School card

Good to Know About the School Card

The period year ticket is personal

The school card can only be used by the person it is issued to. It is not valid for any other accompanying travelers. In the event of abuse, your/your child’s ticket and the right to free school travel may be revoked.

The school card is only intended for the school year ticket and may not be loaded with other tickets or travel cash. If you still choose to load the school card with other tickets or travel funds, the following applies:

  • no loss guarantee can be given for the travel funds or other tickets.
  • the card is blocked when the loss of the ticket is reported, which means that any other tickets and travel cash on the card are considered used up and can no longer be used.
  • the card cannot be handled by UL Center.

Validity periods

During the academic year 2025/2026, the school card is valid between 18 August - 19 December 2025 and 7 January - 12 June 2026. The school card is valid for free travel on non-weekend Monday-Friday from 4-7pm on UL's buses, the SL shuttle on the Uppsala-Arlanda route and Mälartåg on the Uppsala-Sala, Uppsala-Gävle and Uppsala-Arlanda/Märsta route. The last leg of the home journey must be started no later than 7 p.m. 

Swipe the school card every time you travel

You must have a valid school card and it must be swiped for each journey. If you have forgotten to bring your card with you, or if it is lost, blocked, or has not yet been delivered by post, then you must pay for your travel yourself.

If your card is damaged?

Your school card is a valuable document, so please do your best to take care of it. Do not punch holes in the card, that will cause it to stop working. Should the card stop working you/your child can obtain a “damaged-card-receipt" from the bus driver, which is valid as a ticket for a maximum of seven days. Report it and order a replacement card as soon as you can.

If you have lost your card?

If you/your child loses the card you must report it and order a replacement card as soon as you can. A new card will be sent to you within seven weekdays. During the time you must pay for your tickets yourself.

If you finish school? 

Should you/your child finish your/their schooling in the middle of the term the academic ticket on the card will be blocked.

Road safety

At skolskjutsen.se you can read/obtain information that caters to schoolchildren between 6 and 12 years and who will begin traveling by school transport. It is safe to travel by bus but accidents can happen and then it is good to know what to do.