Guidance: £2 bus fare cap

£2 bus fare cap extended until December 2024

On 4 October the Prime Minister announced that the £2 bus fare cap will be extended to 31 December 2024.

This guidance lists the:

• bus companies that are taking part in the £2 bus fare cap scheme
• bus routes that are included in the £2 fare cap
• bus routes that are not included in the £2 fare cap

The £2 bus fare cap will run until 31 December 2024.

East Midlands Bus company Routes included in the £2 fare cap Routes not included in the £2 fare cap Arriva Midlands Ltd (Derby) 1, 1A, 1C, 2, 20, 22, 24, 26, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2E, 38, 4, 5, 5A, 7, 8, 8A, WYN, X38 901, 902, 903, 904 Arriva Midlands Ltd 1 Fox 1, 158, 2, 6, 6A, 6B, 7, 73, 74, 74A, 74B, 74S, 75, 78, 78A, 79, 79A, 79C, 8, X6, X84, X84, 104, 11, 11A, 126, 127, 14, 15, 152, 153, 16, 16A, 26, 26A, 27, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, 31, 31E, 44, 44A, 47, 47A, 48, 48A, 49, 5, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 58, 58A, 5A, 6, 6A, 84, 85, 86, 87, X16, X29, X3, X31, X45, X5 N/A Arriva Midlands North Ltd 405, 53, X5, 1, 11, 12, 17, 17A, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, 3A, 436, 511, 519, 524, 544, 546, 64, 9, BLU, GRN, PNK, 110, 2, 3, 4, 5, 65, 7, 765, 785, 786, 7A, 7E, 8, X65, 1, 101, 11, 113, 114, 115, 116, 11A, 13, 14, 14, 14A, 15, 16, 18, 19, 2, 297, 3, 4, 4A, 5, 5A, 5E, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, IPR, X7 AV1, 894, 895 trentbarton (Barton Buses) Calverton Connection, Cotgrave Connection, i4, Indigo, Keyworth Connection, Rushcliffe Mainline, Rushcliffe Villager, Skylink Nottingham, Skylink Express, MY15 N/A Brylaine A1, A7, A7X, A8, B16, B1A, B1B, B1C, B1D, B19, B2, B20, B3, B3X, B4, B5, B5X, B7, B8, B8X, B9, B75, B41, G68, G76, G78, 64, 83, S125S N/A CT4N Ltd 29, L14, X2, L2, W1, L75, L73, L74, 13, L5, L4, Medilink, 18, 19, 300 601, 606, Eventlink, 9, SB1 Diamond Bus East Midlands 1, 10, 11, 12, 129, 12E, 17, 18, 19, 19C, 2, 213, 21E, 24, 401, 402, 402A, 403, 406, 6, 70, 73, 8, 801, 802, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 817, 818, 819, 821, 822, 825, 826, 827, 9, 21, 22, 4, 9, 9A, 125, 31, 32, 829, V3 9, 322, Florette, X11 First Leicester 13, 13W, 14, 14A, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22B, 26, 38, 38A, 54, 74, 88, 88A, 88E, 21, 25, 4 BHX5, BHX3, JetParks, Long Stay trentbarton (Kinchbus) 11, 12, 2, 5, 9, Skylink, Sprint N/A Marshalls of Sutton on Trent 37, 37A, 77, 91, 91A, 339, 856, 857 22, 22A, 22B, X22, 23, 365, 40, 55, 609B, 731, X37 Nottingham City Transport 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 68, 70, 77, 78, 79, 87, 88, 89 N/A Notts & Derby 27, 59A, 59, 71, 72, 138, Royal Derby 2, 15, 111, 137, 222, 234, 238, 239, 240, 244, 255, 261, 301, 302, 403, 433, U1, U1X, U2B, U2B Stagecoach East Midlands 95, 97, 98, 99, 101, 106, 107, 291, 398, 100, 100, 98, 1, 2, 27, 29, 47, 47A, 51, 250, 250, 455, 