(05 Sep 2022, 4:47 pm)Adrian wrote The cap in Somerset isn't/won't be £1. It'll be the same £2 as everyone else.

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.

For the last year, the Taunton Park & Ride has actually been running free of charge owing to some major roadworks affecting this and other routes with diversions in place, last I could see as an update was when fares are reintroduced is for £1 singles and £2 returns from an article published last month. Supposedly whilst free of charge, the numbers on the service did increase, interesting to see how things will change with fares again on this service.