Travel for free on the Shields Ferry if you have a Metro Gold Card, or for 60p if you have a Concessionary Travel (CT) Pass, and live in Tyne and Wear you can travel for 60p on the Shields Ferry.
If you don't have a Tyne and Wear Concessionary Travel Pass, or Metro Gold Card, or you are travelling before 9.30am Monday-Friday, you must pay the full adult fare. CT Passes and Metro Golds are valid for travel on the Shields Ferry from 9.30am Monday-Friday and all day at weekends and Bank Holidays.
However, if you need to travel before 9.30am in order to get to a hospital appointment, just show your hospital appointment card or letter with your CT Pass when requested, to travel for 60p.
Tyne and Wear residents who are disabled and attend work or college for at least 15 hours a week can apply for an all day CT Pass. If you have one of these, you can travel for 60p on the Shields Ferry all day, every day.
Metro Gold Cards are now also valid on the Shields Ferry.
NEW - Metro Gold Cards are valid all day every day (ie you can travel vefore 9.30am Monday to Friday) during July and August 2011.
For full details about how to apply for a CT Pass, click on the appropriate link below:
Concessionary Travel for Tyne & Wear residents aged over 60
Concessionary Travel for Tyne & Wear residents who are disabled