Fares for buses:
Transport for London:
Cash is not accepted.
Oyster & contactless card 1 hour bus fare: £1.75
See Transport for London for all other fares and caps.
Non TfL Buses (except West Midlands & Greater Manchester):
All routes, except TfL, RailAir, Essex Commuter, kentish nighter and Greenline 748, 755, 756, 757, 758 south of Brent Cross.
Single: £2/£1.50 L'Card
Return (non-L'Card): £3.50
Heathrow Area Single: £1/free for Airport Employees
Day Cap (0430-0429 next day): £8.50/£7.50 L'Card
Weekly Cap: £35/£30 L'Card
Christmas Day: £2 single, £4 return, £6 24 hour ticket (all services)
All buses are now equipped with TOTO (Tap On, Tap Off), so you will not be charged more than the day or week cap.
For day fares within TfGM areas, please contact Transport for Greater Manchester.
Towner day and week caps apply in the West Midlands
Zonal tickets (all routes except TfL, vroom, RailAir, Essex Commuter, kentish nighter and Greenline 748, 755, 756, 757, 758 south of Brent Cross):
Day and week tickets can be bought on the bus, at an L1/Group Travel Shop or online/via app.
Monthly, Term and Annual tickets can only be purchased at a L1/Group Travel Shop or online. These tickets are stored on L'Card smartcards only.
/littlegem:
Day Ticket (24hr ticket): £7.50 (child and group day tickets are /diamond)
Weekly Ticket: £30/£15 child
Monthly Ticket: £80/£45 child
Term Ticket (Students of schools/colleges/universities in the L1/Group served area only): £150
Annual Ticket: £700/£440 child & student
/biggem:
Day Ticket (24hr ticket): £7 (child and group day tickets are /diamond)
L'Card Day Cap: £6.75
Day Ticket Gosport Ferry Supplement: £1.60/30p child (paper only, can be purchased on bus if using L'Card to travel)
Weekly Ticket (except Hampshire): £28/£14 child
Weekly Ticket (Hampshire): £25/£17 child/£36 group
Weekly Ticket (Eclipse/Catfish): £19.50
L'Card Week Cap (Hampshire): £22/£14 child
Weekly Gosport Ferry Supplement: £10/£4 child
Monthly Ticket: £80/£43 child
Term Ticket (Students of schools/colleges/universities in the L1/Group served area only): £150
Annual Ticket: £700/£440 child & student
/diamond (all L1 routes except TfL, vroom, RailAir 747 & 745, RailAir 746 north of Woking, Essex Commuter and Greenline 748, 755, 756, 757, 758 south of Brent Cross):
Adult Day Ticket (24hr ticket): £8.50
L'Card Day Cap: £7.50
Child Day Ticket: £5.50
Group Day Ticket: £14
Weekly Ticket: £35/£18 child
L'Card Week Cap: £30/£18 child
Monthly Ticket: £94/£54 child
Term Ticket (Students of schools/colleges/universities in the L1/Group served area only): £180
Annual Ticket: £990/£550 child & student
Towner Tickets:
Adult Day Ticket: £4
Child/Student Day Ticket: £3
Group Day Ticket: £8
Weekly Ticket: £18/£15 child
Monthly Ticket: £60/£40 child
Annual Ticket: £570/£330 child & student
Towner Tickets are tickets which are specific to a city, town or an area of towns.
These areas are:
Heathrow & West (including Slough, Windsor, Staines, Beaconsfield, Surrey within M25 not in Leatherhead/Gatwick zones, Maidenhead, 436/437/446 to Woking)
Maidenhead (including Taplow & White Waltham)
Wycombe (including Loudwater, West Wycombe)
Hemel Hempstead
Woking & Guildford (including Farnham, Alton, Knaphill & Horsley)
Bracknell & Ascot
Camberley & Aldershot (including Sunningdale & Bagshot)
Harlow & Epping (including Ware & Sawbridgeworth)
Epping & Ongar
Bishop's Stortford & Stansted Airport (including Sawbridgeworth)
Shenfield & Brentwood (including Upminster & Hornchurch)
Watford & Rickmansworth
St Albans & Hatfield
Leatherhead (including Fetcham & Cobham)
Portsmouth & Waterlooville (including the whole of Portsea Island)
Fareham & Gosport (including Portchester)
Southampton
Bournemouth & Christchurch
Redhill, Reigate & Gatwick (including Horley)
Sevenoaks (including Westerham)
West Midlands (yes, the entire West Midlands County is a Towner Area)
Coventry & Rugby
Midland Classic (Burton, Swadlincote, Uttoxeter)
Lichfield
Preston
Multi-operator tickets, see their main websites for information:
Intalink Explorer:
Intalink Explorers are accepted on most routes that go into the county of Hertfordshire, and certain other routes.
