I have decided to take my time and draw a table to compare the fares with the publicly owned and regulated bus services. The services are regulated and the operations contracted out to private bus operating companies. For example, London Buses contract their routes to bus operating companies and their transport authority, and Transport for London organise the fares.
Another example is that of ‘Liberty Bus’ services, which are provided by the Jersey government but the operations are contracted to a company called CT Plus.
So here is the list of the adult fares for regulated bus services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
2015 bus fares for publicly owned/regulated bus service
Publicly owned bus service
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Adult Fare single (Cash)
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Adult Fare (Smartcard)
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Day pass/daily cap on smartcard
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Weekly ticket/weekly cap
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Monthly ticket
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Blackpool Transport
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From £1 to £2.50*
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£4.50
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£14
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£50
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Bus Vannin
Barroose Vannin
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From £1.10 to £3.40*
Short hop 60p
|
£7
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£23
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Cardiff Bus
Bws Caerdydd
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£1 short hop
£1.80 Cardiff
£1.70 Barry
£2.50 Cardiff & Barry
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£3.60
Cardiff
£3.40
Barry
£4.90 Cardiff & Barry
(Cash & pre-pay)
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£15 Cardiff
£13 Barry
£19 Cardiff & Barry
(Cash & pre-pay)
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£48 Cardiff
£41 Barry
£61 Cardiff & Barry
| |
Dublin Bus
Bus Átha Cliath
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From €1.95 to €3.30*
75¢ for City Centre
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From €1.50 to €2.60*
60¢ for City Centre
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€6.90
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€27.50
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€132
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Guernsey Buses
Buses.gg
(CT Plus)
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£1
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£4.50
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£19
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Halton Transport
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Unknown
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£3.80
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£18
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£61
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Ipswich Buses
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From £1 to £1.80*
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£4
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£14 for 7 days on smartcard
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£48
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Liberty Bus Jersey
(CT Plus)
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£1.50 band A
£2 band B*
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£1.30 band A
£1.60 band B
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£7.50
|
£29
|
£49
|
London Buses
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Cash is no longer available
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£1.50
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£5 for One Day Bus Pass
£4.40 cap onOyster & ContactlessBank Cards
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£21 for contactless bank card cap and 7 day bus pass for Oyster
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£80.70
|
Lothian Buses
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£1.50
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£3.50
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£17 onRidacard
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£51
| |
Network Warrington
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From £1.50 to £3.90*
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£5.50
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£24.00 (Touch & go)
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£84
| |
Newport Transport
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£1 city hop
£1.70 one zone
£2.10 two zones*
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£1.90 Day smartcard price
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unknown
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Nottingham City Transport
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£1.10 short hop
£2 flat fare
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£3.50 City area
£7 outer area
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Reading Buses
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£1.90
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£9
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£24
|
£87
| |
Rosso Bus
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from £1 to £4.70*
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£4.70
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£20
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£70
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ThamesdownTransport
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£1.50 for 1 zone
£2 for 2 zones
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£3.80
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£14.50 Travel Pass
£21 Network Pass
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£54.00 Travel Pass
£79.00 Network Pass
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*fares are in stages as they are not flat fare
Please note the fares may not be correct.
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Sources:
http://www.blackpooltransport.com/tickets/bus-single-ticket
http://www.blackpooltransport.com/pdf/C193_Service_5-Nov.pdf
http://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and-motoring/bus-and-rail/tickets-fares/manx-rider/
http://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and-motoring/bus-and-rail/tickets-fares/bus-saver/
http://www.cardiffbus.com/english/faresandtickets.shtml
http://www.cardiffbus.com/english/page.shtml?pageid=619
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Fare-Information/
http://hctgroup.org/ct_plus_guernsey/prices_and_tickets_2
http://home.btconnect.com/haltontransport/tickets.htm
http://www4.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/Bus-passes.aspx
http://www.ipswichbuses.co.uk/tickets/fares/
http://www.ipswichbuses.co.uk/tickets/smartcard/
http://libertybus.je/routes_times/prices_and_tickets
http://lothianbuses.com/plan-a-journey/fares-and-tickets
http://www.londontransport.co.uk/fares-and-payments/fares/bus-and-tram
http://www.networkwarrington.co.uk/on-the-bus
http://www.newportbus.co.uk/ticket-types
https://www.nctx.co.uk/fares-tickets/on-the-day-fares/
http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/on-the-bus-fares/