An opportunity which allowed free bus travel in Medway before 9am during the coronavirus pandemic has come to an end.

Medway Council offered disabled and older people the chance to use their pass for free travel before 9am to enable them to make an earlier essential journey, such as food shopping.

Residents who have passes will continue to be able to travel for free on buses after 9am after the scheme ended on Sunday.

The changeover came into place on Monday when school pupils returned to the classroom, and passes will only be able to be used from 9am Monday to Friday and at all times at weekends and on bank holidays.

Medway Council has a statutory duty to provide passes for free bus travel throughout England for older and disabled people under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS).

More than 34,000 Medway residents have a bus pass including 30,000 for older people and 4,000 for disabled people.

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