bakerbus Fares Information

'Regrettably, due to changes to the rising costs of operating bus services and reductions in Government grants and subsidy, many of our bus fares were revised on 1 July 2013. Even so, our fares still offer great value for money, and we offer a number of discounted tickets to help regular travellers to save even more.

bakerbus SAVER Cheshire and Staffordshire      STORED VALUE TRAVELCARD
This is a plastic smartcard, the size of a credit card, which you load with money and then use it to pay for bus journeys. There is 10% discount on Single, Day Returns and All Day Tickets for adults and children, on all bakerbus services.
Obtain a card by first downloading an application form –  please click here for form
Please allow up to ten days for delivery. On the next bus journey the driver should be asked to store up to £50 on the card in any multiples of £5. The card is then placed on the ticket machine reader and the driver asked for the selected journey fare. The 10% discounted fare is then automatically deducted from the card and a receipt issued showing the remaining balance available. The card can be topped up on the bus with extra stored value when necessary.
 
DAY RETURN JOURNEYS
Day Return tickets are available on the majority of our services, please ask your driver for details.
 
CHILDRENS’ and STUDENTS’ FARES
Under fives travel free and from their fifth birthday until their sixteenth birthday, there are special child fares, which are roughly two thirds of the adult fare. On and after their sixteenth birthday, the adult fare is then payable, EXCEPT if they remain in full time education and a college or university identity card is presented to the driver. They are then eligible to continue to pay the child or any special student fare, but NOT available on The X1. 
 
CHILDRENS’ FARES IN STAFFORDSHIRE
In the County of Staffordshire, (but not in Stoke-on-Trent), children and young people up to and including nineteen years of age, pay a maximum single fare of £1.00 for all single journeys commencing in Staffordshire. An identity card is required and this scheme is subject to the terms and conditions of Staffordshire County Council.
 
CONCESSIONARY TRAVEL FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
Senior citizens, in possession of valid local authority passes, may travel free of charge at all times for journeys commencing in the County of Staffordshire (and Stoke-on-Trent*) and after 09.30 for journeys commencing in Cheshire on Mondays to Fridays. Half fare is payable in Cheshire before 09.30 on Mondays to Fridays, and free of charge at all other times.
* In Stoke-on-Trent, from 01 April 2012, free travel will no longer be allowed before 09.30.

A "bus pass" (obtainable from local councils) must be shown to the driver on each occasion.These passes are also now valid for free travel anywhere in England after 09:30, but special local conditions may apply at other times. Please contact the local authority concerned for full details.
 
ALL DAY TICKETS
Available from the driver of any bakerbus service and valid for unlimited travel anywhere in Cheshire and Staffordshire, on the day of issue.

ONE WEEK tickets are also available on Nines and 94/94A and 99/99A/99B/99C for any number of journeys on all these services and valid for seven consecutive days, including the day of issue.  
There will be no refunds or adjustments to ONE WEEK tickets if not used. Even so, these prices represent considerable savings on standard single and return tickets
 
“MULTI BUS OPERATOR” TICKETS
These are valid for travel on all bakerbus and other operators’ buses routes within these areas of operation
       -"Smart" in North Staffordshire – for information click here
 
BUS MILES
Collect Bus Miles by saving your bus tickets and get a Miles Cheaper Deals on Bakers Coaches Awaydays and Holidays !
                                      – for information click here

 
FREE TRAVEL FOR ARMED SERVICES PERSONNEL AND POLICE OFFICERS
We offer free travel at all times to all members of the Armed Services and Police Officers on production of valid ID cards.
 
All tickets and promotions described above are subject to our published terms and conditions.