Bus fares going up again from April

[taxman 12]

Anyone who buys a CityBus Day or a CityWide Day will see a 30 pence increase to £4.30 and £4.60 respectively. The weekly CityBus 7 Day ticket will go up by £1 to £15 and the CityWide 7 Day ticket will also rise by £1 to £16. Monthly tickets will also see a sharp rise. A CityBus 28 Day ticket is going up by £7 to £56. The CityWide 28 Day ticket will now cost £60 - up from £53.

 

The changes are set to come into play on the morning of Sunday, April 2.

[Isabelle 10]

Anyone who buys a CityBus Day or a CityWide Day will see a 30 pence increase to £4.30 and £4.60 respectively. The weekly CityBus 7 Day ticket will go up by £1 to £15 and the CityWide 7 Day ticket will also rise by £1 to £16. Monthly tickets will also see a sharp rise. A CityBus 28 Day ticket is going up by £7 to £56. The CityWide 28 Day ticket will now cost £60 - up from £53.

 

The changes are set to come into play on the morning of Sunday, April 2.

 

If I buy tickets in advance, can I still get them at the current prices? I'm due to top my card up with another CityWide 28 day ticket, I might raid my savings and get two concurrent ones if I can save £7?

£60 is a lot for 4 weeks' travel, unfortunately car insurance is too expensive at the moment for driving to be an option though

[Geo-atkinson 10]

Ive had a great idea. Why don't we run bus services for the benefit of the passengers? No I know, it's too advanced. The modern capitalist world isn't ready for that yet...

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Ive had a great idea. Why don't we run bus services for the benefit of the passengers? No I know, it's too advanced. The modern capitalist world isn't ready for that yet...

Will passengers fund your new bus services, then? If not they, who?

[Annie Bynnol 612]

Will passengers fund your new bus services, then? If not they, who?

 

The same people who subsidise Transport for London.

TfL provide sometimes free, always subsidised and discounted travel to residents of London on the railway (overground and underground), river and buses at a loss of £700 million pounds per year just for running the services.

Add to that the £11 billion of infrastructure costs sucked in for new roads, buses, trains and railways.

 

Who pays? Every single person in the UK.

Why?

[Padders 2,865]

Will passengers fund your new bus services, then? If not they, who?

 

cast your mind back pre 1986. Sheffield had a good cheap bus service.

[Geo-atkinson 10]

We need to see the bigger picture. Most journeys taken are short, lots are one off. so why does it cost over £1 to go just one stop on a bus? If the government, and lm talking about all governments since the eighties, were really serious about taking cars off the road, reducing polliution and wear and tear on the infastructure then short journeys on buses should be 10 or 20p, this would dramatically reduce the short journeys made by car, encorouge people to go out to the local pub or shops for example, help the local economy and the environment. It's carrots thats needed not sticks....

[Andy C 86]

cast your mind back pre 1986. Sheffield had a good cheap bus service.

 

Funded by the tax payer. Fancy a hike in council tax to subsidise bus fares?

 

A Citywide pass offering unlimited travel on any bus or tram in Sheffield even at the new price of £16 a week is still cheaper than the cost of a First bus pass 7 years ago. Public transport in Sheffield is comparatively cheap.

Edited March 8, 2017 by Andy C

[Chez2 10]

We need to see the bigger picture. Most journeys taken are short, lots are one off. so why does it cost over £1 to go just one stop on a bus? If the government, and lm talking about all governments since the eighties, were really serious about taking cars off the road, reducing polliution and wear and tear on the infastructure then short journeys on buses should be 10 or 20p, this would dramatically reduce the short journeys made by car, encorouge people to go out to the local pub or shops for example, help the local economy and the environment. It's carrots thats needed not sticks....

 

People going one or two stops may take up the space that prevents people taking longer journeys on that same bus, hence the current prices. Its the same where we go abroad on holiday. Lots of people go from their accommodation just beyond the edge of the town into town on an evening. These few stops cost about £1. You can go right through the next two towns for £1.50 but the bus is often almost empty so would carry on for most of its route without earning much revenue at certain times of the day. A bus has to earn enough revenue to be profitable unless its subsidised in some way.

[AmberLeaf 10]

And yet there's a fall in the number of passengers!

http://www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/staggering-fall-in-bus-passengers-in-south-yorkshire-prompts-call-for-tighter-controls-1-8426346

[Daid 10]

People going one or two stops may take up the space that prevents people taking longer journeys on that same bus, hence the current prices. Its the same where we go abroad on holiday. Lots of people go from their accommodation just beyond the edge of the town into town on an evening. These few stops cost about £1. You can go right through the next two towns for £1.50 but the bus is often almost empty so would carry on for most of its route without earning much revenue at certain times of the day. A bus has to earn enough revenue to be profitable unless its subsidised in some way.

 

Those buses would be running for that purpose though surely. Peak tourist season, it's virtually guaranteed revenue so the few stops it makes without passengers has already been paid for so why is it not possible if they know that certain routes will always be full can our own services not operate at a lower fare?

[Geo-atkinson 10]

It's not about profit. P&L is too small minded. It's about overall costs in environment and infastructure. If you attain monetary value to environment and infastructure damage and bill each person individually accordingly then you and l wouldny be able to take our cars anywhere. Someone who drives two or so miles frequently would pay so much in tax they wouldn't be able to afford a car this is how the fare structure works, Small journeys are essentially taxed to the hilt. In answer to the question of people not being able to travel long distances because the buses would be full then you would have more buses on the buisiest part of the route surely. Would the buses make a loss? Probably. But the cost saving on infastructure over 30 years or so would offset the loss because infastructure costs billions. A mile of new road not being built would subsidise a bus service for years..