Transport

Walking or cycling is a simple, environmentally friendly and free way to fit exercise into your day. The town centre is only a 10-15 minute walk or cycle away, so why not beat the traffic and give it a try? There is covered cycle storage at the campus and showers/ changing facilities are available. Dedicated traffic-free routes serving the town’s colleges are marked on the Bodmin active travel map www.cornwall.gov.uk/activetravel. Other traffic-free connections to College include the Camel trail from Padstow, Wadebridge and St Breward. www.cornwall.gov.uk/cornishway

If you are an existing student and require information on our 2024-25 transport network, bus payments or bursaries, please click here.

​For the 2025/26 academic year, the college is pleased to announce a new partnership with Stagecoach South West and RideTandem. Students and parents will use the RideTandem app for all college transport ticketing and travel management. This will replace the College Online Store and Go Cornwall Bus app used in previous years.

Buses are a great, environmentally friendly way to get to college especially with the launch of the first electric buses being introduced into Cornwall in summer 2025.

The Callywith College bus pass provides travel on your nominated route into and out of college at the beginning and end of the day, and now to a number of major Cornish towns at midday.

2025-26 Terms of Registration

Please read the Terms of Registration for a Callywith College 2025-26 bus pass below:

Terms of Registration 2025-26

Bus Timetables 2025-26

Details of 2025-26 timetables, bus routes and stops, will be released in summer 2025. In the meantime, information regarding the buses can be found here.

Bus Pass Payments 2025-26 Using RideTandem

For the 2025/26 academic year, students and parents will use the RideTandem app for all college transport ticketing and travel management. This will replace the College Online Store and Go Cornwall Bus app used in previous years. Passes will go on sale on Friday 6th June through the app. The RideTandem app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play Store.

Through the RideTandem app, you can:
- Purchase your bus ticket.
- Access your digital pass to scan on and off buses.
- Manage travel details and receive service updates including adverse weather announcements.
- Track your bus with enhanced real time map data.
- Parent/guardian notifications of when their child boards the bus and when the bus arrives at college, for added peace of mind.

Parent & Guardian Guide - Step-by-step instructions, including how to make a payment.
Student Guide - For students activating a pass.
Student Purchase Guide - For students buying and activating their own pass.

Details of the route numbers can be found here, or are linked in the guides above.

Note: If a student regularly needs to use two different college bus routes due to shared living arrangements, please purchase a pass for one route, and then contact us at transport@callywith.ac.uk

Full details of bus pass ticket options, payment options and costs for 2025-26 can be found here.

Payment Options

To mitigate the impact of rising costs and provide additional flexibility for payments we have drastically altered and improved our ticketing and payment options to help spread the cost of transport over the year and are offering several new products. In addition to annual or termly payments, we are now introducing monthly instalment options for passes as follows:

Annual Pass - Single payment or 4 instalments – June, July, August & September

Two Term Pass - Single payment or 6 instalments – June, July, August, September, October & November

Autumn Term Pass - Single payment or 4 instalments – June, July, August & September

Spring Term Pass - Single payment or 3 instalments – October, November & December

Summer Term Pass - Single payment or 3 instalments – February, March & April

Bodmin Only Pass - Single payment or 4 instalments – June, July, August & September

The June instalment must be paid by 14th June 2025. These passes can still be purchased after this date, but the payment will be split into 3 or 5 instalments depending on the product. The payment will then automatically be taken on 14th of the month. One-off / single payments for the annual, two-term or autumn pass must be paid no later than 14th September 2025. Full details can be found here.

Transport Enquiries

For general transport enquiries, please email transport@callywith.ac.uk or call 01208 224000.

Bursary and Subsidised Bus Pass 2025-26

Callywith subsidises the cost of our bespoke transport for all students and offers significant bursaries to further reduce the costs for students from lower income households.

