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Old January 24th 20, 08:20 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Twirly cards on TfL buses

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 20:17:18 on Fri, 24 Jan
2020, Graeme Wall remarked:
When we were in Warrington last year I asked drivers on the local buses
if my Scottish card was valid, fully expecting that it wouldn't be, but
hey, nothing ventured, etc. Of the four buses we travelled on, two
accepted it without question, one ummed and ahhed a bit before letting
me on, only one driver refused it. So if there's a common company
policy, not everybody seems to know it.

Â*It's not a company policy, but a UK-wide one: Scottish Twirly
cards aren'tÂ* valid in England, and vice versa. So, only the last
of your four driversÂ* was correct.

You're no doubt right, but I thought it worth a try..! 3 out of 4
isn't bad..!

Can't think why all of them aren't valid UK-wide, though.
Because transport is devolved to Scotland?


Presumably the same applies to Wales and Ulster?


https://www.traveline.cymru/concessionary-travel-pass/
http://borderpeople.info/a-z/free-tr...r-citizens-in-
northern-ireland.html


That's interesting: I hadn't realised that there was an all-Ireland Twirly
card. It's another example of how NI is already more united with the
Republic than with GB.