Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares
The increasing use of digital-only bus passes is penalising lower-income households. Photograph: SolStock/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe increasing use of digital-only bus passes is penalising lower-income households. However, they can’t get the same discount by showing the same student card to the driver and paying by cash or card.”Trentbarton said its ticketing machines are not configured to read the council-issued cards.
- ▪The increasing use of digital-only bus passes is penalising lower-income households.
- ▪Photograph: SolStock/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe increasing use of digital-only bus passes is penalising lower-income households.
- ▪However, they can’t get the same discount by showing the same student card to the driver and paying by cash or card.”Trentbarton said its ticketing machines are not configured to read the council-issued cards.
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The increasing use of digital-only bus passes is penalising lower-income households. Photograph: SolStock/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe increasing use of digital-only bus passes is penalising lower-income households. Photograph: SolStock/Getty ImagesBus faresSchoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus faresDespite guidance keeping mobile phones out of England’s schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an appAnna TimsSat 26 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSchoolchildren who do not own smartphones face paying hundreds of pounds extra in annual bus fares as cheaper travel passes are digitised.Critics argue that by only making discounts available through an app, operators are undermining government guidance to keep mobile phones out of…
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