General information
As a pupil in primary or secondary school, you can travel on weekdays with a school travel card. Each municipality or school decides which students are eligible for free school travel. The card indicates the school year it is valid for and which type of ticket it is loaded with. It can contain one or more ticket types.
Make sure that your name and personal identification number are correct if they are printed on the card, and sign your name on the back. Always remember to carry your school travel card with you and show it to the ticket reader when boarding!
School card
The school card is valid on weekdays, Monday to Friday, from from 04:00 to 19:00 during the following periods:
- 10 August to 23 December
- 7 January to 18 June
- School tickets for the school year are also active weekdays during autumn holidays, sports holidays and Easter holidays
- The school card is also valid on weekdays during the coming autumn term, 10 August to 15 September. Therefore, do not forget to keep your school card for the autumn term!
Leisure card
Our leisure tickets work as an extended ticket and are used as an addition to your regular school card. All leisure tickets are valid in Zones A, B and C (including Koster). If you are travelling with vehicles that do not have our card readers, you will need to present a proof of validity. You can get a certificate of validity from a sales agent or at our customer centre.
If you have a leisure charge on your school card, one of the following is printed on the card. The information refers to the times when the leisure charging applies:
- Zone ABC Leisure weekdays 19–22 (Valid on autumn, sports, and Easter holidays)
- Zone ABC Leisure weekdays 14–24 (Valid on autumn, sports, and Easter holidays)
- Zone ABC Leisure weekdays 14–24 and weekends 00–24 (Valid on autumn, sports, and Easter holidays)
- Zone ABC Leisure weekdays 14–24 and weekends/holidays 00–24 (Valid on autumn, sports, Easter holidays and Christmas / summer holidays)
- Zone ABC Leisure Christmas / summer holidays 00–24 (Only valid on Christmas and summer holidays)
- Christmas break: 15 December – 15 January
- Summer holidays: 1 June to 31 August.
Summer holiday card
It is the municipalities in the Västra Götaland region that order summer holiday cards. If you receive a summer holiday card during the spring term, it is only valid on the following summer holidays. For example, Zone ABC Fritid Christmas Holiday/Summer Holidays 00-24 2024/2025 is valid during the Christmas holidays 2024 and the summer holidays 2025. This means that if you receive the card in the spring semester, it is only valid for the coming summer holidays.
The summer holiday card is valid in Västtrafik's zones A, B and C (including Koster). It is not valid on routes that cross county borders or for onward travel within neighboring counties.
- You can travel around the clock with the card from 1 June until 31 August.
- The card is not valid during the Christmas holidays.
- For travel with vehicles that do not have our card readers, proof of validity needs to be presented. A certificate of validity can be obtained from a sales agent or at our customer centre.
Double zones
Stops that are close to a zone boundary belong to a double zone. This means that the stops are part of two zones. The school travel card must have the same zone affiliation as the stop where the journey ends.
Example: Hulebäcksgymnasiet stop
The Hulebäcksgymnasiet stop is part of a double zone and belongs to both zone A and zone B.
A student living in zone A can use their school travel card (valid in zone A) to travel to Hulebäcksgymnasiet, as the stop belongs to both zone A and zone B. A student living in zone B can use their school travel card (valid in zone B) to travel to Hulebäcksgymnasiet, which belongs to both zone A and zone B, but the school card is not valid for travel further into zone A.