{"id":59043,"date":"2025-06-27T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59043"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:39:28","slug":"more-operators-confirm-free-travel-for-armed-forces-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59043","title":{"rendered":"More operators confirm free travel for Armed Forces Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transport for Greater Manchester and Blackpool Transport have become two of the latest transport operators who have confirmed that military personnel, veterans and cadets will be able to travel free on their services throughout the Armed Forces Day weekend, Saturday 28<sup>th<\/sup> and Sunday 29<sup>th<\/sup> June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This will cover travel on not only the Blackpool Tramway and Manchester Metrolink but also Blackpool Transport and Bee Network bus services.<\/p>\n<p>In both places free travel will be permitted to anyone who is carrying a valid ID (MOD90 card, Service ID card or a veterans\u2019 badge\/ID card) whilst in Manchester cadets travelling in uniform will also qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Vaughan, Chief Network Officer at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: \u201cThe Armed Forces community makes an invaluable contribution to our society, and we\u2019re showing our appreciation with free travel on Bee Network buses and trams across Greater Manchester this weekend. It\u2019s a special weekend and one we\u2019re proud to get behind as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant &#8211; \u00a0a promise from the nation that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jane Cole, Blackpool Transport Managing Director, said: \u201cWe have a long tradition of recruiting former members of the army, navy and air force, and are immensely proud of our colleagues who have previously served their country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlackpool Transport recognises the broad range of skills they bring to the workplace, and the huge contribution that serving and former members of the armed forces make to the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith several events taking place locally to mark\u00a0Armed Forces Day, we want to help as many people as possible to enjoy the celebrations whilst paying our own tribute to all the brave servicemen and women who have selflessly served their country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport for Greater Manchester and Blackpool Transport have become two of the latest transport operators who have confirmed that military personnel, veterans and cadets will be able to travel free on their services throughout the Armed Forces Day weekend, Saturday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59043\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59050,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59043\/revisions\/59050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}