£2 Price Cap, Jan - March' 23
£2 Price Cap, Jan - March' 23
Just seen this has been announced this morning that all bus fares in England will be capped at £2 for a single
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62775639
Should be some large discounts for some passengers, be interesting to see if it ever ends or it's something that just keeps getting extended and extended.
(03 Sep 2022, 10:45 am)Storx Just seen this has been announced this morning that all bus fares in England will be capped at £2 for a single
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62775639
Should be some large discounts for some passengers, be interesting to see if it ever ends or it's something that just keeps getting extended and extended.
(03 Sep 2022, 10:45 am)Storx Just seen this has been announced this morning that all bus fares in England will be capped at £2 for a single
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62775639
Should be some large discounts for some passengers, be interesting to see if it ever ends or it's something that just keeps getting extended and extended.
(03 Sep 2022, 10:45 am)Storx Just seen this has been announced this morning that all bus fares in England will be capped at £2 for a singleSo, this is coming with support.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62775639
Should be some large discounts for some passengers, be interesting to see if it ever ends or it's something that just keeps getting extended and extended.
(03 Sep 2022, 10:45 am)Storx Just seen this has been announced this morning that all bus fares in England will be capped at £2 for a singleSo, this is coming with support.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62775639
Should be some large discounts for some passengers, be interesting to see if it ever ends or it's something that just keeps getting extended and extended.
(03 Sep 2022, 10:57 am)Unber43 So, this is coming with support.
I wonder if GNE X10 being £2 would make it even more busier than it can be. Really GNE should push this too the moon.
(03 Sep 2022, 10:57 am)Unber43 So, this is coming with support.
I wonder if GNE X10 being £2 would make it even more busier than it can be. Really GNE should push this too the moon.
(03 Sep 2022, 12:03 pm)DeltaMan Very eye-catching stuff. The most telling quote coming from CPT where it appears no mechanism has been established to reimburse operators
(03 Sep 2022, 12:03 pm)DeltaMan Very eye-catching stuff. The most telling quote coming from CPT where it appears no mechanism has been established to reimburse operators
I don't know about anyone else, but this will make absolutely no difference to me. It's still going to be cheaper for me to get a day ticket than take advantage of the single tickets
I can see operators creating flat fares to compensate. It's already close to the £2 mark for me to get the bus the relatively short distance to fram from the arnison centre or city centre, on GNE. Arriva is a lot cheaper, though.
(03 Sep 2022, 3:34 pm)BusLoverMum I can see operators creating flat fares to compensate. It's already close to the £2 mark for me to get the bus the relatively short distance to fram from the arnison centre or city centre, on GNE. Arriva is a lot cheaper, though.
(03 Sep 2022, 3:34 pm)BusLoverMum I can see operators creating flat fares to compensate. It's already close to the £2 mark for me to get the bus the relatively short distance to fram from the arnison centre or city centre, on GNE. Arriva is a lot cheaper, though.
(05 Sep 2022, 2:07 pm)54APhotography No political reason why Somerset cap is £1 and not £2...
(05 Sep 2022, 2:07 pm)54APhotography No political reason why Somerset cap is £1 and not £2...
(05 Sep 2022, 4:47 pm)Adrian The cap in Somerset isn't/won't be £1. It'll be the same £2 as everyone else.BBC reported the £1 as the flat single fare throughout Somerset this morning, not surprised if they didn't confirm that before whacking it on their web upload.
The County Council are funding the £1 fare for the Taunton Park & Ride initially and looking at introducing it on some other routes. It's likely coming from the £11.9m they were awarded for their Bus Service Improvement Plan, as one of their proposals was a 'Reduced flat fare ‘£1 around town’ trials across Somerset town networks'
It's really not sustainable. Neither is the £2 cap. Not unless the Govt have a huge change of heart and properly fund buses. If they and others are going to burn money like this, they may as well start swinging that axe now.
(05 Sep 2022, 4:47 pm)Adrian The cap in Somerset isn't/won't be £1. It'll be the same £2 as everyone else.BBC reported the £1 as the flat single fare throughout Somerset this morning, not surprised if they didn't confirm that before whacking it on their web upload.
The County Council are funding the £1 fare for the Taunton Park & Ride initially and looking at introducing it on some other routes. It's likely coming from the £11.9m they were awarded for their Bus Service Improvement Plan, as one of their proposals was a 'Reduced flat fare ‘£1 around town’ trials across Somerset town networks'
It's really not sustainable. Neither is the £2 cap. Not unless the Govt have a huge change of heart and properly fund buses. If they and others are going to burn money like this, they may as well start swinging that axe now.
IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.
(05 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)streetdeckfan IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.Or you could just give companies free diesel / electric power.
(05 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)streetdeckfan IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.Or you could just give companies free diesel / electric power.
(05 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)streetdeckfan IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.
(05 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)streetdeckfan IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.
(05 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)streetdeckfan IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.
(05 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)streetdeckfan IMO, if you're going to subsidise bus fares down to £1 or £2, then at that point you might as well just make them free.
(05 Sep 2022, 6:57 pm)Storx Personally flat rates don't work outside urban areas as the urban fares aren't particular cheap if it's Low Fell to Gateshead for example but outside of it, it's stupidly cheap.
It should be based on milage imo, £1.00 + 10p per mile with a maximum fare of £4.50 or something along those lines with zoned caps, similar to oyster so it's all automatically calculated once some form smart card is done.
Journey, Single (Return)
Byker to Newcastle, £1.20 (£1.80)
Low Fell to Newcastle, £1.50 (£2.75)
Cramlington to Newcastle, £2.00 (£3.00)
Consett to Newcastle, £2.50 (£3.75)
Ashington to Newcastle, £3.00 (£4.50)
Durham to Newcastle, £3.00 (£4.50)
Berwick to Newcastle, £4.50 (£6.75)
They all seem fair fares to me and more reasonable.
(05 Sep 2022, 6:57 pm)Storx Personally flat rates don't work outside urban areas as the urban fares aren't particular cheap if it's Low Fell to Gateshead for example but outside of it, it's stupidly cheap.
It should be based on milage imo, £1.00 + 10p per mile with a maximum fare of £4.50 or something along those lines with zoned caps, similar to oyster so it's all automatically calculated once some form smart card is done.
Journey, Single (Return)
Byker to Newcastle, £1.20 (£1.80)
Low Fell to Newcastle, £1.50 (£2.75)
Cramlington to Newcastle, £2.00 (£3.00)
Consett to Newcastle, £2.50 (£3.75)
Ashington to Newcastle, £3.00 (£4.50)
Durham to Newcastle, £3.00 (£4.50)
Berwick to Newcastle, £4.50 (£6.75)
They all seem fair fares to me and more reasonable.
(05 Sep 2022, 7:05 pm)streetdeckfan Totally agree, my point was more that if you're spending that much money subsidising the fares, you might as well just subsidise the lot.
(05 Sep 2022, 7:05 pm)streetdeckfan Totally agree, my point was more that if you're spending that much money subsidising the fares, you might as well just subsidise the lot.