about PLUSBUS

 

PLUSBUS is a cheap travelcard that you buy with your train ticket at any station ticket office or online. It gives you unlimited bus and tram travel (on participating operators services) to and from the rail station and around the whole urban area of the rail served town. Buy one for the start of your journey and/or for the end of it.

 

PLUSBUS is available for 290 rail-served towns and cities across Britain.

View a map of Britain showing PLUSBUS served towns & cities.

 

PLUSBUS is accepted for travel on services of over 200 bus companies across Britain and on trams in Birmingham, Blackpool, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton. 

it's convenient

save time        - buy train and PLUSBUS tickets in one quick purchase for your complete

                          door-to-door journey,

less hassle      - no need to keep change for exact fare buses .

 

it's great value

save money     - PLUSBUS is cheaper than the cost of driving and parking at the station,

                           or paying for a taxi. PLUSBUS  fares  from just £2 a day.

big discounts   - valid Railcard holders get 33% off. Children (under 16) get 50% off

it's flexible

more freedom - bus & tram travel around the whole urban area of town, within a

                          single travel zone. To check zone maps go to town maps

less fuss          - travel on all participating bus and tram services, at any time (there's

                          no peak restrictions). PLUSBUS is valid from the first service to midnight.

it's easy to buy

at the station  - ask for PLUSBUS when buying your train tickets at any National Rail

                          ticket office. Pay with cash, debt or credit card.

avoid queues  - self-service ticket vending machines at East Midlands Trains, South

                          West Trains & Southern stations now sell PLUSBUS day tickets.

                          Click here to see how to serve yourself with a PLUSBUS day ticket.

buy online

it's easy          - buy your train and PLUSBUS tickets online from these rail websites.  

                          To start your journey by bus, buy your train and PLUSBUS tickets in

                          advance and have them posted or couriered to you (a charge applies).

season tickets for commuters

more choice   - available for 7 consecutive days, 1-month, 3-months and a whole year,

                         to match the validity of your rail season ticket. Both rail and PLUSBUS  

                         season tickets must expire on the same date.

more value    - do you drive to and park at the station car park? 

                         cheapercommuting.com could save you hundreds of pounds a year.

 


Sorry, you cannot buy PLUSBUS if you're making a local train journey between two stations wholly within the same towns' PLUSBUS travel zone or within the following city regions: Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Midlands or West Yorkshire.

 

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PLUSBUS prices (for a sample of towns) 

PLUSBUS is   nearly     always cheaper then the price you'd pay for a day's bus pass bought from the main bus company in town.

Just £2 a day, if you're travelling in June or July 2013, with our ONLINE OFFER.

Normal adult PLUSBUS ticket prices (for a sample of towns) are listed below:-

 

destinations    adult day ticket      7-day season    1-month season 

Aberdeen

£3 £16 £58

Basingstoke

£3.30 £11.90 £43.50

Bath Spa

£3.50 £15.80 £53.70

Birmingham

£3 sorry, no seasons sorry, no seasons

Bournemouth

£3 £14 £40

Bradford

£3 £15 £58

Brighton

£2.50 £10 £35

Bristol

£3.50 £15.80 £53.70

Cambridge

£3 £11 £40

Cardiff

£3.20 £13 £48

Chelmsford

£4.30 £16.50 £60

Coventry

£3 sorry, no seasons sorry, no seasons

Derby

£3 £12 £40

Durham

£2.30 £11.50 £45

Edinburgh

£3 sorry, no seasons sorry, no seasons

Exeter

£2.50 £9 £30

Glasgow

£3.20 £12.50  £48

Guildford

£3 £14 £46
Harrogate £2 £13 £42

Hatfield

£2.80 £11.70 £44.50

Hull

£3.20 £8 £29.50

Ipswich

£3 £15 £60

Leeds

£3 £15 £58

Leicester

£3 £12 £35

Liverpool

£3.40 £12.50 £48

Luton

£2.80 £11.80 £41.30

Manchester

£3.70 £13.40 £50.30

Milton Keynes

£2.20 £10 £35

Newcastle-u-Tyne

£2.60 £11.50 £46

Norwich

£3 £15 £60

Nottingham

£4 sorry, no seasons sorry, no seasons

Oxford

£4  £15 £45

Peterborough

£3 £11 £40

Plymouth

£3.20 £14 £45

Portsmouth

£2.70 £11.50 £40

Reading

£3 £14 £50

Sheffield

£3.50 £15 £57

Slough

£3 £12 £48

Southampton

£2.30 £11 £37

Southend

£3.20

£11.20

£42

Stoke-on-Trent

£3

£12

£40

Swansea

£2.50 £12 £46

Swindon

£3 £12 £40

Wolverhampton

£3 sorry, no seasons sorry, no seasons

Worcester

£3 £9.50 £35

York

£3 £13 £44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 Railcard holders get 33% off

   bus travel to & from the train station

Yes it's true! A national Railcard gives you 33% off the price of bus (and tram) travel to and from the train station and around the whole urban area of town, when you buy a PLUSBUS day ticket. 

example: unlimited bus travel around Bristol £3.50 adult price

                                                                     £2.30 with suitable Railcard

                                                 YOU SAVE: £1.20

 

Holders of the following national Railcards get 33% off PLUSBUS day ticket prices:-

  • 16-25 Railcard
  • Disabled Persons Railcard
  • Family&Friends Railcard (sorry online purchase of PLUSBUS not available if you have this railcard)  
  • HM Forces Railcard
  • Network Railcard (or Gold Card equivalent) 
  • Senior Railcard.

The Railcard discount has some restrictions. No other types of Railcard give a discount off PLUSBUS fares.

 

Wherever you're going - to visit family, friends or for a weekend away, buy PLUSBUS with your train ticket.

Ask for PLUSBUS when buying your train tickets and show your Railcard to the ticket office clerk at the station (or select the 'Railcard' box when buying tickets online). Getteing 33% off is that easy! 

 


Ten facts about PLUSBUS. There's lots of good reasons to get the bus. Our Terms & Conditions.

 

PLUSBUS is brought to you by the Journey Solutions partnership & is funded by participating operators.

 

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Updated: 26/04/2013. PLUSBUS ticket prices on this website are valid from: 02/01/2013 until 18/05/2013.