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Full list of operators offering £2 bus fares as cap confirmed for 3 months

The £2 cap will be in operation in many areas and will run for three months from January

By Chris Burns

CAP CUT BACK: The scheme was originally proposed to last for 12 months but has been cut back to three (Photo by Derby Telegraph)

Reporting by Dan Bloom

Millions of people in England will be able to ride the bus for just £2 from January.

The government has now confirmed that single bus fares will be capped at the low price from January 1 to March 31, 2023 - and more than 120 bus firms will be taking part in the scheme. Ex-Transport Secretary Grant Shapps first announced the initiative to cap fares back in September but his plan was scuppered as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak made further cuts. The ‘Get Around for £2’ scheme will now last for only three months and will be funded by a government subsidy of £60 million. However, fares are set to go back up on March 31 unless bus firms can find the cash to continue the scheme themselves, reports The Mirror .

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The government has insisted it will continue to fund the sector through regular funding, which includes £200m a year through the Bus Service Operator’s Grant. The Department for Transport said the cap would cut back the average single fare by 80p.

Campaign for Better Transport spokesman Norman Baker said: “Capping bus fares will help struggling households, cut traffic congestion and carbon emissions, and inject new life into dwindling bus services. It's such a win-win that it shouldn't be restricted to three months, but should be extended indefinitely, for the sake of our pockets, our economy and our environment."

Although slashing the original 12-month plan to three months has been met with resistance from some, with the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire declaring the scheme “half-baked”. Tracy Brabin said: “While our scheme will cap fares for three years, the Government’s scheme will only do so for three months.

"It won’t cover every bus operator, and without certainty, on extending the Bus Recovery Grant we could still see operators cutting services or going to the wall in April. This is yet another half-baked measure from Government which simply doesn’t go far enough to tackle the real issues.”

The scheme will not apply to London, where fares are £1.65, or Greater Manchester, Liverpool and West Yorkshire where caps are already in place.

Full list of bus firms offering £2 fares for three months:

