(07 Aug 2022, 11:27 am)citaro5284 wrote It has always been that price.  Maybe you are thinking of the stagecoach advert on the radio that mentions free travel for you and your family.

(07 Aug 2022, 11:42 am)citaro5284 wrote Your friend might have got it free, but the driver would have been charged 75p from their wages each week.....

Perhaps this should have been made clearer to potential applicants before now? It's of course a very small amount of money, but it was marketed as "free" and not "free at the point of use"/75p.