Stagecoach is increasing some of its fares from Sunday, 11th June.
Single and return fares are not changing and the government's fare cap of £2 per single journey will remain in place until the end of October, when it will rise to £2.50
The company is, however, raising the prices of its day, 7-day and 28-day tickets, with increases being around 10%.
Day Riders
The Bay Area Day Rider increases from £5 to £5.50, with the child and young person ticket rising from £3.10 to £3.50.
The Lancashire Day Rider, which covers Stagecoach services as far south as Southport, Liverpool, Wigan and Bolton and east to Blackburn goes from £8.50 to £9.20 with the young person version rising from £4.90 to £5.30
The North West Explorer ticket, which covers all the above plus services in Westmorland, Furness and Cumberland and extends to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Dumfries actually falls in price from £12.50 to £12 and the child/young person price falls from £9.50 to £9
Flexi-versions of these tickets, which work out at 5 tickets for the price of 4 or 10 tickets for the price of 7 are available on the Stagecoach app.
Mega Riders
The seven-day Mega Rider for the Bay Area is increased from £18 to £20.
THe Child/Young Person version rises from £16 to £18.
The 28-Day Mega Rider for the Bay Area will be priced at £70,up from £66 with a young person version at £60, up from £59
Full details of the new prices are available on Stagecoach's website.
Fares were increased twice in 2022, in March and November, although not every fare was increased on both occasions. The Day Rider has been held at £5 since at least April 2015
As well as the £2 cap on single fares, for journeys entirely within the Lancashire County Council area there is a separate cap of £1 on journeys starting after 19:00hrs, whilst Day Riders and Lancashire Day Riders bought and used on a Saturday can be used again on Sunday thanks to an initiative under the Lancashire Bus Service Improvement Plan.
