Single fares
More Bus single fares from 1 January 2025
The Government’s £2 single fare cap is ending as of 31 December 2024. The new single fare cap will be £3.
Good News! Some single fares will be less than £3.
m1/m2
On our m1/m2 routes the new single adult fare will be just £2.50. Adult returns are no longer required, as our Dayrider price will be reduced to £4.50 giving you unlimited travel on the m1m2 in any one day. The m1/m2 Dayrider will only be available via our app or by using tap on tap off with your contactless bank card.
Paper m1/m2 Dayrider tickets are no longer available – if you do want a paper ticket you will be able to buy a paper return at £4.50 but we would encourage you to switch to the app or tap on tap off which will offer you better value via a Dayrider. If you need to buy a zone A Dayrider it will cost £5.20 – you can pay cash or use a contactless bank card.
We know the m1 and m2 get very busy, so you can continue to use your m1/m2 ticket on our other services that run along the same parts of the route - as an example the 1a/1b/1c between Bournemouth, Boscombe and Southbourne and the 5/5a between Bournemouth and Charminster
Child singles will be £2 and child returns are £3 and a child Dayrider is £3.40.
Zone A
Adult single fares will be either: £2.20, £2.40, £2.70 or £3.00 depending on how far you travel.
Most routes will no longer have a return fare, apart from very short hop returns, which are still available from the driver. For customers who make more than one journey in a day, it will be best to buy a zone A Dayrider at £5 via our app or tap on tap off. A paper Dayrider it will cost £5.20.
If you travel regularly there are more savings to be made with our period passes, as bus travel can cost less than your daily coffee, a 30-day zone A ticket can offer unlimited travel from less than £2.40 per day! – check out full details.
If you want to buy single trips in bulk, you can save with our multi-trips for zone A – these are only available via the app and they are valid for 12 months from date of purchase. Just activate one single trip each time you travel.
10 trips - £23.50
20 trips - £45.00
30 trips - £61.50
Zone AB and ABC
In our other fare zones, Zone AB and Zone ABC, single fares will range from £2.40 to £3. Returns will still be available, and the maximum cost of a return is £6.
For regular travellers you may want to consider our period passes or multi-day bundles
More bus app
Download our app and start saving today – as well as buying tickets you can track your bus in live time and plan, receive service updates and plan your journey
Tap on Tap off
If you pay for your tickets on the bus, we recommend you use tap on/ tap off, but don’t forget to use the same contactless payment card each time you travel. Find out more about tap on tap off.