It's 'half' the battle for a great day out

Local school children, with the help of two knights from the Royal Armouries, tore a huge oversized bus ticket in half as they celebrated the launch of the new half-fare MetroDay ticket - all in front of three double deck buses from Arriva, First and Transdev.

From Monday 21 May, the new Half-fare MetroDay ticket provides young people with unlimited daily bus travel throughout West Yorkshire for just £2.60.

Youngsters aged 5-11 years, 11-16 year olds with a Metro Young Person’s Photocard and 16–18 year olds with a Metro Scholar’s PhotoCard will be able to take advantage of Half-fare MetroDay seven days a week. Half-fare MetroDay is a multi-operator ticket, which means it can be used on all West Yorkshire bus companies’ services.

A Half-Fare MetroDay ticket, which at £2.60 costs exactly half the price of the £5.20 Adult MetroDay ticket, can be bought on the bus. Drivers will issue a paper ticket, which is valid on any bus service used that day.

“Like the adult MetroDay ticket, the Half-Fare MetroDay is being introduced to make bus travel easier and more affordable, for young people who use bus services run by different companies,” said Metro Chairman Cllr James Lewis.

“It will help provide young people with affordable access to continuing education, training, work experience and jobs, as well as saving them money when visiting friends and family or going shopping with their mates.”

More photos from the launch can be found on our Facebook page.