• 1st Bus Stop Limited (South East)
• AVMT Buses Ltd (South West)
• Arriva Merseyside Ltd (North West)
• Arriva Midlands Ltd - Fox (East Midlands)
• Arriva Midlands North Ltd (West Midlands)
• B P BROWN TRAVEL LTD T/A SELECT BUS SERVICES (West Midlands)
• BUSWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED, t/a STAGECOACH NORTH EAST (North East)
• Banga Buses (West Midlands)
• Bishop’s Stortford Community Transport CIO (East of England)
• Blackpool Transport Services Ltd (North West)
• Blueworks Taxis ltd (North West)
• Boomerang Travel Limited t/as Pilkingtonbus (North West)
• BorderBus Ltd (East of England)
• Brighton & Hove Buses (South East)
• Brylaine Travel Ltd (East Midlands)
• Burnley and Pendle Travel Ltd (North West, Yorkshire & Humber)
• Centrebus Ltd (East of England)
• Centrebus North Ltd (East of England)
• D&G Bus (Chaserider) (West Midlands)
• CLEVELAND TRANSIT LIMITED, t/a STAGECOACH NORTH EAST (North East)
• Cambus Limited T/A Stagecoach East (East of England)
• Carousel Buses (South East)
• Chalkwell Coach Hire Limited (South East)
• Cheltenham and Gloucester Omnibus Company Ltd (South West)
• Coach Services Ltd (East of England)
• Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council (East Midlands)
• Compass Travel (Sussex) Ltd (South East)
• Cuckmere Community Bus Ltd (South East)
• Cumbria Classic Coaches Limited (North East, North West)
• D&G BUS (North West, West Midlands)
• DRM (Bromyard) Ltd t/a DRMBUS (West Midlands)
• Dartline Coaches (South West)
• FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED (South West)
• Faresaver Buses (South West)
• First Beeline Buses Ltd t/a First Berkshire (South East)
• First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd (East of England)
• First Essex Buses Ltd (East of England)
• First Hampshire & Dorset Ltd t/a First Dorset (South West)
• First Hampshire & Dorset Ltd t/a First Provincial (South East)
• First Hampshire & Dorset Ltd t/a First Southampton (South East)
• First Potteries Limited (West Midlands)
• First South Yorkshire Ltd (North East)
• First West of England (South West)
• First Wyvern (West Midlands)
• First York Limited (Yorkshire and Humber)
• G E SCRAGG & SONS LTD (West Midlands)
• Galleon Travel 2009 Ltd (East of England)
• Go North East (North East)
• Go North West Limited (North East)
• Greater Manchester Buses South Ltd T/A Stagecoach Manchester (North West)
• HIGH PEAK BUSES (BOWERS COACHES LTD) (North West)
• HULLEYS OF BASLOW (North East, North West)
• Harrogate & District Travel Ltd Ltd (Yorkshire and Humber)
• Harrogate Coach Travel Limited (Yorkshire and Humber)
• Harting Minibus CIC (South East)
• Hornsby Travel Services Ltd (Yorkshire and Humber)
• Ipswich Buses Limited (East of England)
• Keighley & District Travel Ltd (Yorkshire and Humber)
• Kinchbus (East Midland)
• Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Ltd (North East, North West)
• Konectbus Limited – trading names Chambers, Hedingham and Konectbus (East of England)
• Lancashire United Ltd (North West)
• Leicester CityBus Limited (trading as First Leicester) (East Midlands)
• Lincolnshire Road Car Company Limited t/a Stagecoach East Midlands (Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands)
• Marshalls of Sutton on Trent Ltd (East Midlands)
• Metrobus (South East)
• Minsterley Motors Ltd (West Midlands)
• NIBSbuses Ltd (East of England)
• Newton Abbot Community Transport Association (South West)
• Nottingham City Transport (East Midlands)
• Notts & Derby Traction Co Ltd (East Midlands)
• Oxford Bus Company (South East)
• Plymouth Citybus Limited (South West)
• RED EAGLE BUSES LTD (South East)
• Reliance Motor Services Limited (Yorkshire and Humber)
• Ribble Motor Services Limited (t/a Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire) (North West)
• Rossendale Transport Ltd (North West, Yorkshire & Humber)
• SANDERS COACHES LTD (East of England)
• Stagecoach (North West) Ltd (North East, North West)
• Stagecoach Midlands (West Midlands, East midlands, East of England)
• Stagecoach Midlands (East Midlands, East of England)
• Stagecoach South East (South East)
• RED & WHITE SERVICES LTD T/A STAGECOACH IN S WALES (West Midlands)
• Stagecoach South West (South West)
• Stagecoach South (South East)
• Stagecoach Yorkshire (Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands)
• Stephensons Coaches (East of England)
• Summercourt Travel Ltd T/A Travel Cornwall (South West)
• THORNES INDEPENDENT LTD (North East)
• TM Travel (Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands)
• Tally Ho! Coaches Limited (South West)
• Taxico / Aimee’s Travel (West Midlands)
• Thames Transit Ltd (South East, South West)
• Thames Travel (South East)
• Travel Assist Services Ltd (North West)
• Universitybus (East of England)
• Uno Buses Ltd (East of England)
• Walsall Community Transport (West Midlands)
• Warrington’s Own Buses (North West)
• Weardale Motor Service Limited (North East)
• West Midlands Travel Limited (West Midlands)
• Western Dales Community Bus Service Ltd (North West)
• Yorkshire Coastliner Ltd (Yorkshire and Humber)
• trentbarton - Trent Motor Traction (East Midland)
• trentbarton - Barton Buses (East Midlands)
• COASTLINER BUSES LTD (North West)
• CT4N Ltd (North East)
• East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd (Yorkshire and Humber)
• G Abbott and Sons Limited (North East)
• Go South Coast Ltd (South East & South West)
• Hatch Green Garage Ltd (South West)
• Lugg Valley Travel Ltd (West Midlands)
• Metroline Travel Ltd (East of England)
• Newbury & District (South East)
• OurHire Limited (East of England)
• Preston Bus Limited (North West)
• Reading Buses (South East)
• Simonds of Botesdale Ltd (East of England)
• Southdown PSV Limited (South East)
• Thames Valley Buses (South East)
• Yeomans Canyon Travel Ltd (West Midlands)
• York Pullman Bus Company Ltd (North East)
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England’s new £2 bus trips have arrived. Here are six of the most scenic

