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Under 18 & Term Plus
Unlimited bus travel to school or college
18 & under tickets
18 & under's travel for even less with us. Choose from a Term Plus ticket to travel all day every day during term time. Or scroll down to see our weekly and monthly ticket options.
Valid on all our buses to get you to school, college or to a work placement, as well as during the evenings, school holidays and weekends.
If you are aged 16-18* and buy your pass online we will automatically add your ticket to a 16-18 photocard, there is no need to order a separate card.
If you buy a ticket from a travelshop or Payzone agent you will need to have a 16-18* card first. Please apply for your 16-18 photocard here if you do not already have one. Monthly subscriptions are available online only.
*To be eligible for this card you must pay your Council Tax to one of the qualifying boroughs - Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull or Coventry.
Term Plus bus pass
A Term Plus bus pass is valid on all National Express West Midlands & National Express Coventry buses. The Winter term is valid from 3rd August 2021 - 31st December 2021. (If you are aged 16-18* and buy your pass online we will automatically add your ticket to a 16-18 photocard, there is no need to order a separate card.
*To be eligible for this card you must pay your Council Tax to one of the qualifying boroughs - Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull or Coventry.)
Valid on all National Express West Midlands & National Express Coventry buses and the West Midlands Metro Tram. (If you are aged 16-18* and buy your pass online we will automatically add your ticket to a 16-18 photocard, there is no need to order a separate card.
*To be eligible for this card you must pay your Council Tax to one of the qualifying boroughs - Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull or Coventry.)
18 & under tickets
18 & under tickets are valid in the West Midlands unlimited zone including Birmingham, Black Country & Coventry. 1, 4 week and monthly tickets are available all year round.
- *With a monthly ticket you can get two months free, after 10 successful payments of £25.
- 1 and 4 week tickets are available to buy from one of our travelshops or a Payzone agent.
- 16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 photocard.
Valid in the West Midlands unlimited zone including Birmingham, Black Country & Coventry and the West Midlands Metro Tram.
- *With a monthly ticket you can get two months free, after 10 successful payments of £37.99
- 1 and 4 week tickets are available to buy from one of our travelshops or a Payzone agent.
- Direct Debit - terms and conditions apply.
- 16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 photocard.
nBus tickets
nBus tickets are valid for unlimited travel on all operators buses across the West Midlands including Birmingham, Black Country & Coventry
- *10 successful consecutive payments are needed to get 2 months free.
- 1 and 4 week tickets are also available to buy from one of our travelshops.
- 16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 photocard.
nBus+West Midlands Metro - Valid on all bus operators and West Midlands Metro trams
- *10 successful consecutive payments are needed to get 2 months free.
- 1 and 4 week tickets are also available to buy from one of our travelshops.
- 16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 photocard.
nNetwork tickets
Valid on any National Express West Midlands services, all participating nBus operators and train travel within the specified Network West Midlands rail zones.
Zone 1-5
16-18 Photocard
If you are aged 16-18, you are entitled to child rate travel with a valid 16-18 card.
16-18 photocards can be used to buy child rate single, return and daysaver tickets. Term Plus passes are also available to 16-18 year olds with a photocard, who are in full-time education or undertaking an apprenticeship/trainee placement.
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