Senior ticket

Most municipalities in Region Västra Götaland offer their elderly residents a senior ticket. With the senior ticket you can travel for free with public transport in the municipality you are registered.

An offer from your municipality

It is your municipality that decides whether to offer a senior ticket and from what age (65 or 75 years). The municipality pays the senior ticket for you, but some municipalities charge a one-time administrative fee. See information for each municipality below.

Ordering

If you are registered in a municipality that offers a senior ticket, you will receive a letter with ordering information a few weeks before you turn 65 or 75 years. After you receive the letter, you can order your personal senior ticket here:

Order a senior ticket

Validity

For which traffic and hours the senior ticket is valid varies depending on the municipality. Select your municipality from the list to see the validity of your ticket.

Select municipality to see validity

Borås

Age: From 65 years

Area: Borås municipality zone

Validity: Off-peak hours: weekdays 08.30-15.00 and 18.00-06.00, 24 hours a day on weekends and holidays.

Lines: All Västtrafik's lines and Närtrafik. Does not apply for travel with Flextrafik.

How to use your ticket on board

Travelling using your senior ticket: Hold your Senior citizen card against the card reader when you board the vehicle. Done!

Travelling outside the municipality zone: An easy way to travel across the municipality's zone boundary is to top up your Senior citizen card with money (pay-as-you-go). Then you can make a so called “extended trip” and pay only for the part of the trip that goes outside the municipality zone.

To make an extended trip:

1. Press the button marked T.

2. Hold your card against the card reader.

3. Hold the card against the card reader again when you leave the vehicle.

Repeat 1-3 whenever you change vehicles.

Guide - this is how the card reader works

What to bring when travelling

Senior ticket
Identification
Certificate of validity - if you are traveling with vehicles that do not have Västtrafik's card reader (eg most vehicles that you must pre-order). You can get a validity certificate at Västtrafik's points of sale and on board most of our vehicles.