With more than 130 bus operators joining a scheme offering fares of £2, now is the time to get out and see some of England’s most picturesque areas

M any bus journeys in England will cost no more than £2 until the end of March. Nationally, the average single fare is around £2.80, so the scheme will generally represent a discount of about 30%, but on longer rural journeys, bus users could save as much as 87%. The 50-mile journey from York to Whitby across the North York Moors, which was voted Britain’s most scenic route in a 2018 survey, usually costs £14, so travellers will save £12. The 840 Coastliner bus, which makes this epic journey four times a day, is one of hundreds of routes that now cost less.

More than 130 bus operators are taking part in the scheme, which is funded by the government to the tune of £60m. Alex Hornby, CEO of Transdev – which runs buses across Yorkshire and Lancashire – says that while passenger numbers in those areas recovered well after the pandemic, there are still fewer people travelling by bus “especially during the current cost of living crisis”. Hornby hopes this money-saving promotion “will attract them back on board”.

The new fares will be issued automatically on any eligible route. The Traveline journey planner shows whether a particular bus journey is part of the scheme. Single fares under £2 and other types of ticket will stay the same. The mayors of West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, London and Liverpool had already capped fares at £2 and this will continue (even after the end of March). Some of the best bargains under the new scheme are routes that go through picturesque areas with views from the window across coast and hills, villages and forests.

Six of the best scenic bus rides

840 Coastliner York to Whitby via Malton, North Yorkshire (Transdev)

Between the ancient gates and city walls in York and the atmospheric ruined abbey above the harbour at Whitby, the Coastliner rolls through pretty market towns and over the wild North York Moors. The whole journey takes more than two hours but there’s plenty to see. Stop off in Malton for fresh bread in bunting-strung markets, artisanal brewers and gelato or in Pickering for a church with medieval wall paintings and the North York Moors steam railway. The bus goes on up, through the wooded slopes of Dalby Forest , to spectacular miles of high, heathery moorland with the distant sea getting gradually closer.

599 Bowness to Grasmere, Cumbria (Stagecoach)

Running hourly beside some of Cumbria’s most famous lakes, this bus offers a quintessential Lake District journey – past the boats at Ambleside and along the reedy edge of Rydal Water, with the bracken-cloaked slopes of Nab Scar towering above. It stops near the door of Dove Cottage and visitors who arrive by bus get discounted entry to Wordsworth Grasmere , the new attraction that includes the poet’s house and garden. In 2021, actors playing William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, took the bus to Grasmere and read poetry aloud on the way. Bus 555 continues all the way to Keswick. X53 Weymouth to Axminster, Dorset (First Wessex)

This rollercoaster ride along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast from harbourside Weymouth runs over the undulating Wessex Downs. The sea glimmers blue to the left beyond the bronze pebbles of Chesil Beach and the long Fleet lagoon. Near Abbotsbury, with its swannery and subtropical gardens, there is an unbeatable view of Saint Catherine’s chapel on a domed hill. Through West Bay and characterful Bridport, the X53 goes on to Lyme Regis with its fossil-hunting history and the old stone Cobb. This curving harbour wall features in Persuasion, where Louisa Musgrove falls down the steps known as Granny’s Teeth, and The French Lieutenant’s Woman , with Meryl Streep as Sarah Woodruff, in hooded black cloak, staring over the wind-lashed waves.

Purbeck Breezer 40 Poole to Swanage, Dorset (MoreBus)

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The open-topped Breezer 40 passes Holes Bay and wooded Upton Park, but this is just for starters. Through Wareham, one of England’s rare remaining Saxon walled towns, the bus passes the 11th-century church of Saint Martin on the Walls and Hartland Moor with its acres of heath and wetlands, grazing red cattle and ever-blooming yellow gorse. In Corfe Castle, the ruins of walls built by William the Conqueror overlook a village square of grey limestone pubs and houses, all ringed by the Purbeck Hills. On past ancient downs pocked with barrows and tumuli, the journey ends near the sandy beach at Swanage. An adult single from Poole to Swanage on Breezer 40 is normally £7.50, so £2 is a very good deal.

