To qualify for a travel pass you must be fully-enrolled onto your course or apprenticeship, or be employed by the college – see the relevant section below.
New students
As a new student, you will have the opportunity to receive a travel pass smartcard when you come to college to enrol and secure a place on your course.*
If you wish to use your travel pass, you must activate your card on the trentbarton website by creating an account. This will require payment of the relevant amount (if applicable) using a unique identification code, which the college will supply to you via email and text message.
See ‘How do I activate my travel pass?’ FAQ below for details about how to do this.
* New students are required to make their own way to college for enrolment.
Returning students
As a returning student, you can choose to renew your travel pass when you come to college to sign your learning agreement, in readiness for the new academic year.**
Re-activating your card will require payment of the relevant amount (if applicable) on the trentbarton website using a new unique identification code, which the college will supply to you via email and text message.
Please do not attempt to renew your travel pass until you have received your new unique identification code, valid for the 2024/25 academic year, as your previous code will no longer work.
See ‘How do I activate my travel pass?’ FAQ below for details about how to do this.
** Returning students are required to make their own way to college to sign their learning agreements.
Apprentices
Apprentices who wish to purchase a travel pass should visit the reception at the campus where you study and present your student ID badge as proof of identification. Apprentices studying at the Kirkby Road site in Sutton-in-Ashfield will need to visit the reception at the main construction centre (located at Station Park, Julias Way, off Lowmoor Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NG17 7RB).
Alternatively, apprentices can email employerservices@wnc.ac.uk for further details about how to apply for a pass.
You will then be issued with a travel pass smartcard, which must be activated on the trentbarton website by creating an account. This will require payment of the relevant amount using a unique identification code, which the college will supply to you either in person or by email, depending on your method of contact.
See ‘How do I activate my travel pass?’ FAQ below for details about how to do this.
Apprentices with an existing travel pass who wish to renew it for a further 12 months should visit the reception at the campus where you study, or email employerservices@wnc.ac.uk, to request a new unique identification code and register this on the trentbarton website .
Customers are responsible for their own renewals and trentbarton does not issue reminders. However, bus drivers can tell you the expiry date of your travel pass via the ticket machine on the bus.
College staff
Staff who wish to purchase a travel pass should visit the reception points at either Derby Road, Chesterfield Road, Station Park, Oddicroft Lane or the Old Brewery to collect a travel pass smartcard.
Upon being issued with your card, you will need to contact the college’s finance team by email at financeofficeteam@wnc.ac.uk to request your unique identification code.
To activate your card, you must visit the trentbarton website , create an account and make payment of the relevant amount using your unique identification code.
See ‘How do I activate my travel pass?’ FAQ below for details about how to do this.
Staff with an existing travel pass who wish to renew it for a further 12 months must contact the college’s finance team to request a new unique identification code and register this on the trentbarton website .
Customers are responsible for their own renewals and trentbarton does not issue reminders. However, bus drivers can tell you the expiry date of the travel pass via the ticket machine on the bus.