£1.60 to go one stop on a bus!

[Howmach]

Was running late to a meeting at DDs school as I was walking passed the bus stop one pulled in so I jumped on, the school was at the next stop, visable in the distance so not like it was far, £1.60!

Thought it would be about 50p 😂

We’ve got one bud stop in our village turning circle. Minimum £2.80. Kids get free bus travel in Scotland or most folk would be screwed

It's a about a fiver for an all day ticket where I live; can travel anywhere covered by that bus company (so to neighbouring towns). It's the same price as the train more or less to go to the nearby towns; the bus goes every 20 minutes but takes about hour to get there; the train takes 15 minutes but only runs once every two hours. The wonders of public transport.

@ClaudiaWankleman its not walkable by any means. B roads with no pavement and any busses/ lorries that go past are impossible to dodge. It’s simply not safe to walk/ cycle.

@Blnuder not everyone lives in London or Scotland. I’m in Devon and there no price cap on the services round here as it’s split into different companies they cover different areas. If ds2 doesn’t pass his 11+ he’ll need to take a journey to school that requires Torbay buses, South Ham buses and a ferry. It’s nearly £6 and due to my income that wouldn’t be subsidised at all.

I was thinking that was going to be a how cheap comment!

We moved here over 20 years ago and the price for a 5 minute journey was £1.80. It's now £4.80. Then they complain no one takes the bus unless they're on a free railcard.

We always walk but it's much cheaper for us to take a taxi home from the shops now if the whole family are out.

£2 flat fare here for a single journey

£1.80 here but it’s the same price whether you go one stop or from one side of the city to the other!

Our busses do a short hop. I think its £1.20.

50p 🤣🤣🤣!! 1985 is thataway <<<<<<<

Not all bus stops are equal either..some are further apart than others where I live £2.20 is the minimum single fare yet you can opt to pay less than £6 for a whole day bus pass..it's not fair fare

I live in the country so few official stops but you can flag the buses down anywhere. Because of this it's a bit hit and miss what is charged, depending which stop they use. Plus we've had a couple of different companies covering the route over the last few years, each having their own charges.

I was taken aback a few years agonwhen I was charged over £4 to go two miles down the road (one way only)! Was worried what the return would be this year, only for one driver to decide it was too expensive and charge me the child's rate of £1.35. Turns out the adult was only £2.10 so not that bad. But I can do 100 mile return journey here for less than a tenner so I can see why he was shocked.

People who are surprised that buses are
more expensive in rural areas than cities, it actually makes sense from a financial perspective. Rural buses often have fewer customers because of the lower population density, whereas in cities the greater population density usually allows buses to be operated at less cost per customer, even if the overall cost is the same. My local bus back home would travel past miles and miles of fields with just two people on it!

I occasionally get the bus from dd's school to leisure centre for her swimming lesson when it's raining. It's about a 15 to 20 minute walk. That's £2.40 for both of us. However an adult return fare to go 18 miles to the nearest proper town, is only £5.70.

£2.50 here - or £4.50 for riding around for the whole day. Not that you'd see a lot.

Our local service changed from Arriva to a small local company. It’s now £2.40 here for less than a 5 minute journey, up from £1.60 last year. I walk there but if I’ve got a lot of shopping I need to get the bus home.

The boundaries changed for the Day Saver too, it was £4.20 and that could be used to go to the county town 8 miles away. They’ve now put the boundary on a rural road three miles away from the town, don’t do a return ticket and you have to buy singles at £4.40 each.

Weekday services have been cut and we’ve totally lost all Sunday services, the depot simply doesn’t open. The buses are well used here too, it’s often standing room only.

£2.50 flat fare here!

Rural cambs here. Incredibly expensive and now they've scrappes bus routes because not enough passengers....

Apparently it's too difficult to join the dots

(Now dome kids can't get to school).

A taxi to the station is £8, so it's cheaper than the bus for three people.

I wouldn't expect 50p for an actual journey, like it's the 80s, but one stop, I would have thought they had a one stop fare or something.

And op said the fare was £1.65. What relevance is anybody else's location, I was responding to op's complaints about a £1.65 fare.

Which by the way, is the same as London. So she may well be here.

£4 for a single ticket into town here (3 miles). So £16 return for me and DH. We can drive and park free (at weekends). No wonder we don't use the bus.

In London only 50% of TFLs bus income comes from fares, the rest is in subsidies. For most of us outside London 100% has to come from fares unless the local authority decides to subsidise the route. There is very little money left for this.

Bus companies reimbursement for pensioners passes is based on a percentage of single fares, which is why single fares are set so high. The was decided by central government.

Few paying customers get a single, most get some kind of return or day ticket.

Don't get me started on how London, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland get pensioners passes at 60, while most of England ( the majority of us) it's now 66.

£4.20 for a saver ticket which lets you travel around our county as many times as you like for one day. It's much much cheaper than parking in the city centre.

Last time you'll be late then, OP.!!