Guidance: £3 national bus fare cap

A list of bus companies and bus routes included in the £3 bus fare cap scheme.

Guidance: £3 national bus fare cap

Published: 01 January 2025
By Chris Haycock



class=gem-c-govspeak govuk-govspeak govuk-!-margin-bottom-0>

This guidance lists the:

  • bus companies that are taking part in the £3 bus fare cap scheme
  • bus routes that are included in the £3 fare cap
  • bus routes that are not included in the £3 fare cap

The lists include routes tendered or operated by local councils, including those supported by the Rural Mobility Fund.

Local authorities and metro mayors may also fund their own schemes to reduce fares lower than £3.

East Midlands Bus company Routes included in the £3 fare cap Routes not included in the £3 fare cap Arriva Midlands (Derby) 1, 1A, 1C, 2, 20, 22, 24, 26, 2A, 38, 4, 5, 5A, 7, 8, 906, WYN, X38 901, 902, 903, 904, 906 Arriva Midlands (Fox) 104, 11, 11A, 126, 127, 15, 153, 158, 16, 16A, 27, 28, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, 31, 31A, 37, 44, 44A, 47, 48, 49, 5, 50, 51, 56, 56A, 58, 58A, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 73, 73A, 74, 74A, 74B, 74S, 75, 78, 78A, 79, 79A, 7A, 8, 84, 85, 87, X16, X29, X3, X31, X45, X5, X6, X84 625 Arriva Midlands North 5, 511, 512, 521, 524, 53, 5A, 5E, 6, 64, 65, 7, 765, 785, 786, 7A, 7E, 8, 8A, 9, OHS, X10, X10A, X5, X65, X7 894, 895, 99, AV1, BLU, GRN, PNK Brylaine 7, A1, A7, A7X, A8, B16, B1A, B1B, B1C, B1D, B2, B20, B3, B3X, B4, B5, B5A, B5X, B7, B7X, B8, B9, B75, G68, G76, G78, 64, 83, B41, IT1, IT2 N/A Centrebus North 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 40, 44, 47, 55, 56, 58, 83, 100, 154, 162, 367, 747, 833, 1A, 1B, 22A, 22E, 29A, 81A, 83A, 8A, RF2, UHL BB, BC, BF, HOP, S1005, S832, UHL, US, 667, 909 D&G Bus 3, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 48, 49, 70, 82, 85, 88, 89, 93, 94, 100, 101, 108, 130, 188, 312, 316, 317, 318, 319, 385, 12E, 9A, 16A, 19A, 1A, 1C, 32A, 32X, 41, 38E, 48A, 49E, 7A, 84X, 8A, 94A, 94B, 6, 95, K 409, E1, E2, E3, T2, T3, U3, U5, U9, X41 Diamond Bus East Midlands 1, 10, 11, 12, 129, 12E, 17, 18, 19, 19C, 2, 21E, 24, 401, 402, 402A, 403, 6, 70, 70A, 8, 9, 21, 22, 4, 125, 31, 32, X12, NMA 10S, 19A, 20, 213, 801, 802, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 817, 818, 819, 821, 822, 825, 826, 827, 831, 832, FLORETTE, 829 First Bus Leicester 13, 13W, 14A, 15, 16, 18, 22B, 26, 38, 38A, 54, 74, 88, 88A, 88E, 21, 25, 4, 4E, 19 BHX5, BHX3, JETPARKS, LONG, STAY, AIRCOACH, 17, 14 First South Sheffield 8, X2, 11, 314, 315, 376, 316, 18/18A, 20, 24, 41, 341/341A, 350, 51, 353, 354, 355, 356, 56, 357, 358, 359, 364/364A, 365, 366, 371, 372, 373, 73, 75, 76, 81, 381, 82, 382, 384/384A, 387/387A, 95, 97, 98, 115, 116, 120, 139, 140, 141, 142, 305, 208, 216, 272, 1A, 351, 352, 52A, 357A, 64A, 385, 84B, 388, 95A, I4, X1, X4, X5, X3, 207, 1, 25, 83, 86, 271, 8A, 76A, 47, 48, 75A, 763, 80, 95B, 120K A1, A1X, A2, A3, MAN4, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N11, 103, 104, 101, 752A, 429, 466, 481, 481A, 490, 490A, 492H, 492R, 404, 472, 721, 474, 655, 718, 723, 730, 731, 751, 763, 763A, 764, 765, 779, 780, 782, 784, 785, 786, 482, 455, 456, 490H, 492M, 719, 772, 798, 798A, 725, 752, 787, 493, BL1, STF, YB1, YE1, 95S, 601 Grayscroft Coaches 1, 28 N/A High Peak Buses 113, 114, 14, 14A, 185, 186, 190, 199, 389, 390, 393, 394, 440, 441, 442, 58, 60, 60A, 61, 76, 77, TP2, TP3, 62, 130 U1, U3, U4, U5, 30 Marshalls of Sutton on Trent 37, 38, 77, 339 22, 22A, 22B, X22, 23, 40, 55, 731, 365, 609B, 730, 697 Nottingham City Transport 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 60 (was 45), 61 (was 46/47), 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 68, 69, 70, 71, 77, 78, 79, 87, 88, 89 A2 Redline Buses 130, X20, WP1, 110, 120, 814, 131, 132, 133, 134, 151, S4, S1, 643, 18, 18S, 60, 6A, 6, 4, 4A, 12, 300 2, 11, 14 Stagecoach Derbyshire 169, 319, 470, 48A, 583, 583A, 65A, BLUE, RED 