Bus price cap in England [now extended to Dec 2024]

MSE_James

MSE's news story is here: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/january/bus-fare-cap-england-transport/ 

onesixfive

How do people who have paid for an annual ticket on those routes stand?  Some of these routes charge £1,000+ for the year so an annual ticket used to be a big saver, and now the fares have dropped to £2 a journey for 3 of those 12 months. Are they entitled to a (partial) refund?

MSE_James

The Government has said today that the scheme will be extended for a further three months

The news team has posted a small update here: 
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/january/bus-fare-cap-england-transport/ 

tracyyi

extended to end of June, is it confirmed?

MSE_James

Yes it's confirmed (see post above) but we don't yet know for sure that all operators who participated in the January to March offer will sign up for the next three months too.

Some operators have confirmed their participation (eg the Go Ahead group) but not others.

MSE_James

In case you missed the news there's been a further extension to the scheme:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/january/bus-fare-cap-england-transport/ 

MSE_James

And following the PM's announcement this week of a further extension, @MSE_Molly_G has again updated the article:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/january/bus-fare-cap-england-transport/.

Has the fares cap made a difference to how often you travel by bus?

oldagetraveller1

"Has the fares cap made a difference to how often you travel by bus?"

Possibly if there was an actual bus service where I live. The only means of travelling anywhere, locally, is by motorised vehicle (obviously not an omnibus), pushbike or walk!

Spendless

MSE_James said:

And following the PM's announcement this week of a further extension, @MSE_Molly_G has again updated the article:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/january/bus-fare-cap-england-transport/.

Has the fares cap made a difference to how often you travel by bus?

Yes. If the rail strikes are on (we live in a village with a train station into the city centre) then we consider the bus as an alternative option, whereas once it would have been drive or taxi. When me and DD went to the theatre in the summer, tickets bought months earlier as a birthday present, and a rail strike was announced to that day, we were thrilled to find there were 2 late night buses we could travel on city to city for only £2 each.