51B, 53A, 53A, 53B, 53B, 53, 53, DRT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5M, 5S, 6, 7, 8, 8S, 9, 10, 12, 17, 20, 25, 50, 355, 250, 250, 255, 6, 1, 1C, 2, 3, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 33, 13, 14, 15, 16, 173, 180, 20, 277, 40, 41, 677, 79, 88, 99, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, 162, 533, 535, 12A, 16, 1G, 31X, 51, 56, 56, B3, B4, M1, M2, M2, 1N, 1B, 2N, 3N, M3, X6, DRT1, DRT2, 1, 11, 12, 12B, 14, 141, 15, 151, 152, 153, 15A, 16, 16A, 204, 210, 217, 218, 219, 23, 231, 23A, 23B, 240, 27, 27X, 28, 28B, 29, 53, 53A, 6, 7, Pronto, 101, 260, 350, 355, 399, 560, 601, 100, 103, 103, 1, 1A, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 35, 60, 90, 18, 59, 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 50, 505, 56, 57, 66, B1, B2, M3, M3, M3, X57, SA, SA, SA, 19, 19A, 209, 21, 22, 25, 4, 42, 43, 5, 6, 619, 7, 77, 77A 61, 105, 354, 367, 554, 555, 570, 573, 597, 595B, 595G, C3, 951, 108, 17S, 70, 7DR, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, AM1, AM2, 510, 511, 543, 544, 548, 555, 558, 574, 575, 642, 643, 644, 749, 3C, CT1, E, 609, 522, 305, 343, 363, 364, 965, A1, A2, A3, 254, 91A, 96, NG1, 552, 698, 620, X90, X90 TM Travel 8, 8A, 9A, 9, 20, 21, 30, 30A, 31, 41, 55, 81, 117, 142, 150, 218, 252, X7, X30, X54, 5, 26, 26A, 32, 76A, M17, X74 508, 510, 511, 512, 513, 583, 626, 710 Trent Motor Traction Rainbow 1, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, H1, Ilkeston Flyer, Two, Sixes, Comet, Harlequin, Swift, Allestree, Mickleover, V1, V3, X38, Threes, Nines, 90, Connect red arrow Village Hopper VH1, VH1 N/A East of England Bus company Routes included in the £2 fare cap Routes not included in the £2 fare cap Arriva Kent Thameside 1, 133, 2, 8, PR, 1, 10, 2, 3, 308, 309, 311, 4, 508, 509, 510, 59, 6, 724, 8, 10, 2, 20, 3, 302, 304, 335, 336, 4, 500, 508, 9, 414, 414A, 414B, 423, 433, 477, 480, 481, 483, 489, 490, A, AZ, B, 1, 2, 29, 4A, 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 101, 301, 55, 97, 97A, 98, 98A, SB1, SB10, SB11, SB2, SB3, SB4, SB40, SB5, SB50, SB6, SB7, SB8, SB9, 242, 251, 308, 310, 324, 331, 378, 379, 380, 395, 401, 403, 404, 405, 6, 66, C1, M2, M3, M4, M5 821, 824, 497, 856 Arriva The Shires Ltd 150, 250, 280, 300, 500, 9, 9A, 9C, X30, X8, 30, 31, 31, 31A, 32, 32A, 33, 33A, 35, 36, 36B, 36S, 37, 37A, 48, 800, 80X, 850, APS, 1, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 28B, 29, 31, 32, 321, 4, 800, A, F70, F77, Z, 1, 2, 2A, 3, 310, 33, 33A, 3A, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 8E, 8S, 9, 9A, M5, M6, X33, X60 755, 757, 801, 802, 810, 812, 817, 823, 828, 829, 835, 838 Bishop’s Stortford Community Transport CIO STSH N/A BorderBus Ltd 146, 580, 521, 522, 524, BTS SJL1, SJL2, SJL3, SJL4, SJL5, SJL6, SJL7, SJL9 Central Connect 9, 301, 305, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 333, 351, 384, 386, 410, 418B, 420, 420A, 542, 59, 66A, H1, H2, H3, H4 306, 383