For full fares, see the Intalink website: https://www.intalink.org.uk/explorer
Adult Day Ticket: £7.60
Hertfordshire Saver Card Day Ticket: £6.50
Adult Group Day ticket: £14.50 (up to 4 people)
Adult Week Ticket: £29
Hertfordshire Saver Card Week Ticket: £24.50
Child fares are available, enhanced discounts are also valid using a Hertfordshire young person or senior SaverCard
Four month and carnet tickets are also available, see the Hertfordshire Intalink Explorer site.
Discovery Ticket (Day):
Discovery Tickets are accepted on most routes that go into the counties of West Sussex, East Sussex, Brighton & Hove, East Hampshire, Surrey, Kent & Medway.
See the South Downs Discovery Ticket website: https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/travelling-around/south-downs-discovery-ticket/
Valid on 706 journeys as well, but not accepted by yellow.
Adult: £10
Child: £8
Family: £17.50 (5 people, minimum 1 adult & maximum 2 adults)
Acorn:
Adult Day Ticket: £7
Child Day Ticket: £3.50
Weekly Ticket: £30/£15 child
Woking Travelwide:
Adult Day Ticket: £5.80
Child Day Ticket: £2.90
Weekly Ticket: £25/£12.50 child
Monthly Ticket: £80/£40 child
Hemel Hempstead BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £4.50
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £2.50
Adult Week Ticket: £17
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £12.50
St Albans BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £5 (Inner)/£6.50 (All Zone)
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £3 (Inner)/£4 (All Zone)
Adult Week Ticket: £18 (Inner)/£23 (All Zone)
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £10 (Inner)/£13.50 (All Zone)
Watford BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £5.50
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £3.50
Adult Week Ticket: £20
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £12
Welwyn-Hatfield BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £6
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £4
Adult Week Ticket: £25
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £15
Bournemouth/Poole more Zone A & yellow Bournemouth Towner Zone:
Adult Contactless Cap: £6
SolentGo:
Website: www.solentgo.co.uk
Essex Saver:
See Essex CC website
Oxford SmartZone:
See Oxford Bus Company website, valid on 774 between Thornhill P&R and Oxford Rail Station
Luton & Dunstable Hip-Hop:
Adult Day Ticket: £5.00
Child Day Ticket: £3.50
Weekly Ticket: £17.50/£12.50 child
Family Ticket: £9.50
PlusBus tickets are accepted within their retrospective zones.
Combined Intalink Explorer, Discovery and /diamond day ticket is £18 adult/£14 child
The littlegem (Home Counties) zone is bounded by Kingston, Turnham Green, Garston, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Bracknell, Camberley, Guildford, Leatherhead.
The littlegem (Midlands) zone is bounded by Lichfield, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Solihull, Redditch, Merry Hill, and Wolverhampton
The biggem zone are all places not the littlegem zone, including Essex, Dorset and Hampshire, and overlap includes Bracknell, Camberley, Hemel Hempstead, Derby
diamond tickets are accepted across all bus routes operated by L1/Group, excluding TfL, vroom and other coach services.
L'Card cannot be used for purchase of Intalink Explorer, Discovery or Combined tickets.
Essex-London Commuter Coach tickets:
There is no child fare available on this service. Essex-London Commuter Coach tickets include day/period travel within the Outer Zone.
All period tickets are available on L'Card only.
Single: £15
Day Return: £20
10 Trip Ticket: £140 Bishop's Stortford-London/£90 Sawbridgeworth & Harlow-London
Monthly Ticket: £275 Bishop's Stortford-London/£220 Sawbridgeworth & Harlow-London
Quarterly Ticket: £825 Bishop's Stortford-London/£650 Sawbridgeworth & Harlow-London
Greenline 755/756/757 south of Brent Cross:
Tickets include day/period travel within the Outer Zone.
Journeys from Brent Cross northwards are covered in the Outer Zone. Journeys on 756 between Baker Street and Turnham Green are covered in the Inner Zone. Split ticketing is not allowed.
All period tickets are available on L'Card only.
Adult Single: £10
Child Single: £7.50
Adult Return: £17
Child Return: £12
Group Return: £35
Weekly: £60/£40 child
Monthly: £230
Annual: £2500
Greenline 748/758 south of Brent Cross:
Tickets include day/period travel within the Outer Zone.
