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Do you live in Scotland?

Do you have a sight impairment?

Do you receive any of the following benefits?

  • Adult Disability Payment – either the enhanced or standard rate of the daily living component
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Child Disability Payment – either the higher or middle rate of the care component
  • Disability Living Allowance – either the higher or middle rate of the care component
  • Pension Age Disability Payment – either the higher or lower rate of the care component
  • Personal Independence Payment – either the higher or lower rate of the daily living component
  • Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance – either the middle or higher rate of the care component
  • War Pensions Constant Attendance Allowance

You must select 'Yes' if you're eligible for one of these benefits but do not receive it because you live in a care home or hospital.

Do you receive any of these other benefits?

  • Adult Disability Payment
  • Child Disability Payment – the higher rate of the mobility component
  • Disability Living Allowance – the higher rate of the mobility component
  • Personal Independence Payment
  • Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance – the higher rate of the mobility component

You must select 'Yes' if you're eligible for one of these benefits but do not receive it because you live in a care home or hospital.

Do you meet any of the following criteria?

  • You're a Blue Badge holder
  • You're profoundly or severely deaf
  • You've been told not to drive on medical grounds
  • You have a mental health condition that requires you to travel to health and social care appointments
  • You have a learning disability that requires you to travel to appointments
  • You have a terminal illness
  • You have a progressive degenerative condition (like Parkinson's Disease) that severely impacts your mobility
  • You've lost one or more limbs
  • You receive a War Pensioner Mobility Supplement
  • You're an injured veteran with mobility problems

Which council area do you live in?

Which council area do you live in?

Which council area do you live in?

Which council area do you live in?

Apply for a disabled person's bus pass with companion travel

You can apply for a disabled person's bus pass with companion travel. Your card will have an 'eye +1' symbol to show that someone can travel with you for free.

Apply online

You can apply for a disabled person's bus pass on getyournec.scot.

What you need to apply

You'll need:

  • a recent photo
  • proof of your identity
  • proof of your current address
  • proof of your eligibility

Find out what evidence you'll need to provide to prove your eligibility on Transport Scotland.

Rail travel

You can also travel for free by rail in Scotland. You can take journeys at any time between any stations in Scotland and as far as Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Your card is valid on all rail services in Scotland, not just those operated by ScotRail.

From 1 April 2025, a 12 month pilot scheme will also allow a companion to travel with you for free on any ScotRail service.

Find out more on ScotRail’s website.

Apply for a disabled person's bus pass

Apply online

You can apply for a disabled person's bus pass on getyournec.scot.

What you need to apply

You'll need:

  • a recent photo
  • proof of your identity
  • proof of your current address
  • proof of your eligibility

Find out what evidence you'll need to provide to prove your eligibility on Transport Scotland.

Rail travel

You can also travel for free by rail in Scotland. You can take journeys at any time between any stations in Scotland and as far as Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Your card is valid on all rail services in Scotland, not just those operated by ScotRail.

Find out more on ScotRail’s website.

Apply for a disabled person's bus pass with companion travel

You can apply for a disabled person's bus pass with companion travel. This means that someone can travel with you for free.

Apply online

You can apply for a disabled person's bus pass on getyournec.scot.

What you need to apply

You'll need:

  • a recent photo
  • proof of your identity
  • proof of your current address
  • proof of your eligibility

Find out what evidence you'll need to provide to prove your eligibility on Transport Scotland.

Apply for a disabled person's bus pass

What you need to apply

You'll need:

  • a recent photo
  • proof of your identity
  • proof of your current address
  • proof of your eligibility

Find out what evidence you'll need to provide to prove your eligibility on Transport Scotland.

You're not eligible for a disabled person's bus pass

Based on your answers, you're not eligible for a disabled person's bus pass as you do not live in Scotland.

If you live in the rest of the UK, you can:

If you've made a mistake, you can change your answers.

You're not eligible for a disabled person's bus pass

Based on your answers, you're not eligible for a disabled person's bus pass as you do not meet the eligibility criteria.

If you've made a mistake, you can change your answers.

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