Summary of terms
- The senior offer will continue to be a municipal add-on, which means that each municipality decides whether to offer senior tickets and which options to offer in terms of age and validity.
- Municipalities can choose between three different age requirements: 65, 70 or 75 years (70 years is a new alternative).
- As before, the senior ticket is only valid within one zone. Municipalities that have bus stops with double zone affiliation, so-called overlapping zones, will be offered the possibility to let seniors choose which zone they want the senior ticket to be valid within. The possibility of zone selection requires system development. It has not been decided when it will be implemented.
- Most municipalities can choose whether the offer should be valid around the clock or in off-peak hours. Exceptions apply to the municipalities of Borås, Gothenburg, Mölndal and Partille, which can only choose validity in off-peak hours. The reason for this is that, travel needs to be distributed over the day in these municipalities, for capacity reasons. For the same reasons, if an overlapping zone municipality chooses to offer seniors a choice of senior ticket valid in zone A, that ticket will only be valid in off-peak hours.
- Municipalities can no longer choose to charge a fee for the senior ticket.
How do the new terms affect me?
- For seniors in municipalities that choose to keep the same senior offer as they have today, there will be no change. Seniors will continue to travel with their current senior ticket.
- Seniors in municipalities that decide to change something in their offer will receive information regarding the changes before new conditions are introduced.
Municipalities that have decided on new terms
It is up to the municipalities to decide whether they want to offer senior tickets and from what age (65/70/75 years). Several municipalities have notified Västtrafik of their wish to changes in their senior offer. If you are affected by a change, you will receive an information mailing from Västtrafik a few weeks before your municipality's new terms and conditions come into force. If you are covered by the new senior offer, you can order your senior ticket when you have received the information mailing.
If your municipality is not listed below, the municipality has not notified Västtrafik of a decision on change. The current terms and conditions will then continue to apply. The list will be updated as more municipalities submit decisions.
New terms and conditions from 1 April 2024
Reduction of age requirements, from 75 to 70 years
- Götene
- Hjo
- Karlsborg
- Tibro
- Töreboda
New terms and conditions from 1 May 2024
Reduction of age requirements, from 75 to 70 years
- Skara
- Sotenäs
- Tanum
Introduction of senior offer (i.e. do not have a senior offer today)
- Dals-Ed, validity zone C around the clock from 70 years
- Orust, validity zone C around the clock from 70 years
New terms and conditions from 1 June 2024
Reduction of age requirements, from 75 to 70 years
- Essunga
- Gullspång
- Skövde
- Tidaholm
- Ulricehamn
- Vara
Raising the age requirement, from 65 to 70 years
- Stenungsund
New terms from 1 July 2024
Reduction of age requirements, from 75 to 70 years
- Färgelanda
- Grästorp
- Herrljunga
- Lysekil
- Mariestad
- Uddevalla
- Vänersborg
New conditions from 1 October 2024
Raising of age conditions, from 65 to 70 years with transitional solution*.
- Munkedal (last order day with age condition 65 years is 30 September)
New conditions from 1 January 2025
Raising of age conditions, from 65 to 70 years with transitional solution*.
- Falköping (last order day with age condition 65 years is 31 December)
*A transitional solution means that the municipality has decided to allow senior citizens aged 65-69 who already have a senior ticket to keep it, even if they do not fulfil the new age condition. These seniors can continue travelling with their current senior ticket without interruption, they do not have to wait for their 70th birthday.