How has free bus travel for young people worked in Scotland?

Poppy lives in St Andrews during term time and uses the bus network to get to and from classes, as well as making the 50-mile round trip home to Kirkcaldy on a regular basis.

She also volunteers with a number of organisations, including the Scouts, Young Scot and Scottish Action for Mental Health, in locations across Scotland.

Poppy estimated she would spend at least £25 per week on bus travel without the pass.

“Having the card means I don’t have to decide what I can and can’t do,” she said.

“For work, because I only teach for two or three hours at a time, it’s not feasible to commute there and earn a wage, I’d have to spend most of it getting there and back.

“It’s the same with going to see friends, I can just go and not have to worry about the cost for them or for myself, we can just make the most of it.”