Fare changes in Bath

From 30 October 2016 the following tickets will be changing:

Single Tickets in Bath Outer Zone

The on-bus price of single tickets in the Bath Outer Zone will be increasing. If your journey is over three miles you may find it more convenient and it will also save you money if your journey is further than six miles, to purchase your ticket as a set of 10 Single Journeys on the mTicket app.  

	Adult	Student/16-21 Years Old	Child
Up to three miles	from £1.70	from £1.20	from 90p
Three to six miles	from £2.70	from £1.90	from £1.40
Six to nine miles	from £4	from £2.80	from £2
Nine to Twelve miles	from £5	from £3.50	from £2.50
Over twelve miles	from £6	from 4.20	from £3

Bath Outer Zone 10 Journey Ticket 

The price of 10 single journey tickets will be increasing both on-bus and on our mTickets app.

	Adult	Student/16-21 Years Old	Child
10 Single Journey on-bus	£30	£21	£15
10 single journey mTicket	£27	£18.90	£13.50

Night ticket

Allows unlimited travel after 7pm until 4.29am the following morning in your chosen area.

	Adult	Student/16-21 Years Old	Child
Bath Inner Zone	£3	£2	£1.50
New Bath Outer Zone	£5	£3.20	£2.50

Group Day Ticket

This ticket will replace the Family Day Ticket and allows unlimited travel in your chosen area for up to 5 people after 9.30am Monday to Friday, all day Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. There are no age restrictions so up to 5 adults can travel together in a group.

	Group (5 people)
Bath Inner Zone	£8
Bath Outer Zone	£13

Week Ticket

This ticket allows unlimited travel within the chosen area for 7 consecutive days. The on-bus price of all Inner Zone week tickets will increase and the on-bus price of the Child Outer Zone ticket has been rounded up.

	Adult	Student/16-21 Years Old	Child
Bath Inner Zone on-bus	£18.50	£13	£9.20
Bath Inner Zone mTicket or Touch Card	£17	£12	£8.50
Bath Outer Zone on-bus	£23.80	£16.70	£12
Bath Outer Zone mTicket or Touch Card	£22	£15.40	£11

All other fares in Bath Inner and Outer Zone remain unchanged

Buses in Bath are paying a heavy price for congested roads

Here is an extract of a letter we sent to Councillor Turner of BaNES council a month ago for those that may be interested.
.......As the one of largest independent operators of buses in Bath we despair at the attitude of Bath and North East Somerset Council towards buses and coaches.
Traffic in Bath is notoriously unpredictable and therefore we build contingencies into our timetables to try and allow delayed buses to get back on time and comply with our obligations to the lic...encing authorities. The problem arises when a bus does arrive on time is that the driver then has nowhere to go. We are allowed to stand on bus stops for up to ten minutes as long as the driver remains on the bus. When drivers either leave the bus for a ‘call of nature’ or drive around the corner to move out of the way, we are hounded by traffic wardens who regularly ‘ticket’ our buses.

What are we supposed to do ?
Bath is a World Heritage City. Regardless of the council’s political tendencies, there should be a realisation that buses and coaches are better than cars when it comes to reducing traffic, congestion and pollution. We often hear that a bus can replace 50 cars and this is a good thing. We have never heard a complaint that a coach is using up three car parking spaces and this is a bad thing.
Yesterday, the 19th September Bath once again suffered gridlock in the afternoon. Some buses were up to 35 minutes late. Perhaps the bus companies should close for a day to prove to Bath how much it needs public transport ?
We; The bus companies, the politicians, the local council, the residents should all work together to make Bath open to efficient public transport. Otherwise we may as well just have to accept that the battle is lost and Bath is just another victim of the motor car......
Here we are a month later and nothing has changed

The new way forward for bus travel

So why are First bus  encouraging you to buy your bus tickets on the free First Bus mTickets app?
See for yourself the difference between boarding a bus with customers paying by cash v mTickets. The results are unbelievable... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtUGq15dsnU&feature=youtu.be

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NEW West of England group ticket available from 30th October 2016

5 people can travel anywhere across the west of England zone for £15 a total of £3 each per person  (your group must travel together through out your journey) Great for a day out Christmas shopping or to get to the office party. This ticket offers unlimited travel across the West of England zone in one given day. You could use the ticket in the morning to buy presents and that new party wear and catch the bus to your party later in the day.
( Some examples across the West of England zone Frome, Bath, Bristol, Wells, Glastonbury, Street, Shepton Mallet, Melksham, Salisbury, Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Devizes and ( Chippenham evenings only using First buses x31 )

Spotted beside the 267 bay

Spotted beside Bay 10  for the 267 a  notice about the new fares in Bath. Their was mention of the new Bath outer evening ticket which will save you £1.50 for an evening out from the 30th Oct ( new price is £5 adult or £3.20 student) Their is also mention about the new group ticket that allows 5 passengers to travel for £15 ( so long as you all remain travelling together )

Room on the 267 bus after a Bath rugby match

It was standing room only on the 2310 from Bath on the 20/10/16 after a Bath rugby match. I hope that the 267 isn't cut next year or these fans will no longer be able to follow their team.

New evening bus ticket for the Bath Outer Zone

New Bath outer evening ticket. From the 30th Oct you can have a night out in Bath or Bristol for £5 adult or £3.20 student ( after 7pm )