Bus fares across England to be capped at £2 from January

Single deck bus service at Widemouth Bay, close to Bude, north Cornwall with a backdrop of the sea

More than 130 bus companies will cap fares at £2 from next month

(Image credit: Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, England, UKPeter Titmuss/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

By The Week Staff

published 22 December 2022

More than 130 operators outside London will cap bus fares at £2 from next month, as part of a Government-funded scheme to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Currently the average single adult bus fare in England costs £2.80, but that can rise to more than £5 in rural areas. Now, bus companies such as National Express and Stagecoach have agreed to apply the cap between 1 January and 31 March. Children’s tickets will also be frozen at £1 for a single journey.

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