We can provide bursaries to contribute towards bus pass costs based on total net annual household income at the following rates:

Band A Bursary (Up to £16,000)  Annual pass £85 with bursary discount of £1,165*

Band B Bursary (£16,001 - £24,000)  Annual cost £256 with bursary discount of £994*

Band C Bursary (£24,001 - £36,000)  Annual cost of £427 with bursary discount of £823*

Band D Bursary (£36,001 - £50,000)  Annual cost of £769 with bursary discount of £427*

Band E subsidised rate (above £50,000)  Annual cost of £854 with subsidy of £396*

*Based on purchasing an annual pass compared with the average cost per space across the whole Callywith College bus network in 2025-26 of £1250 per space. Purchasing termly passes will increase the cost per journey when compared to the annual passes. Anyone earning over £50,000 does not need to complete a bursary application form. The subsidy will be applied automatically.

These bursary discounts are available on application and dependent upon a minimum of 90% attendance each term for financial help the following term.

Bursary Applications 2025-26

If you are an existing student or a September 2025 applicant and think you are eligible for a bursary for the year Sept 2025 – Aug 2026, you will need to complete a 2025-26 Bursary Application on the Student Bursary Portal. Bursary applications will be live from Thursday 1st May 2025.

Please read the Student Bursary Portal Instructions and our 2025-26 Bursary Guidance Notes.                             

To apply for a bursary, you will need to register for an account using your Student ID number (available on the Applications Portal) and date of birth, then complete the bursary application, confirming your household income and uploading proof of income.

The closing date for bursary applications to guarantee processing in time for the release of bus passes is Friday 30th May 2025.

The closing date for bursary applications to guarantee processing in time for the start of the autumn term is Friday 1st August 2025.

Bus passes for September 2025 will be available to purchase from Friday 6th June 2025.

For enquiries regarding bursaries, where possible, please contact us by email at bursary@callywith.ac.uk, as we may need to include guidance or screenshots of the system in our response. Alternatively, the bursary team can be contacted by calling  01208 224000 and selecting option 4. 

In certain circumstances, using public transport may be a better option for students. Details regarding Cornwall Council’s Post-16 Travel Assistance can be found here. Please check public route availability and ticket pricing from September – we are expecting reduced services and significant price increases compared with current arrangements.

For students who may choose to travel by train to Bodmin Parkway, we recommend applying for the 16-18 Railcard, which provides discounted fares across Cornwall.  Full details can be found on the GWR website: www.gwr.com. Students can use the Bodmin Only pass to access Callywith buses from Bodmin Parkway or access public network connection services offered by Transport for Cornwall.

Alternatively, why not bring your bike on the train and use the cycle routes between the station and the College (approximately 25 minutes’ ride)? You’ll need to make a booking for your bike if it’s a high-speed train, otherwise the carriage of bikes is at the operator’s discretion.

Callywith College promotes the use of sustainable travel to get to your place of study. However, we recognise the fact that sometimes car travel is unavoidable. Carshare Cornwall provides a free service for passengers and drivers to link up and share car journeys. Click on the ‘cost calculator‘ on www.carsharecornwall.com to work out how much you could save.

Students parking at Callywith College will need a Parking Permit which can be applied for here.

Second year students can purchase an annual parking permit at a cost of £50, or from January 2026 for spring and summer terms at a cost of £40, or after Easter 2026 for the summer term only at a cost of £30.

Payments should be made via the College Online Shop. The option to purchase a pass will only appear once you have submitted this form and you have received confirmation that your documentation has been validated. Once paid your parking permit can be collected from Temple Reception. 

Please note, parking permits will only be issued for one of the following reasons:

- You are a blue badge holder and need to use reserved parking close to the building (please note a pass must still be purchased and the badge displayed at all times).
- You are the Primary Carer for a member of your family (son/daughter/sibling/parent). Please send confirmation note of relationship.
- You have work commitments straight before or after college. Please attach confirmation of work hours from your employer on headed paper, and work address.
- You have a medical condition that prevents easy use of public transport (as already notified to Learning Support/Student Services).
- There is no access to a suitable bus stop within 5 miles of your home address. Please attach a postcode map of your address from google maps.
- You have posted an advert for car-share and will be bringing students with you (at least one additional student per day). Please send evidence of advert and confirmation email from students who will be sharing.

To apply for a permit, students will need to provide copies of their driver's licence and insurance and are issued on a case-by-case basis.