borough Council what applies to the young person and what reductions are available. For SEN transport, phone the SEN Assessment Team on 0151 511 7305.
📝 How to apply
- Ask for the current policyContact Halton Borough Council for the 2026–27 SEND travel and transport policy and the application form.
- Apply earlyPost-16 learners need a new application when they move from school age to post-16.
- Look at travel trainingHalton expects travel training to be considered as part of planning.
🚶 Travel training in Halton
Halton's Independent Travel Team supports young people aged 11 to 19 with any kind of additional need to travel independently to school, college and social activities.
- Accompanied: a trainer goes with the young person on their journeys until they can travel on their own.
- Covers: personal and road safety, recognising and avoiding danger, following directions, boarding the right bus in the right direction, and buying tickets.
- Personalised Journey Plan: each young person gets a plan in a format that suits them.
Request travel training
Halton
Email Halton's Independent Travel Team. The address is on the council's travel training page.
⚖️ If you disagree with a decision
Your decision letter will explain how to ask for a review or appeal. Ask the council for the appeals process under the 2026–27 policy.
📎 Documents, forms and contacts
Independent travel training
Council page
Halton's travel training for young people aged 11 to 19.
Bus passes (Halton Hopper)
Council pageDisability
Disabled bus pass applications, the evidence needed and concessionary fares.
MyTicket
Merseytravel
Under-19 day ticket valid across Merseyside, including Halton.