People who have applied for a student Greencard during December and early January for travel on bus services other than Metro, and who have not received the card yet, should receive them shortly,” Mr Peters said.

“In the interim, the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources with the support of school bus operators is working to ensure that affected students travelling to and from school on fare paying bus services other than Metro, will still be able to access the concession fare for free travel (where eligible) or the discount student fare of $1.

“Students who have not yet received their Greencard and who have an “old style” PVC pass for free travel should present it to the driver on boarding the bus.”

Mr Peters said that all fare paying students travelling on bus services, other than Metro, Merseylink and Tassielink, should have applied to the Department for their student Greencards for the beginning of the school year.

“If they have received them they should present the card to the driver on boarding the bus,” Mr Peters said.

“Fare paying students who have not yet received their student Greencard will still be able to access the discount fare during this interim period.

 “The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources apologises for any inconvenience the delay may have caused.”

Further information about student Greencards can be found at www.transport.tas.gov.au