1, 140, 141, 142, 142A, 143, 143A, 15, 157, 158, 159, 16, 160, 1A, 25, 39, 43, 43A, 44, 48, 49, 5, 50, 50A, 51, 54, 54A, 56A, 65, 66, 74, 74A, 77, 77A, 90, 90A, 90B, X17 Stagecoach East 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 27, 31, 33, 37, 46, 60, 61, 62, 63, A, B, 6S, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 10, 25, 28, 28A, 41, 51, 53, 53A, 905, MK1, X5, LAX, 8A, 9X, 13, 13A, 13X, 604, 606, 607, PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5 X12, TOUR Stagecoach East Midlands 1, 2, 25, 27, 29, 47, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 106, 107, 398, 47A, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20, 50, 51, 53, 250, 51B, 53A, 5M, 5S, 8S, DRT, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 33, 34, 40, 61, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 110, 111, 173, 180, 255, 256, 277, 350, 528, 677, 7X, 19, 31, 49, 56, 533, 535, 12A, 1E, 2E, 31X, B3, B4, M1, M2, M3, M4, 23, 28, 141, 151, 152, 153, 204, 210, 217, 218, 219, 231, 240, 12B, 15A, 23A, 23B, 27X, 28B, A1, A2, A3, MX90, PRO, 2N, 1N, 3N, 1B, 35, 60, 90, 103, 260, 360, 361, 399, 560, 601, 1A, 57, 59, 2A, B1, X57, 66, 68, 505, 505A, 505B, B2, 22, 42, 43, 77, 209, 19A, 25X, 4A, 77A, SA 61, 105, 354, 367, 573, 595, 597, CRC1, 108, 70, 33S, MC1, MC2, 510, 511, 544, 548, 574, 575, 643, 644, 749, 3C, CT1, RC2, RC3, RC4, RC4A, RC5, 305, 343, 363, 364, 964, 965, 963, 609, 733, 254S, 96, 91A, NG1, 304, 552, 619, 620, 732 Stagecoach Midlands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 45, 48, 50, 55, 58, 94, 276, 601, 2C, 33A, 33B, 33C, CB1, W1, W2, W8, X10, X4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 51, 53, 54, 59, 60, 77, 80, 82, 83, 87, 88, 11A, 12A, 15A, 4A, 4B, 7B, 9A, 9B, 9C, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, X46, X47, X6, X7, X91 N/A Stagecoach Midlands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 19, 27, 28, 31, 50, 51, 58, 62, 63, 64, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 229, 501, 532, 664, 665, 1A, 2A, 3A, 51A, 63A, 67A, 67B, 67C, 75A, 75C, 75S, 76A, 76X, 77A, 77B, 77C, 77D, 77S, AS1, PR, U1, U2, X16, X17, X18, X18A, X19, X20, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 41, 42, 56, 57, 60, 82, 87, 88, 148, 703, 741, 748, 762, 766, 767, 785, 786, 18A, 20A, 48A, 5A, 5B, 7C, 87A, 88A, 8, 46, 86, 96, 169, 961, 46A, 4A, 85A, 8A, A9, D1 TOUR, 731 Stagecoach Oxfordshire 200, 488, 489, 500, B10, B3, B4, B5, B9, S4, X4, 1, 2, 8, 10, 14, 26, 29, 2A, H5, N1, N2, N8, NS5, NS9, S3, S5, S7, S9, S2X, 233, 234, E1, H2, NS1, S1, S2 TUBE TM Travel 9, 9A, 20, 30, 30A, 31, 55, 117, 218, 252, X7, X30, 5, 26, 26A, 32, M17, X74, 42, 70, 70A, 71, 71A, 71S, M44, M45, M55, M76 508, 510, 511, 512, 513, 626, 710 trentbarton (Barton Buses) CALVERTON CONNECTION, COTGRAVE CONNECTION, I4, INDIGO, KEYWORTH CONNECTION, RUSHCLIFFE MAINLINE, RUSHCLIFFE VILLAGER, SKYLINK NOTTINGHAM, SKYLINK EXPRESS, MY15 N/A

Highways England news licensed and reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0



Other Stories

News in brief | Sunday, 30 March 2025

Our daily roundup of traffic and travel news and press releases from official transport sources

Transport & traffic roundup | Saturday, 29 March 2025

Our daily roundup of traffic and travel news and press releases from official transport sources

News in brief | Friday, 28 March 2025

Our daily roundup of traffic and travel news and press releases from official transport sources

Traffic & travel news roundup | Thursday, 27 March 2025

Our daily roundup of traffic and travel news and press releases from official transport sources

Traffic & travel news roundup | Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Our daily roundup of traffic and travel news and press releases from official transport sources

Transport Network News UK | Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Our daily roundup of traffic and travel news and press releases from official transport sources