Bus (un)fares

[Berk (of 'Trapdoor' fame)]

Bus fares in Brighton going up 40p before 9am...that's really not very nice

 

[CHAPPERS]

It's getting a bit silly. They want us all to use the bus a much as possible but they keep hiking the prices when more people use them. Goons. It's cheaper in london for f*** sake.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

I wouldn't mind if the bus was quick.

The time it takes to travel the distance, I can cycle in half.

 

[Man of Harveys]

At a time when crude and oil product prices are falling not insubstantially (although they're still much higher than, say, 1-2 years ago) that's a very hard one to justify.

 

[Lush]

Goons. It's cheaper in london for f*** sake.

Not for much longer...

"Cash fares on Tube, buses set for increase
Published: Tuesday, 12 September, 2006, 08:35 AM
LONDON: Cash fares on the Tube and buses are to rocket by a third. A single zone 1 Tube journey will soar from £3 to £4. A cash fare on the bus will go up from £1.50 to £2 next January, the Evening Standard has learned."

 

[Rangdo]

At a time when crude and oil product prices are falling not insubstantially (although they're still much higher than, say, 1-2 years ago) that's a very hard one to justify.

Just what I was thinking. The fuel prices up here have dropped by about 10p a litre in the last 6 weeks.

 

[Les Biehn]

Brighton = rip off. No two ways about it. Same journey distance journey in Manchester costs about half. That surely can't be right.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Not for much longer...

"Cash fares on Tube, buses set for increase
Published: Tuesday, 12 September, 2006, 08:35 AM
LONDON: Cash fares on the Tube and buses are to rocket by a third. A single zone 1 Tube journey will soar from £3 to £4. A cash fare on the bus will go up from £1.50 to £2 next January, the Evening Standard has learned."

Blimey.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Bus fares in Brighton are great value for those who travel in from the outskirts of Sussex (as far as they cover) and use a multitude of buses, but if you live in town and need to get a bus, they are very pricey indeed.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Not for much longer...

"Cash fares on Tube, buses set for increase
Published: Tuesday, 12 September, 2006, 08:35 AM
LONDON: Cash fares on the Tube and buses are to rocket by a third. A single zone 1 Tube journey will soar from £3 to £4. A cash fare on the bus will go up from £1.50 to £2 next January, the Evening Standard has learned."

To be totally fair, that's got more to do with Ken getting people to use Oyster cards instead of cash. Fares using them aren't going up.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

http://www.buses.co.uk/frameset.html?$news/news.asp

1 DAY SuperSAVER TICKETS (from this website)£2.80
1 DAY SuperSAVER TICKETS (in advance from shops)£3.00
1 DAY from bus driver CitySAVER before 9am Mon-Fri £3.20
1 Day from bus driver SuperSAVER before 9am Mon-Fri £4.20
1 DAY from bus driver CitySAVER after 9am Mon-Fri £3.00

1 Day from bus driver SuperSAVER after 9am Mon-Fri £4.00
Multi-buy 5 one day SuperSAVER tickets(from this website)£14.00
Multi-buy 5 one day SuperSAVER tickets £15.00

7 DAY SuperSAVER TICKET £14.50
7 DAY SuperSAVER TICKET for NUS Students £12.00
Multi-buy 4 packs of 7 day SuperSAVER tickets £49.00


1 CALENDAR MONTH SuperSAVER TICKET £49.00
3 MONTH SuperSAVER TICKET * £125.00
Special discount price for NUS Students. £110.00

Special discount price for Bus ID/ID+ cards £62.50

12 MONTH SuperSAVER TICKET * £395.00
Special discount price for NUS Students. £300.00

SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICES FOR JUNIORS # £1.60
1 day ticket from driver CitySAVER before 9am Mon-Fri £2.10
1 day ticket from driver SuperSAVER before 9am Mon-Fri £1.50

1 day ticket from driver CitySAVER after 9am Mon-Fri £2.00
1 day ticket from driver SuperSAVER after 9am Mon-Fri
1 week ticket from driver SuperSAVER £6.50

 

[Bad Ash]

Brighton = rip off. No two ways about it. Same journey distance journey in Manchester costs about half. That surely can't be right.

And you get to travel on a Magic Bus!

 

[bhafc99]

"A single zone 1 Tube journey will soar from £3 to £4."

I particularly recommend going from Leicester Square to Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line. It's only 0.16 miles on foot. Making that £4 tube fare worth every penny.

 

[Les Biehn]

And you get to travel on a Magic Bus!

Is it still 40p?

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Be nice to know if there is a city in the UK that charges more.

Very suprised that Lord B hasn't been on to defend Brighton buses yet.

 

[Lush]

I particularly recommend going from Leicester Square to Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line. It's only 0.16 miles on foot. Making that £4 tube fare worth every penny.

Don't forgot the added wait for the lift to make it really worth while.

 

[dingle]

its times like these where the advancing coutries like Prague can teach us a thing or two, their public transport system is highly efficient and also the flat fare of no more than 50 pence allows you on any bus, tube or tram for 75 minutes, which is plenty of time to travel from one side of the city to the other as it is so quick!

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

I was complaining that a year student bus ticket was £180 in Southampton!! But £395?!!!!

 

[bigc]

Don't forgot the added wait for the lift to make it really worth while.

If you choose the stairs you'll probably feel more tired than if you walked.

No....you WILL feel more tired.

 

[pasty]

1 CALENDAR MONTH SuperSAVER TICKET £49.00

How odd. If you add Brighton and Hove buses to a monthly London Travel Card (like wot I does), it only adds £35 to the price.