OUR PASS
If you live within Greater Manchester you may apply for a FREE bus travel card, called Our Pass.
A £10 admin fee is payable to Transport for Greater Manchester for Our Pass but students eligible for the College’s 16-18 bursary will have this fee reimbursed*
- You are eligible for Our Pass if you are 16 or 17 years old.
- If you are 18 years old after the 31 August 2019 you are eligible for Our Pass.
- If you are 18 years old before 31 August 2019 you should apply for the College’s free Arriva, First Manchester or Stagecoach bus pass.
Visit Our Pass for more information or to apply.
* Wigan & Leigh College will reimburse the fee during your first term.
FREE ARRIVA AND STAGECOACH BUS PASS
The FREE bus pass is available for full-time students aged 16-18 on or before 31st August 2019.
- Save up to £379 per year.
- Your free bus pass can be used throughout the day, evenings and weekends.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
1.The free bus pass is only available to learners who:
- live outside of Greater Manchester (if you live within Greater Manchester you can apply for Our Pass)
- are aged 16-18 on or before 31 August 2019
- live within Greater Manchester and are 18 years old before 31 August 2019
- are enrolled at Wigan & Leigh College on a full-time course up to Level 3
2.The free bus pass is attendance related. Passes are issued on a termly basis. To receive the spring and summer term passes students must have maintained at least 90% attendance in the autumn and spring terms.
3.If you lose your pass, you will be responsible for buying a replacement. This is £50 for Stagecoach (and reduces to £30 from 1 November 2019) and £25 for Arriva.
LEIGH COLLEGE BUS
A FREE College bus service takes students straight to the door of Leigh College and home again.
These routes include
- Farnworth - Westhoughton
- Walkden - Astley - Tyldesley
- Padgate - Birchwood - Culcheth - Golborne - Lowton
1. This offer is for the 2019/20 academic year only.
2.The free bus pass is only available to learners who:
- are aged 16-18 on or before 31 August 2019.
- are enrolled at Leigh College on a full-time course up to Level 3.
3.The free bus pass is attendance related. Passes are issued on a termly basis. To receive the spring and summer term passes students must have maintained at least 90% attendance in the autumn and spring terms.