Adult single fare cap

1 week ago Tue 29th Oct 2024

After the announcement from the Government that the single fare cap will be increased to £3 from 1 January, we want to reassure our customers that not every fare will increase to this level. We are awaiting full details regarding the new scheme from the government, but many of our fares will be less than £3.

period tickets - no change, still great value

All of our period tickets (day, 7 day etc.) will remain the same price as current. For many people these represent better value than paying the Government single each way - especially if travelling regularly. We also are holding the prices of our easysaver and daysaver products for occasional travellers. 

The Reading All-Bus ticket is currently expected to remain the same price until the end of March 2025, subject to funding.

The table below gives some examples of how much trips cost by using a longer term period ticket. 

productprice per single trip*

 

Reading All Bus Day £4.50

(or £4.00 using tap on, tap off)

 

£2.25 (£2 using tap on, tap off)

simplyReading 7 day £17.50£1.75
simplyNetwork 7 day £28£2.80

*price per single trip for period tickets based on sale price divided by 10 single trips (5 returns) per week. Day ticket price based on two single trips.

simplyReading - simply cheaper than £3!

The great news for our customers in Reading is that we guarantee that your single fare will be cheaper than the £3 Government single fare cap! 

£3 singles for the rest of the network

Subject to the Government releasing details of the funding that sits behind the new scheme, we hope to be able to take part and offer the rest of our customers a £3 maximum single fare. For some journeys outside of Reading, you may find that the fare is less than £3 but that, should we participate in the new scheme, your single fare will be capped at £3. 

Full details of our fares from January will be published once we have the full information on funding from the Government regarding the new £3 capped fare scheme.