Veterans Concessionary Travel

The Veterans Concessionary Travel Scheme (VCTS) is a new concession available to those Veterans who receive an ongoing payment under the War Pensions Scheme or Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.  War widows, war widowers and dependants who receive the same payments will also be eligible under this scheme.


Those applicants who are eligible will be issued with an Oyster Photocard, which will enable them to travel free at any time within London on bus, tube, Dockland Light Railway, tram and London Overground services and when travelling on these services except on bus or tram can take up to four children under eleven with you for free..  It will particularly benefit those veterans who are under sixty and those who live outside London who are not eligible for a Freedom Pass.


For those in Derbyshire who need to use the transport services in London and are eligible for a VCTS Oyster Photocard telephone Transport for London on the number given below for an application pack.  You will be sent an application form which you should complete and then return it along with a photocopy of your Awards Notification or annual uprating letter from the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA), showing your entitlement to an ongoing payment under the War Pensions Scheme or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and two passport size photographs.


Transport for London
Further information on the Veterans Concessionary Travel Scheme can be found from Transport for London, telephone: 0845 331 9872 (09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday only).


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