Journeys from Brent Cross northwards are covered in the Outer Zone. Split ticketing is not allowed.
All period tickets are available on L'Card only.
Adult Single: £10.50
Child Single: £5.50
Adult Return: £13
Child Return: £8.50
Group Return: £20
Weekly: £50
Monthly: £170
Annual: £1150
RailAir:
Route 746 Guildford RailAir
Adult Single: £9/£5.95 with Railcard
Child Single: £4.50
Adult Period Return: £16.50/£10.70 with Railcard
Child Period Return: £8.50
Group Single: £25
Group Return: £40.50
Route 747 Reading RailAir
Adult Single: £20/£13.20 with Railcard
Child Single: £9
Adult Day Return: £21/£13.90 with Railcard
Child Day Return: £10
Adult Period Return: £28/£21 online/£18.50 with Railcard
Child Period Return: £13.50
Group Single: £40
Group Day Return: £42
Group Period Return: £56
Yes, it is entirely possible to travel from Bournemouth to Preston on the All Zone day ticket.
Payment:
Cash is accepted, change is given. Drivers have a limited amount of change.
Contactless is accepted, with some countywings buses accepting chip & pin too.
L'Card fares are up to 30% cheaper than the ones displayed, but are only accepted on L1/Group operated buses and coaches. Cards can be ordered, or purchased at our travel shops/travel cafes.
Journeys wholly within Heathrow Airport & to Heathrow North Garage are £1.
Employees have discounted travel on all countywings buses, and travel free within Heathrow Airport.
Employees of other airports - see your airport travelcard schemes.
Child fares apply between 4-16 (under 4s travels free), 11+ requires ID.
Students from schools, colleges and universities in the L1/Group served area also have child fares. Identification may be required.
Group tickets are for up to 2 adults and/or 4 children unless stated otherwise (maximum is 2 adults, 4 children).
It is possible to purchase and travel solo on a group ticket, e.g. if you're meeting your friend in town before travelling together.
However, as one ticket is printed, the other person would have to buy a separate ticket if travelling on their own.
Unless stated, all return tickets are valid for 3 months after outbound journey (757), 1 month after outbound journey (746, 747), 26 hours after outbound journey (all other routes).
Cash is not accepted.
Oyster & contactless card 1 hour bus fare: £1.75
See Transport for London for all other fares and caps.
Non TfL Buses (except West Midlands & Greater Manchester):
All routes, except TfL, RailAir, Essex Commuter, kentish nighter and Greenline 748, 755, 756, 757, 758 south of Brent Cross.
Single: £2/£1.50 L'Card
Return (non-L'Card): £3.50
Heathrow Area Single: £1/free for Airport Employees
Day Cap (0430-0429 next day): £8.50/£7.50 L'Card
Weekly Cap: £35/£30 L'Card
Christmas Day: £2 single, £4 return, £6 24 hour ticket (all services)
All buses are now equipped with TOTO (Tap On, Tap Off), so you will not be charged more than the day or week cap.
For day fares within TfGM areas, please contact Transport for Greater Manchester.
Towner day and week caps apply in the West Midlands
Zonal tickets (all routes except TfL, vroom, RailAir, Essex Commuter, kentish nighter and Greenline 748, 755, 756, 757, 758 south of Brent Cross):
Day and week tickets can be bought on the bus, at an L1/Group Travel Shop or online/via app.
Monthly, Term and Annual tickets can only be purchased at a L1/Group Travel Shop or online. These tickets are stored on L'Card smartcards only.
/littlegem:
Day Ticket (24hr ticket): £7.50 (child and group day tickets are /diamond)
Weekly Ticket: £30/£15 child
Monthly Ticket: £80/£45 child
Term Ticket (Students of schools/colleges/universities in the L1/Group served area only): £150
Annual Ticket: £700/£440 child & student
/biggem:
Day Ticket (24hr ticket): £7 (child and group day tickets are /diamond)
L'Card Day Cap: £6.75
Day Ticket Gosport Ferry Supplement: £1.60/30p child (paper only, can be purchased on bus if using L'Card to travel)
Weekly Ticket (except Hampshire): £28/£14 child
Weekly Ticket (Hampshire): £25/£17 child/£36 group
Weekly Ticket (Eclipse/Catfish): £19.50
L'Card Week Cap (Hampshire): £22/£14 child
Weekly Gosport Ferry Supplement: £10/£4 child
Monthly Ticket: £80/£43 child
Term Ticket (Students of schools/colleges/universities in the L1/Group served area only): £150
Annual Ticket: £700/£440 child & student
/diamond (all L1 routes except TfL, vroom, RailAir 747 & 745, RailAir 746 north of Woking, Essex Commuter and Greenline 748, 755, 756, 757, 758 south of Brent Cross):
Adult Day Ticket (24hr ticket): £8.50
L'Card Day Cap: £7.50
Child Day Ticket: £5.50
Group Day Ticket: £14
Weekly Ticket: £35/£18 child
L'Card Week Cap: £30/£18 child
Monthly Ticket: £94/£54 child
Term Ticket (Students of schools/colleges/universities in the L1/Group served area only): £180
Annual Ticket: £990/£550 child & student
Towner Tickets:
Adult Day Ticket: £4
Child/Student Day Ticket: £3
Group Day Ticket: £8
Weekly Ticket: £18/£15 child
Monthly Ticket: £60/£40 child
Annual Ticket: £570/£330 child & student
Towner Tickets are tickets which are specific to a city, town or an area of towns.
