Why do I need a Young Person's PhotoCard?
If you’re aged 11 to 16*, you need a Young Person’s PhotoCard to be eligible for half-fare travel on virtually all buses in West Yorkshire. It also provides your proof of identity if you want to get a half-price rail season ticket.
Without your Young Person's PhotoCard you will have to pay the full adult fare for your journey.
You also need a Young Person's PhotoCard when buying and using a School Plus MetroCard. More about the School Plus MetroCard
*A Young Person's PhotoCard is valid until 15 September following the cardholder's 16th birthday.
How much does it cost?
It costs £2 to get your Young Person's PhotoCard.
Where to buy it and what to take with you
Metro Travel Centres and Metro Bus Stations (excluding Pontefract and Castleford Travel Centres), and any Post Office in West Yorkshire.
First time applicants must apply in person at an issuing office.
You need to take:
- completed application form (or pick up and complete a form when you are there).
- Two recent passport-size colour photographs of yourself (face-on not side view!).
- Proof of identity and age, such as your birth certificate or passport.
- £2 fee.
Travelling into North Yorkshire on Transdev services
With a Young Person’s or Scholar's PhotoCard you can travel on all Transdev Keighley & District, Harrogate & District and Coastliner services into and within North Yorkshire.
For Keighley and District services you will be charged half fare.
For Harrogate and District and Coastliner service you will receive a third off the fare.
