Feel like a mug paying for buses in Wales

PinkFrogss · 30/03/2025 23:07

Maybe spend less time obsessing over how other people in the bus are scanning on/paying.

Run through the costs of bus vs car and either buy a car or accept the bus is cheaper. Or find a closer/work from home/hybrid job.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 30/03/2025 23:09

you are surprised the elderly and disabled are using buses instead of running cars?

TeapotTitties · 30/03/2025 23:09

I'm not sure you'd feel better if you were elderly or sick.

PickAChew · 30/03/2025 23:11

The fare cap In England has t been £2 since last year. You will be old one day. Enjoy the youth you have.

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CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:16

PickAChew · 30/03/2025 23:11

The fare cap In England has t been £2 since last year. You will be old one day. Enjoy the youth you have.

Why should old people be equated with poor people? They've had an entire lifetime to get their sh*t together.

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions, but they get sent the magic free bus white card through the door from the Labour party in Cardiff.

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BCSurvivor · 30/03/2025 23:18

CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:05

I live in North Wales and the cost of a daily ticket on the bus is now £7.70 a weekly ticket is £28 now…

It seems like every time i board the bus I'm the only mug actually paying, i tap on and off with my bank card. Everyone else is a pensioner using their free bus pass, or people my age (30s) have a white pass card.. Which means they're on the sick

To make matters worse, i visit across the border sometimes to the Wirral and buses are so much more reasonably.. £2 for a single trip

I can drive bus i gave up cars a few years ago to save money and live a more simpler life

I'm in South Wales and a daily bus ticket is £8.80 😲
A standard return is £6.60.
I also feel jealous of the England £2 cap per journey.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 30/03/2025 23:20

BCSurvivor · 30/03/2025 23:18

I'm in South Wales and a daily bus ticket is £8.80 😲
A standard return is £6.60.
I also feel jealous of the England £2 cap per journey.

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There was no need to quote the whole OP.

Pomegranatecarnage · 30/03/2025 23:22

I live in Wales. The bus is just not affordable so I walk or drive. Also bicycle theft is rampant in South Wales-I love cycling, but can’t use my bike for shopping or going into town as it is likely to be stolen.

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CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:26

Pomegranatecarnage · 30/03/2025 23:22

I live in Wales. The bus is just not affordable so I walk or drive. Also bicycle theft is rampant in South Wales-I love cycling, but can’t use my bike for shopping or going into town as it is likely to be stolen.

It should be affordable.

Everybody should be paying.. and then maybe the ticket price would come down to a normal level.

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KimberleyClark · 31/03/2025 00:03

A day to go ticket,which is unlimited journeys, is £5.00 in Cardiff.

ServantoftheBones · 31/03/2025 00:07

Wirral is going to go up to £3 for a single trip soon. Soft girl over here remembers that it was 40p once.

BrightLightTonight · 31/03/2025 00:14

I wish my commute to work was that cheap. I drive to the station, park - £11.50 per day and then train £58.00 return.

Flytrap01 · 31/03/2025 00:16

i do agree about the bus pass. they should only have one if needed

Anonymousemouses · 31/03/2025 00:19

BCSurvivor · 30/03/2025 23:18

I'm in South Wales and a daily bus ticket is £8.80 😲
A standard return is £6.60.
I also feel jealous of the England £2 cap per journey.

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I feel jealous that everyone in Wales gets free prescriptions

Anonymousemouses · 31/03/2025 00:22

Anonymousemouses · 31/03/2025 00:19

I feel jealous that everyone in Wales gets free prescriptions

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And the £2 cap isn't that great, it's for a single journey, so to even go to the hospital in the same, town, I'd need to get a bus to town, then chane, so it would cost £8 there and back, in the same town.

BridgetJonesesOwl · 31/03/2025 00:26

It is very ridiculous that each different part of the United Kingdom gets different things.
I know we are all 4 countries in one union but we either receive all the same benefits or we might as well just be independent countries!

thankyounextplease · 31/03/2025 00:29

The Wirral is £3 for a single bus trip, so a daily ticket would only be £1.70 different. You can make it up every 10 trips by getting a free prescription for something if you're that desperate to even things out.

Floatlikeafeather2 · 31/03/2025 00:32

CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:16

Why should old people be equated with poor people? They've had an entire lifetime to get their sh*t together.

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions, but they get sent the magic free bus white card through the door from the Labour party in Cardiff.

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I was almost sympathising with you until now. What an incredibly egocentric view you have. Your grandparents are not all the people over pensionable age in the world, or even in Wales. It would be nice to think their situation was typical though. Sadly, it's not.

Obvnotthegolden · 31/03/2025 00:33

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions @CaptainArcher

But the pensioners on the bus aren't like your grandparents, are they op?

i don't know the statistics but most pensioners are not as well off as your grandparents.

According to google North Wales is an area of wealth disparity, having some areas that are the poorest in the UK, and some wealthy areas.

Perhaps your bus is passing through some of these poorer areas where people haven't been able to get their sh*t together.

You sound privileged and entitled and lacking empathy.

Hayley1256 · 31/03/2025 00:37

BCSurvivor · 30/03/2025 23:18

I'm in South Wales and a daily bus ticket is £8.80 😲
A standard return is £6.60.
I also feel jealous of the England £2 cap per journey.

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Price caps £3 now

ILovebenefits · 31/03/2025 00:38

CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:16

Why should old people be equated with poor people? They've had an entire lifetime to get their sh*t together.

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions, but they get sent the magic free bus white card through the door from the Labour party in Cardiff.

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We’ll get ya rich grandparents to pay for your car then and leave other old people alone 🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

FlakyBrickPombear · 31/03/2025 01:33

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SpeedwellBlue · 31/03/2025 01:48

CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:16

Why should old people be equated with poor people? They've had an entire lifetime to get their sh*t together.

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions, but they get sent the magic free bus white card through the door from the Labour party in Cardiff.

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Pensioners get a free bus pass in Surrey which is definitely not Labour controlled!

NidaNearby · 31/03/2025 01:51

£28 for a weekly ticket!? My commuter train sets me back £30 daily for a half hour journey.

TheHerboriste · 31/03/2025 02:42

CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:16

Why should old people be equated with poor people? They've had an entire lifetime to get their sh*t together.

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions, but they get sent the magic free bus white card through the door from the Labour party in Cardiff.

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I agree.

Most wealth is held by seniors.