An online petition calling for the concessionary bus travel scheme for people of State Pension age to include free country-wide train journeys was recently rejected by the Department for Transport, however, the Petitions Committee - the group of MPs who oversee the petitions system - have requested a revised response from the UK Government.
But it also said that “local authorities in England have the power to go beyond their statutory obligations, such as offering free travel on rail as part of the ENCTS pass”. The revised response will be published on the petitions- parliament website here. You can also read the full Department for Transport response on that same page.
The card gives elderly and disabled people free bus travel across Scotland and, through the Strathclyde Concessionary Travel Scheme, also provides reductions on train, Subway and ferry fares.