Lancashire's main bus operators are participating in a programme that will offer a maximum fare of just £2 for a single journey between January and March 2023.

The initiative, supported by the Department for Transport, will provide passengers with three months of fares of no more than £2 for a single journey.

It's hoped the scheme will encourage more people to ditch the car and use public transport to get around, easing congestion on the roads and reducing carbon emissions - one fully laden double decker bus can take as many as 100 vehicles off the roads.

All adult, concession, and child single tickets on eligible routes will be capped at £2, with any single tickets that were previously cheaper remaining the same price. School buses are not included in the program.

County Councillor Rupert Swarbrick, cabinet member for highways and transport at Lancashire County Council, said: "This new government initiative will help people at a time where money needs to stretch further and at the same time aims to reduce car use and encourage people onto more sustainable public transport.

"I’d urge people to take advantage of the £2 flat fare promotion which offers a great saving on many of the fares currently in place.

"This initiative will help to support our Bus Service Improvement Plan as we start to deliver on our local priorities with Lancashire bus operators and Blackburn with Darwen council in 2023."

These are the Lancashire bus companies taking part in the scheme, and the service numbers which will be included in the £2 fare cap:

 

  • Arriva North West, services: 1, 10, 3, 31, 31W, 37, 37W, 38, 4, 5, 6, 6E, 7A, 7C, 84, 9, X31, 19, 245, 247, 263
  • Blackburn Bus Company: 1, 2, 4, 6, 6A, 7, 7A, 22, 152, X41
  • Blackpool Transport Services: 1, 2, 2c, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 74, 75
  • Pilkington Bus, services: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 25, 25A, 4B, 5A, B1, B2, B3, B4
  • Coastliner Buses, services: 21, 24, 26, 72
  • Preston Bus Ltd, services: 100, 114, 12, 14, 19, 19A, 23, 25A, 287, 289, 31, 312, 313, 35, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 6, 76, 78, 8, 88
  • Ribble Motor Services Ltd (trading as Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire), services: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 26, 48, 51, 53, 59, 61, 62, 68, 102, 103, 109, 111, 119, 125, 127, 204, 280, 315, 337, 347, 125C, 15A, 1A, 26A, 26B, 2A, 48A, 59C, 61C, 68C, 8A, X1, X2, X30
  • Rosso (Rossendale Transport Ltd), services: 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 153, 464, 481, 483, 743, 808, 844, 864, R3, V1
  • Stagecoach North West, services: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, X6, X7, 61, 62, 63, 63A, 64, 67, 69, 78, 79, 93, 93A, 104, 179, 400, 508, 554, 563, 600, 685, 686, 40, 41, 41A, 42, 42A, 43, 43A, 44, 45, 46, 505, 516, 555, 567, 599, 1A, 2X, 4X, 6A, 7, 10, 11, 18, 33, 49, 51, 55, 100, 755, N1, 2A, 3A, 29, 30, 50, 52, 300, X4, X5
  • The Burnley Bus Company, services: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 852, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, V1, V3, Wizz, X43
  • Travel Assist Services: TA01, TA02, TA03 (TA03A), TA05, TA06, TA07, TA08
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