Transport Support from Cheshire West & Chester

To be eligible you must be:

·         Aged 16-18 on 31 August

·         Attending your nearest College offering the course

·         Living more than 3 miles from College.

Cheshire West and Chester are charging £660 in 2012/13, but with a College subsidy, the cost to you is £220 for the full year, paid termly.  

If your family are on any of the following benefits you can apply for FREE transport.

·         Income Support

·         Income based Job Seekers Allowance

·         Income based Employment Support Allowance

·         Child Tax Credit with income under £15,860

·         The maximum level of Working Families Tax Credits.

How to apply

Log onto www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/schooltransport  or call 0300 1237039.

Once the Transport Service has received your application, you will be notified by letter if you are eligible for a bus pass.

Bus passes can be collected from Student Services when you attend college at the end of August to complete your enrolment, or in the first week of term in September. If you have been allocated a public service bus you will have to pay on this bus until you collect your bus pass.  If you have not collected your bus pass for contract buses in the first week of term you will be refused travel.

Payment can be made by cash/cheque or credit/debit card.  Please make cheques payable to Mid Cheshire College.

For details on Transport Service bus routes in 2011/12 (may vary for 2012/13) see the ‘Contract and Service Bus Routes’ table.