These areas are:
Heathrow & West (including Slough, Windsor, Staines, Beaconsfield, Surrey within M25 not in Leatherhead/Gatwick zones, Maidenhead, 436/437/446 to Woking)
Maidenhead (including Taplow & White Waltham)
Wycombe (including Loudwater, West Wycombe)
Hemel Hempstead
Woking & Guildford (including Farnham, Alton, Knaphill & Horsley)
Bracknell & Ascot
Camberley & Aldershot (including Sunningdale & Bagshot)
Harlow & Epping (including Ware & Sawbridgeworth)
Epping & Ongar
Bishop's Stortford & Stansted Airport (including Sawbridgeworth)
Shenfield & Brentwood (including Upminster & Hornchurch)
Watford & Rickmansworth
St Albans & Hatfield
Leatherhead (including Fetcham & Cobham)
Portsmouth & Waterlooville (including the whole of Portsea Island)
Fareham & Gosport (including Portchester)
Southampton
Bournemouth & Christchurch
Redhill, Reigate & Gatwick (including Horley)
Sevenoaks (including Westerham)
West Midlands (yes, the entire West Midlands County is a Towner Area)
Coventry & Rugby
Midland Classic (Burton, Swadlincote, Uttoxeter)
Lichfield
Preston
Multi-operator tickets, see their main websites for information:
Intalink Explorer:
Intalink Explorers are accepted on most routes that go into the county of Hertfordshire, and certain other routes.
For full fares, see the Intalink website: https://www.intalink.org.uk/explorer
Adult Day Ticket: £7.60
Hertfordshire Saver Card Day Ticket: £6.50
Adult Group Day ticket: £14.50 (up to 4 people)
Adult Week Ticket: £29
Hertfordshire Saver Card Week Ticket: £24.50
Child fares are available, enhanced discounts are also valid using a Hertfordshire young person or senior SaverCard
Four month and carnet tickets are also available, see the Hertfordshire Intalink Explorer site.
Discovery Ticket (Day):
Discovery Tickets are accepted on most routes that go into the counties of West Sussex, East Sussex, Brighton & Hove, East Hampshire, Surrey, Kent & Medway.
See the South Downs Discovery Ticket website: https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/travelling-around/south-downs-discovery-ticket/
Valid on 706 journeys as well, but not accepted by yellow.
Adult: £10
Child: £8
Family: £17.50 (5 people, minimum 1 adult & maximum 2 adults)
Acorn:
Adult Day Ticket: £7
Child Day Ticket: £3.50
Weekly Ticket: £30/£15 child
Woking Travelwide:
Adult Day Ticket: £5.80
Child Day Ticket: £2.90
Weekly Ticket: £25/£12.50 child
Monthly Ticket: £80/£40 child
Hemel Hempstead BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £4.50
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £2.50
Adult Week Ticket: £17
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £12.50
St Albans BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £5 (Inner)/£6.50 (All Zone)
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £3 (Inner)/£4 (All Zone)
Adult Week Ticket: £18 (Inner)/£23 (All Zone)
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £10 (Inner)/£13.50 (All Zone)
Watford BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £5.50
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £3.50
Adult Week Ticket: £20
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £12
Welwyn-Hatfield BUSNet:
Adult Day Ticket: £6
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Day Ticket: £4
Adult Week Ticket: £25
Hertfordshire Saver Card/Concessionary Week Ticket: £15
Bournemouth/Poole more Zone A & yellow Bournemouth Towner Zone:
Adult Contactless Cap: £6
SolentGo:
Website: www.solentgo.co.uk
Essex Saver:
See Essex CC website
Oxford SmartZone:
See Oxford Bus Company website, valid on 774 between Thornhill P&R and Oxford Rail Station
Luton & Dunstable Hip-Hop:
Adult Day Ticket: £5.00
Child Day Ticket: £3.50
Weekly Ticket: £17.50/£12.50 child
Family Ticket: £9.50
PlusBus tickets are accepted within their retrospective zones.
