PLUSBUS

Add Unlimited Bus Travel around town to your train ticket.

What is PLUSBUS?

Unlimited Bus Travel
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What is PLUSBUS?

It's a discount price ticket for unlimited local bus travel around town that you buy with your train ticket. Bus travel can be at the start, the finish, or both ends of your train journey. So you pay for your complete train and bus travel in one easy transaction at the station (or by phone). With PLUSBUS you can make as many bus journeys as you like on all participating operators services. PLUSBUS is now available to 235 towns and cities across Britain.

Buy PLUSBUS with most train tickets, including "walk-up" and "advance purchase" fares:

  • singles
  • day returns
  • period returns
    You will buy two PLUSBUS tickets, one for the outward journey and a second for the return trip. You must specify the date of your return journey.
  • season tickets
    Available to 167 selected towns across Britain, for set periods to match your train season ticket: 7-days, 1-month, 3-months and a year.

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PLUSBUS Information

Unlimited Bus Travel
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How does it work?

Ask for PLUSBUS when buying your train ticket at the station (or by phone) and say where you want bus travel - at the start, the finish, or both ends of your train journey. You will be issued with tickets for your train and bus travel. The PLUSBUS ticket will have 'PLUSBUS' printed after the name of your origin or destination station e.g. BEDFORD+BUS. Simply show this ticket to the driver as you get on the bus.

For bus travel at the start of your journey, buy your PLUSBUS ticket in advance from a station (or by˜phone and have it posted to you). We are working towards online sale of PLUSBUS tickets.

With PLUSBUS it's easy to know where you can go. There's just one zone covering the whole urban area. You can travel as much as you like on participating buses within this zone. Zone maps for all PLUSBUS served towns are available on the PLUSBUS website.

PLUSBUS is not available if the origin and destination stations of your train journey are wholly within the same bus travel zone. One station of your train journey MUST be outside the town bus travel zone.

Convenient commuting

With a PLUSBUS season ticket you don't have to drive in peak traffic, hunt around for a parking space or pay high parking fees. It's ideal for your journey to work. Simply hop-on the bus, show your PLUSBUS season ticket to the driver and away you go!

For comparisons between monthly PLUSBUS prices and station car parking fees click here and see how much you can save!

With your PLUSBUS season ticket you can travel as much as you like during the evening and at weekends too! Use PLUSBUS for your journeys to the shops, leisure attractions and to visit your friends!

A PLUSBUS ticket gives you the freedom and flexibility your busy lifestyle demands.

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Prices - What is the fare?

Unlimited Bus Travel
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What is the fare?

PLUSBUS is great value and can save you money. It's also more convenient than buying separate tickets for your train and bus journeys. PLUSBUS costs a set amount each day, in addition to your train fare. The PLUSBUS day ticket price is discounted compared to the price you'd normally pay!

Prices from just £1.50 a day! Most PLUSBUS day tickets cost between £2 and £3. For more details regarding national PlusBus destinations throughout the United Kingdom, please visit the PlusBus Website.

The table below shows the PLUSBUS destinations available on the Northern Rail Network (prices quoted are correct from 7th September 2008).

Destination 1-day 7-day Month
Accrington £2.50 £7.50 £30
Alnmouth for Alnwick £2 - -
Barnsley £3 - -
Barrow-in-Furness £2 - -
Blackburn £1.50 £7.50 £30
Blackpool £3 - -
Bolton £3 - -
Bradford £3 - -
Burnley Central £2.50 £7.50 £30
Carlisle £2.50 £8 £28
Chester £2 £9 £34
Chorley £2 £6.25 £24
Cleethorpes £2.90 - -
Colne & Nelson £2.50 £7.50 £25
Crewe £1.50 £10 £38
Darlington £2 £6.40 £25
Darwen £2.50 £7.50 £30
Dewsbury £3 - -
Doncaster £3 - -
Durham £1.50 £10 £39
Grimsby £2.90 - -
Halifax £3 - -
Harrogate £2 £13 £42
Hartlepool £2.50 - -
Hexham £2 - -
Hough Green & Widnes £2 £10 £38
Huddersfield £3 - -
Hull £2.80 £7 £26
Keighley £3 - -
Knaresborough £2 £13 £42
Lancaster / Morecambe £2.50 £11 £42
Leeds £3 - -
Lincoln £2 £7.50 £28
Liverpool £3   -
Manchester £3 - -
Meadowhall £3 - -
Middlesbrough £3 - -
Nelson & Colne £2.50 £7.50 £25
Newcastle-upon-Tyne £2.30 - -
Oldham £3 - -
Preston £2.50 £10 £38
Prudhoe £1 - -
Rochdale £3 - -
Rotherham £3 - -
Runcorn & Widnes £2 £10 £38
Scarborough £2.70 £8.50 £30
Scunthorpe £2.40 £7 £28.50
Sheffield £3 - -
Stalybridge £3 - -
Stockport £3 - -
Stockton £3 - -
Sunderland £1.90 - -
Thornaby £3 - -
Wakefield £3 - -
Warrington £3 £10 £33
Widnes & Runcorn £2 £10 £38
Wigan £3 - -
York £3 £12 £40

Children (aged 5 to 15 years) pay half-fare for a PLUSBUS day ticket.

For 3-month and annual ticket prices, to view zone maps and a list of participating bus operators in each town, please visit the PLUSBUS website.

Railcard discounts

Save one-third off the adult PLUSBUS price with your Railcard, when buying a single, day, or period return train ticket. Available with a Disabled Persons, Family & Friends, Network, Senior or 16-25 Railcard (subject to usual morning peak restrictions and minimum fares). It's ideal for days-out and weekend breaks to visit your family!

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download Northern Rail PLUSBUS Leaflet PDF

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