Travel Training Checklist

Use the list below to understand the knowledge and training that can help your young person travel independently and successfully.

General Outcomes

  • Awareness of personal safety
  • Awareness of time
  • Has road safety skills
  • Has communication skills
  • Has coping strategies
  • Has a mobile phone and knows who to contact in an emergency

Walking Outcomes

  • Walks alongside the road correctly
  • Uses the pavement safely and behaves appropriately
  • If no crossing facility, they find a safe place to cross
  • Crosses the road correctly, (check whilst crossing and no running)
  • Uses crossing correctly

Bus Outcomes

  • Can find the correct stop
  • Identifies the right direction for travel
  • Can identify the right bus
  • Can signal they want the bus to stop
  • Gets on the bus safely after waiting their turn
  • Can ask the driver if it is the correct bus
  • Can use their pass or ask and pay for the ticket correctly
  • Finds a suitable seat
  • Behaves appropriately on the bus
  • Can recognise where they need to get off the bus
  • Get off the bus safely and sensibly
  • Waits for the bus to leave before crossing the road

Train Outcomes

  • Can ask the ticket office for a ticket
  • Can find the correct platform
  • Can use the station lift, escalators, or stairs safely
  • Can wait on the platform standing well back from the line
  • Can identify the correct train
  • Can open and close the train doors safely
  • Behaves appropriately on the train
  • Can recognise where to get off
  • Can get off the train safely
  • Can use the ticket barrier or show their ticket to leave the station

Information Posters

During August, children aged 5-15 can travel by bus for free