Combined Intalink Explorer, Discovery and /diamond day ticket is £18 adult/£14 child
The littlegem (Home Counties) zone is bounded by Kingston, Turnham Green, Garston, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Bracknell, Camberley, Guildford, Leatherhead.
The littlegem (Midlands) zone is bounded by Lichfield, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Solihull, Redditch, Merry Hill, and Wolverhampton
The biggem zone are all places not the littlegem zone, including Essex, Dorset and Hampshire, and overlap includes Bracknell, Camberley, Hemel Hempstead, Derby
diamond tickets are accepted across all bus routes operated by L1/Group, excluding TfL, vroom and other coach services.
L'Card cannot be used for purchase of Intalink Explorer, Discovery or Combined tickets.
Essex-London Commuter Coach tickets:
There is no child fare available on this service. Essex-London Commuter Coach tickets include day/period travel within the Outer Zone.
All period tickets are available on L'Card only.
Single: £15
Day Return: £20
10 Trip Ticket: £140 Bishop's Stortford-London/£90 Sawbridgeworth & Harlow-London
Monthly Ticket: £275 Bishop's Stortford-London/£220 Sawbridgeworth & Harlow-London
Quarterly Ticket: £825 Bishop's Stortford-London/£650 Sawbridgeworth & Harlow-London
Greenline 755/756/757 south of Brent Cross:
Tickets include day/period travel within the Outer Zone.
Journeys from Brent Cross northwards are covered in the Outer Zone. Journeys on 756 between Baker Street and Turnham Green are covered in the Inner Zone. Split ticketing is not allowed.
All period tickets are available on L'Card only.
Adult Single: £10
Child Single: £7.50
Adult Return: £17
Child Return: £12
Group Return: £35
Weekly: £60/£40 child
Monthly: £230
Annual: £2500
Greenline 748/758 south of Brent Cross:
Tickets include day/period travel within the Outer Zone.
Journeys from Brent Cross northwards are covered in the Outer Zone. Split ticketing is not allowed.
All period tickets are available on L'Card only.
Adult Single: £10.50
Child Single: £5.50
Adult Return: £13
Child Return: £8.50
Group Return: £20
Weekly: £50
Monthly: £170
Annual: £1150
RailAir:
Route 746 Guildford RailAir
Adult Single: £9/£5.95 with Railcard
Child Single: £4.50
Adult Period Return: £16.50/£10.70 with Railcard
Child Period Return: £8.50
Group Single: £25
Group Return: £40.50
Route 747 Reading RailAir
Adult Single: £20/£13.20 with Railcard
Child Single: £9
Adult Day Return: £21/£13.90 with Railcard
Child Day Return: £10
Adult Period Return: £28/£21 online/£18.50 with Railcard
Child Period Return: £13.50
Group Single: £40
Group Day Return: £42
Group Period Return: £56
Yes, it is entirely possible to travel from Bournemouth to Preston on the All Zone day ticket.
Payment:
Cash is accepted, change is given. Drivers have a limited amount of change.
Contactless is accepted, with some countywings buses accepting chip & pin too.
L'Card fares are up to 30% cheaper than the ones displayed, but are only accepted on L1/Group operated buses and coaches. Cards can be ordered, or purchased at our travel shops/travel cafes.
Journeys wholly within Heathrow Airport & to Heathrow North Garage are £1.
Employees have discounted travel on all countywings buses, and travel free within Heathrow Airport.
Employees of other airports - see your airport travelcard schemes.
Child fares apply between 4-16 (under 4s travels free), 11+ requires ID.
Students from schools, colleges and universities in the L1/Group served area also have child fares. Identification may be required.
Group tickets are for up to 2 adults and/or 4 children unless stated otherwise (maximum is 2 adults, 4 children).
It is possible to purchase and travel solo on a group ticket, e.g. if you're meeting your friend in town before travelling together.
However, as one ticket is printed, the other person would have to buy a separate ticket if travelling on their own.
Unless stated, all return tickets are valid for 3 months after outbound journey (757), 1 month after outbound journey (746, 747), 26 hours after outbound journey (all other routes).