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Posted 17 February 2023
Extended until 30th June 2023 - Majority of Adult Bus Journeys capped to £2 (England)
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Just been announced that the £2 adult bus journey initiative in England will be extended a further 3 months until end of June, was due to finish in March. The cap applies to more than 130 bus operators outside London. Hopefully should help with cost of living etc
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The £2 cap on bus fares has been extended for three months following warnings that hundreds of services could be cut if it ended.
The cap applies to more than 130 bus operators outside London.
It had been due to expire on 31 March, but has been extended until the end of June.
Bus operators have been struggling to maintain service levels in the face of rising costs and passenger numbers not recovering to pre-pandemic levels.
The cap was introduced partly as a cost of living measure but is also meant to encourage people back on to buses.
"Getting more people onto reliable and affordable buses will strengthen communities and help grow the economy," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Up to 15% of services could have been scrapped without further funding, the Confederation of Passenger Transport, which represents bus and coach firms, said earlier this month.
During the pandemic, the government provided £2bn to support bus firms, who provide the most popular form of public transport in England.
The government said the extension for bus fares would be backed by up to £75m in funding.
The cities of Manchester, Liverpool and West Yorkshire - all of which have Labour mayors - have already introduced £2 caps as part of longer-term schemes.
The government said a further £80m would be made available to support critical bus services in England, as part of a wider package.
"We're providing £155m to help passengers save money on fares, get more people on the bus and protect vital bus routes - helping with the cost of living and enabling people to get where they need to in an affordable and convenient way," said Transport Secretary Mark Harper.
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Source BBC
More info here - link
The £2 cap on bus fares has been extended for three months following warnings that hundreds of services could be cut if it ended.
The cap applies to more than 130 bus operators outside London.
It had been due to expire on 31 March, but has been extended until the end of June.
Bus operators have been struggling to maintain service levels in the face of rising costs and passenger numbers not recovering to pre-pandemic levels.
The cap was introduced partly as a cost of living measure but is also meant to encourage people back on to buses.
"Getting more people onto reliable and affordable buses will strengthen communities and help grow the economy," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Up to 15% of services could have been scrapped without further funding, the Confederation of Passenger Transport, which represents bus and coach firms, said earlier this month.
During the pandemic, the government provided £2bn to support bus firms, who provide the most popular form of public transport in England.
The government said the extension for bus fares would be backed by up to £75m in funding.
The cities of Manchester, Liverpool and West Yorkshire - all of which have Labour mayors - have already introduced £2 caps as part of longer-term schemes.
The government said a further £80m would be made available to support critical bus services in England, as part of a wider package.
"We're providing £155m to help passengers save money on fares, get more people on the bus and protect vital bus routes - helping with the cost of living and enabling people to get where they need to in an affordable and convenient way," said Transport Secretary Mark Harper.
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Edited by Chanchi32, 17 February 2023
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I normally get a return ticket into into town because it is a bit cheaper £3.80 instead of the £2 each way. BUT for over a month non of the bus drives will issue you/sell a return ticket. i think the bus drivers have been told to not issue/sell return tickets on the local short rides making us pay the max £2 each way price.
Plus, we now have daily and weekly caps if paying with the same debit/credit card. Arriva anyway, not sure about Stagecoach. (edited)
Nice one
Something which I didn't see in the big headlines, or mentioned by politicians in those interviews they love to give when giving out good news (maybe I missed it) is that the government only pays 80% of the cost to the bus company, not 100% (so if a single ticket is £3, and capped at £2, the bus company will be getting 80p back from the government and "losing" the other 20p). So they need to have sufficient extra journeys to make it pay for them. (edited)
For example on some occasions you can save 75% of journey fee but on some 0%. Why just not to make let's say standart 50-60% off each journey?
Real live example: I with two kids have to travel to the town, single bus fare is £2.80, with discount it's £2.00 ( still extremely overpriced for a 10 minutes journey) local cab will charge £5 . So I can save money going by taxi and bus will go to the town almost empty, no logic at all. (edited)
Cheers
Been saving over £2 a day thanks to this.
ps it needs to be £2 per family. So mums take the bus otherwise driving or taxi is cheaper. My view is trains and busses for high traffic routes should be free, but paid for via tax. That’s how you really lower pollution and congestion. (edited)
If you have to catch connecting buses (and return same journey) it can be cheaper to buy a day ticket so no actual saving at all.
Some of us haven’t got the luxury of being able to afford a car. No choice than to use the bus. (edited)
I know the Metrobus 420 bus goes from Sutton to Gatwick with a distance of @18miles. Any one beat that??
Doesn’t help me when I’m using them to collect/return dtr to/from ex’s which is an essential journey for me. Not just a shopping trip into town.
Bus companies should incur some sort of financial penalty if buses are cancelled/simply don’t turn up. They have a responsibility to provide scheduled bus services. (edited)
He/she then tells you to catch the bus behind whilst he/she drives off on his/her own!!