Park and Ride fares
We serve four park and ride sites - Mereoak, Thames Valley, Winnersh Triangle and Coppid Beech. You can find all your fares for these buses below.
For timetable and location information on the park and rides themselves, click here.
£1 return fares (including parking)
For a limited time all return fares on our park&ride buses is just £1! Simply ask the driver for a £1 return as you board. On buses from Winnersh and Mereoak, this £1 fare also includes parking too!
This offer has been made possible by Reading Borough Council using money from the Bus Service Improvement Partnership (BSIP) funding from HM Government. For more information about the special fare click here.
hospital park & ride 300
Running Monday to Friday between 6am and 7pm, our hospital park & ride 300 service links the Royal Berkshire Hospital with the Mereoak and Thames Valley park & ride sites. For timetables and a route map, click here.
Winnersh park & ride 500
Running Mondays to Saturdays, our Winnersh park & ride 500 service provides a fast and frequent connection to Central Reading up to every 15 minutes during the day. For timetables and a route map, click here.
Mereoak park & ride 600 / 650
Running Monday to Saturday, our mereoak park & ride 600 service provides a fast and frequent connection to Central Reading up to every 15 minutes during the day. For timetables and a route map, click here.
Our Mereoak park & ride 650 route provides an hourly service between Central Reading and Mereoak park & ride via Green Park on Sundays only.
lion 4 / X4
Running daily, our lion 4 / X4 services provide a fast and frequent connection to Wokingham town centre and Bracknell town centre up to every 20 minutes during the day. For timetables and a route map, click here.
car parking charges
At Mereoak and Winnersh, parking is included in our £1 return ticket.
At each site, there is a nominal parking charge. This is included in the price of some products and tickets. If your ticket does not include parking, you will need to buy parking separately from either the driver at Mereoak and Winnersh or from a machine at Thames Valley and Coppid Beech. These are:
- Mereoak - included in our £1 return ticket.
- Thames Valley - £1 per hour capped at £4 (purchase from the machines provided)
- Winnersh Triangle - included in our £1 return ticket.
- Coppid Beech - £1.50 for up to 4 hours, £3.00 for over 4 hours (purchase from the machines provided)
Concessionary pass holders
If you have a concessionary 'free' bus pass, you can use the buses for free (according to the terms of the local authority that you are travelling in), but you must buy a parking ticket from the driver at the price stated above.
park and ride fares
Currently on our park & ride services, all fares are just £1 return and at Winnersh and Mereoak this includes parking too!
from Mereoak park&ride
All the fares below are fares from the park & ride to Central Reading or the Royal Berkshire Hospital. If you are travelling elsewhere or coming from Reading to Mereoak, other fares may apply.
buy from the driver
| return* | all day** | |
| adult | £1.00 | £4.50 |
| Boost (18 & under) | £1.00 | £3.00 |
*Special promotional price - includes parking at Mereoak and Winnersh sites.
**The all day ticket is issued as a Reading All-Bus ticket allowing travel on all services inside the simplyReading zone as well on other operators too. Fares are cheaper on our app. This fare does not include parking.
group tickets - any 4 people
up to 4 people travelling together - unlimited day travel for any combination of adults & children. £5.50 off peak after 9.30am and all day weekends and public holidays. £10 at all other times. This fare does not include parking.
buy online in advance and save
The parksaver tickets include parking - when you scan your smartcard on the bus, the ticket machine will print you a ticket with your QR code on that allows you to exit the site. Parksaver tickets can only be used on park & ride buses at Mereoak park&ride.
| parksaver 10 | 10 single trips | £27.00 | buy now |
| parksaver 20 | 20 single trips | £52.00 | buy now |
| parksaver 40 | 40 single trips | £100.00 | buy now |
from Thames Valley park&ride
All the fares below are fares from the park & ride to the Royal Berkshire Hospital or Christchurch Green (for the Univeristy of Reading).
buy from the driver
| return* | all day** | |
| adult | £1.00 | £4.50 |
| boost (18 & under) | £1.00 | £3 |
*Special promotional price - does not include parking at Thames Valley Park & Ride site.
**The all day ticket is issued as a Reading All-Bus ticket allowing travel on all services inside the simplyReading zone as well on other operators too. Fares are cheaper on our app. This fare does not include parking.
Fares do not include parking
group tickets - any 4 people
up to 4 people travelling together - unlimited day travel for any combination of adults & children. £5.50 off peak after 9.30am and all day weekends and public holidays. £10 at all other times. This fare does not include parking.
Winnersh Triangle park&ride
All the fares below are fares from the park & ride to Central Reading.
buy from the driver
| return* | |
| adult | £1.00 |
| Boost (18 & under) | £1.00 |
These tickets are valid on the lion 4/X4 from Reading should you wish to return later than the last Winnersh Triangle park&ride 500 bus.
*Special promotional price - includes parking at the Winnersh Park & Ride site.
family 5 ticket
up to 3 adults and 2 children travelling together can purchase a special family 5 ticket. Price at £8.20, this ticket also includes parking.
Coppid Beech park&ride
for journeys to Wokingham
buy from the driver
| single | return | |
| adult | £3.00 | £6.00 |
| Boost (18 & under) | £3.00 | £6.00 |
You can also use our simplyWokingham and Bracknell tickets as well as simplyNetwork tickets.
Fares do not include parking which needs to be purchased at the machines before travelling.
family 5 ticket
up to 3 adults and 2 children travelling together can purchase a special family 5 ticket. Price at £8.20, this ticket also includes parking.