about PLUSBUS

PLUSBUS is a cheap bus pass (like a travelcard) that you buy with your train ticket. It gives you unlimited bus travel around the origin and/or destination town's of your rail journey, including to and from the train station. Buy PLUSBUS with your train ticket at any rail station ticket office, by 'phone or online - it's easy. With a PLUSBUS ticket you can travel anywhere on most buses around the whole urban area of town. You can also travel by tram with PLUSBUS in Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield & Wolverhampton.

PLUSBUS serves 280 towns in Britain click here for a map & 13 towns in Northern Ireland click here.

Advantages of PLUSBUS

  • save time - buy tickets for your complete journey
  • great value - exclusive, discount price bus travel
  • save money - Railcard holders save one-third off
  • go anywhere - unlimited bus travel around town
  • more flexible - travel on all participating buses
  • reduce hassle - no need to keep change for fares.
  

From just £1 .60 a day  

PLUSBUS can save you money & is more convenient than buying tickets separately. You buy tickets for your train and bus travel at the same time. For a sample of PLUSBUS fares click here.

Children (under 16 years) pay half  the adult PLUSBUS day price (child seasons are available for some towns - discount rates vary). Railcard holders save one-third off adult PLUSBUS day ticket prices.

Easy to buy - now online 
Buy PLUSBUS with all "advance" & "walk-up" train tickets, including:

  • single and day return tickets 
  • period return tickets. You will buy two PLUSBUS day tickets, one for the outward & a second for the return journey. You will need to specify your return date.
  • season tickets - available for 7-days, a month, 3-months & a year.
Buy PLUSBUS at any rail station ticket office,

or online (with train tickets) from: 
www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk
www.chilternrailways.co.uk
www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk
www.eastcoast.co.uk
www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk
www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk
www.londonmidland.com
www.mytrainticket.co.uk
www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com
www.qjump.co.uk
www.scotrail.co.uk
www.southeasternrailway.co.uk
www.southernrailway.com
www.southwesttrains.co.uk
www.tpexpress.co.uk
www.thetrainline.com
www.virgintrains.co.uk

by 'phone: 08457 000 125 or 0191 387 1387

You cannot buy PLUSBUS if your train journey is between two stations wholly within the same town (or PTE region).

To start of your journey by bus, buy PLUSBUS in advance by 'phone or online (and get it posted to you - allow 5 days for delivery).

Go anywhere
It's easy to know where you can go with PLUSBUS. There's just one zone covering the whole urban area of town. You can travel as much as you like on participating buses within the zone. To view zone maps, go to: towns, fares & maps.

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From just £1.60 a day

PLUSBUS is nearly always cheaper then the price you'd pay for a days' bus pass bought from the main bus company in town. Prices start from £1.60, with most between £2 & £3 a day. Listed below is a sample of PLUSBUS ticket prices:

destinations     day ticket      7-day season    1-month season 
Aberdeen £2.60 £16 £58
Basingstoke £2.50 £9 £33
Bath Spa £3.50 £15.80 £53.70
Birmingham £2.20 - -
Bournemouth £3 £14 £40
Bradford £3 £15 £58
Brighton £2 £9 £30
Bristol £3.50 £15.80 £53.70
Cambridge £2.70 £9.50 £38
Cardiff £2.50 £10 £38
Chester £2 £9 £34
Coventry £2.20 - -
Derby £3 £12 £40
Durham £2.30 £11.50 £45
Edinburgh £3 - -
Exeter £2.50 £9 £30
Glasgow £3.20 £12.50  £48
Guildford £2.70 £12.50 £43
Halifax £3 £15 £58
Hull £2.80 £7 £26
Ipswich £2.50 £15 £55
Leeds £3 £15 £58
Leicester £3 £12 £35
Liverpool £3 £11.50 £44
Luton £2.20 £10 £35
Manchester £3.30 - -
Milton Keynes £2 £9 £33
Newcastle £2.30 £10.40 £41.60
Norwich £2.50 £15 £55
Nottingham £2.70 - -
Oxford £3.20  £13.50 £38
Peterborough £2.70 £9.50 £38
Plymouth £3.20 £14 £45
Portsmouth £2.70 £11.50 £40
Reading £3 £13 £45
Sheffield £3.50 - -
Slough £2.90 £12 £48
Southampton £2.30 £11 £37
Swansea £2.50 £12 £46
Swindon £2.50 £11 £39
Wrexham £1.50 £8.20 £31
Wolverhampton £2.20 - -
Worcester £3 £9.50 £35
York £3 £12 £40

To view PLUSBUS ticket prices for all towns, go to: towns, fares & maps or to the homepage and type the town name into the 'Search box' (& click on 'GO'). PLUSBUS is not available for Greater London.

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 Railcard discount - great for students!

Get 33% off PLUSBUS day ticket prices, with:

  • 16-25 Railcard
  • Disabled Persons Railcard
  • Family & Friends Railcard (online purchase of PLUSBUS not available)
  • HM Forces Railcard
  • Network Railcard (or Gold Card)
  • Senior Railcard.

Subject to peak period restrictions.

Wherever you're going - to visit family, friends or for a weekend away, buy PLUSBUS with your train ticket. And remember to ask for your Railcard discount!

Commuters could save up to £150 a month!

Parking at the station is getting ever more expensive. Instead of driving to the station, travel by bus with a PLUSBUS season ticket. You could save up to £150 a month! You also avoid the stress of driving in rush hour traffic and hunting for a parking space.

PLUSBUS season tickets are available for 7-days, a month, 3-months & a year, matching your rail season.

With a PLUSBUS season ticket you can travel as much as you like! Journeys to work, the shops, leisure attractions and to visit your family & friends. You get the freedom your busy lifestyle demands.

Comparison of PLUSBUS fares & station Parking costs:

town       

 PLUSBUS per month 

       Parking at     
station per month		  YOU SAVE 
Aberdeen £58 £180 £122
Basingstoke £33 £87 £54
Bath Spa £53.70 £143 £89.30
Brighton £30 £121 £91
Bristol £53.70 £167 £113.30
Cambridge £38 £113.50 £75.50
Cardiff £38 £107.50 £69.50
Colchester £50 £94.80 £44.80
Crawley £43.80 £58 £14.20
Derby £40 £173 £133
Exeter £30 £145 £115
Gravesend £48 £73.50 £25.50
Guildford £43 £170 £127
High Wycombe £37.50 £84 £46.50
Hull £26 £45 £19
Ipswich £55 £118.30 £63.30
Leicester £35 £181 £146
Luton £35 £100 £65
Milton Keynes £33 £114 £81
Newcastle £41.60 £203 £161.40
Northampton £36 £104 £68
Oxford £38 £108 £70
Peterborough £38 £175 £137
Plymouth £45 £137 £93
Reading £45 £189 £144
Southampton £37 £96 £59
Swindon £39 £127 £88
Watford £48 £122 £74
York £40 £189 £149

Our survey of car parking fees at 30 main rail stations (above) shows that, on average, a typical commuter could save around £88 per month (or over £1,050 a year) by switching to PLUSBUS for their journey to/from the station.

PLUSBUS is brought to you by the Journey Solutions partnership & is funded by participating operators. For more PLUSBUS facts click here

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Edited: 5 Sept. 2010