12 Coaster Brighton to Eastbourne, Sussex (Brighton and Hove buses)

Past the domes and minarets of Brighton Pavilion and the elegant Regency squares with their tamarisk-hedged gardens, the no 12 runs along the top of the cliffs. Look out for Saltdean’s 1930s art deco lido, rescued by the community and reopened in 2017. The bus climbs over the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters into Eastbourne, with views back over Cuckmere river as it winds towards the sea.

B3 Brontëbus Keighley to Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire (Keighley Bus Company)

Technically, this route benefits from West Yorkshire’s price cap rather than the England-wide scheme. The effect for passengers is currently the same, but it means the £2 maximum fare will stay in place until further notice, rather than ending in March. The bus starts climbing as soon as it leaves Keighley, past Victorian factory chimneys and old stone farmhouses. Passengers can stop off to climb the steep cobbled street in Haworth and visit the parsonage where the Brontë sisters lived or even climb on to the moors to see the real-life Wuthering Heights and shout “Cathy, Cathy” among gaunt thorns and waterfalls.

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Transport update: £2 bus fare cap on a single bus ticket

Introduction of the £2 bus fare cap on a single bus ticket on most services in England outside London from 1 January 2023 to March 2023.

On 3 September, we announced plans to invest up to £60 million to introduce a £2 bus fare cap on a single bus ticket on most services in England outside London . This will start no later than 1 January 2023 and will be in place for a period of 3 months until March 2023.

At a time when many are struggling with the rising cost of living, this is a significant investment that will result in millions of people across England saving on travel costs. This investment also makes clear our continued commitment to delivering on the bold vision for bus services set out in ‘ Bus Back Better ’, the government’s national bus strategy, and particularly our ambition to make bus services cheaper. The introduction of the £2 bus fare cap is a significant step forward to delivering this and continues the government’s track record of providing the largest investment in bus services in a generation, in England outside London.

This fare cap will not apply to bus services in London as transport is devolved to the Mayor of London, including fare setting. However, I know that colleagues across Parliament will be pleased that this announcement follows the agreement with Transport for London on a £1.2 billion multi-year settlement to secure the long-term future of London’s transport network , including bus services.

As well as supporting passengers by reducing the cost of bus fares, we have also continued to invest in bus services, in response to the unprecedented impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but which would now be threatening the provision of services at a time when the public need bus services more than ever.

With nearly £2 billion provided so far, through the COVID-19 bus service support grant , the Bus Recovery Grant and most recently the local transport fund, we have mitigated the impacts of the pandemic on bus networks. This meant that buses were kept running over the course of the pandemic to ensure that those who had to travel for work, education or healthcare were able to access these vital services and help keep this country running.

As I announced to this House in March, this funding was originally due to end in April (2022) , but at the time it was clear that the sector was still facing significant financial challenges as it sought to recover from the pandemic. That is why we announced we would provide a further £150 million, and extend recovery funding for the sector until October, to allow bus services the maximum amount of time to recover.

At the time of announcing this funding, we were clear that this would be the last such round of recovery funding. However, with the sector continuing to face significant challenges, and many people facing pressures due to the rising cost of living, we recognise that further government support is necessary to prevent significant cuts to bus services for the millions of people who use them every day.

That is why on 19 August we announced a six-month extension to the Bus Recovery Grant , worth up to £130 million, to continue supporting bus services in England outside London. This will be in effect for 6 months starting in October 2022 until the end of the financial year in March 2023. This funding will provide the sector and passengers with certainty in the short-term and ensure that these vital services will continue to serve those that rely on them to live, work and travel. Both of these further investments in England’s bus services demonstrate our commitment to supporting bus services. We will continue to work closely with the sector as we deliver the national bus strategy, and fulfil our ambition for everyone, everywhere to have access to great bus services.

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