(12 Feb 2023, 3:06 pm)streetdeckfan wrote When I had my Nexus school bus pass, it allowed me to use any bus between home and school, so I could either use the dedicated scholars, or the GNE bus that went the same way, but that doesn't seem to be the case in Durham? And maybe not even in Nexusland now?

Maybe it's just my brother's school, but he is only allowed to use the one bus that goes into the estate, he can't get any of the other 4 buses that go nearby, or the Arriva bus.

They also have a late scholars bus for the after school clubs, but you're only allowed on it if you're pre-booked onto it. So if he misses the first bus he's screwed. He either has to pay for the Arriva bus back, or call for a lift.

In fact, after school I would often just go to the Metrocentre on my school bus pass and never once had an issue, sometimes I'd even be able to make it home!

It was more or less the same when I attended school in the early-mid 90s. Although it didn't apply to me as I lived within walking distance of the school, pupils were issued with a red bus pass which permitted travel between two points (School and, for example, Whickham, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Dunston, Chopwell etc.) within specific time-windows before and after school.

Like you, I knew of pupils who opted not to use the school bus for whatever reason, and travelled to Metrocentre before transferring onto another service. As far as I'm aware, nobody was ever refused travel for doing this.