Special offers

*** Cheaper family travel *** 
        June to August 2008

     £3 unlimited travel and a child goes free! - every Sunday               

                 or  £5 unlimited family travel - off peak every day

From June to August 2008, Family travel has new great value. For just £3 for an adult Reading Busabout, you get a day’s unlimited travel in and around Reading as well as great value for money. Plus for each adult, one child can travel for free. Or if you need to take the whole family it's just £5 for a family ticket.

And with more buses than ever before as well as low floor access for buggies, it’s a quick and easy hop into town to catch a film at the cinema or to visit friends.
The small print: Terms and conditions apply, but read on to find out more about this great offer.

Tell me more...

 What is a Busabout?

An adult Busabout is simply an unlimited travel ticket for Reading Buses services. Normally a Busabout is for an adult but with this offer a child can travel free with each aduly buying a Busabout.
A family Busabout is unlimited travel ticket for up to two adults and two children or one adult and up to three children. This is valid on Reading Buses services between 9.00am and 4.00pm Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays).
The small print: Reading Busabouts are not valid on Football Services (Services 70 - 79 inclusive), Nighttrack services, Daytrack and Fasttrack.

 What areas do Reading Busabouts cover?

A Reading Busabout covers the Greater Reading Urban area. This is the area covered by our Premier Route services and is bounded by the stops at Peppard Road (Rose Hill/Tower Close), Henley Road County Boundary, Sonning Halt, Sonning (Fire Station), Loddon Bridge (The George), Shinfield (Black Boy), Three Mile Cross (Post Office) and Ryeish Green School, Burghfield Road (Railway Bridge), Savacentre and Purley Post Office.

 What age children travel free?

Children under 5 years old travel for free on all our bus services. One child (between the ages of 5 and 15) per adult can travel free with the Sunday Busabout. Children aged 16, 17 and 18 can also travel for free on the Sunday Busabout as long as they are in full time education and in posession of a READI-id card. A family busabout includes up to three children when travelling with one adult or up to two children if travelling with two adults.

More questions?

Visit our Travel Centre in the Broad Street Mall or call Customer Services on 0118 959 4000.