Geographically I live in Ellesmere Port, south Wirral, about a mile into Cheshire from the county border with Wirral MBC, part of Merseyside Metropolitan Council, with my home town Liverpool at the centre. We've got a self-contained, highly reliable local rail service, the biggest outside London, with 75 miles of track, and excellent connections to main lines through the country.
For years residents of Merseyside when they reach 60 have been given free passes for BOTH buses and Merseyrail.
Cheshire, like most other councils, gives only bus passes and only when you reach state pension age. What really rankles is that the Merseyrail network operates into Cheshire, as far as Chester to the south. One of the stations is 300 yards from my house. So we've got the convenience of the service but no local discount for being old. My wife keeps saying we should move house across the border so we can get free passes and save around £60 a year on train fares. At least we can use our Senior railcards.
Grumpy old man rambling off topic.