Nottingham City Transport will change prices to some of its bus tickets at the end of the month.
Easyrider, return and all-day bus fares are set to increase from Sunday March 26 following ‘increased operating costs’ for NCT.
For cash customers, these are the first increases in fares for three years and for Easyrider customers, the first increase in prices for between five and seven years.
NCT bus fare changes
Freezing the £2 Adult single fare in Nottingham and introducing a discounted £1.90 single fare on the NCTX Buses app
Raising the price of the £3.50 all day ticket to £3.70 if bought on the bus, but freezing it at £3.50 if bought through the NCTX Buses app
Short Hop increasing from £1.10 to £1.30
Inner City Return increasing from £2.20 to £2.40
Event Rider increasing from £2 to £2.50
Network Rider decreasing from £7 to £6
Grouprider tickets to £5 from 09:30 every weekday instead of 17:00 (full price will be £10 on weekdays before 09:30)
Easyrider Everyday (consecutive travel days):
1 week: increasing from £15 to £16
1 month: increasing from £52.75 to £55
3 months: increasing from £141.75 to £149
6 months: increasing from £262.50 to £280
1 year: increasing from £420 to £495
Easyrider Anyday (non-consecutive travel days):
5 days: increasing from £15.50 to £17
10 days: increasing from £29 to £33
20 days: increasing from £55.65 to £62
50 days: increasing from £122.50 to £137.50
100 days: increasing from £220.56 to £250
150 days: increasing from £315 to £350
A spokesperson for Nottingham City Transport said: “We appreciate nobody likes to pay more and we have once again held prices for several years and absorbed cost increases during that time.
“Regrettably, we are no longer able to keep absorbing those cost rises and have to pass some of them on to our customers.”
Full details of the fare changes can be found on NCT’s website.
