older people and people with disabilities have enjoyed half price rail travel in Carmarthenshire to track users in West Wales concern at the end of half-price travel concessions expressed on commuter trains.Carmarthenshire Council voted to remove train Wales the benefit for people aged over 60 and others with particular disabilities with Arriva.
It allows half-price travel between Swansea and Pembroke, and in the heart of Wales.
The Council said that it made the decision reluctantly in tough economic times, since Arriva refused to comment.
Rail voluntary Hywel Jones said older people "wanted to the pinch feel" in a measure to save ￡ 60,000 per year.
The Carmarthenshire pass has given people over 60 years of age or with specific disabilities the right to half-price standard single or day fares on rail travel within the County back.
It has been stopped also services from and to Swansea, Pembrokeshire and Llandrindod Wells, which began the journey or in Carmarthenshire valid on local train.
Continue reading "Vulnerable hit" the main storythey should older people - they are the ones who feel the pinch of apparently want to "end quote Hywel Jones Llanwrda station voluntary Mr Jones, a rail users and voluntary at Llanwrda station in the Tywi Valley", said he was shocked by the decision.
He accepted the need for Councils, to save money, but claimed that the end of the track vulnerable populations difficult would make concession.
"Many older people hanging rail service and people on low incomes can afford a lot, a car, or maybe they are not entitled to drive caused by disease or disability," he said.
"they are the trains much."
Mr Jones cited the case of a man of Llandeilo, 32 travel Singleton Hospital, Swansea, in seven weeks of cancers made at, which benefited from half price rail travel.
He said he Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards to questions, the Council again to approach would think.
He said "they should older people - they are the ones who feel the pinch, apparently want to".
Carmarthenshire Council said it was one of the few authorities concessionaire offers rail travel, in addition to the Welsh Assembly Government travel passport free local bus travel throughout Wales to elderly and disabled people give.
A Council spokesman said the decision to remove the rail concession of 30 April "reluctantly taken was and its was brought on the basis of the hard economic constraints in the authority in these strict times".
Free travel was not affected, he added.
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