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Learn more about Bus/Rail combination tickets, including the national PLUSBUS initiative from around £1.50 a day!
PLUSBUS is a bus/rail combination discount price ticket for unlimited bus travel that you buy with your train ticket - so you pay for your complete train and bus journey in one easy transaction. PLUSBUS is available at over 300 railway stations nation-wide, and can be bought as an add-on to the start or finish of your journey (or both).
Billericay, Bishop's Stortford, Braintree, Brentwood, Broxbourne, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Cheshunt, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Dovercourt, Great Yarmouth, Harlow Town, Harwich, Hertford, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Norwich, Rye House, Rayleigh, St Margarets, Sawbridgeworth, Shenfield, Southend Victoria, South Woodham Ferrers, Theobalds Grove, Waltham Cross, Ware, Wickford, Witham.
Ask for PLUSBUS when buying your train ticket, for unlimited bus travel around town on all participating bus operators' services. Your bus travel can be at the start, the finish, or both parts of your train journey. For each town there is one zone that covers the whole urban area. With your PLUSBUS ticket you can travel as much as you like by bus within this zone. PLUSBUS can be added to most types of train ticket:
single
day return
period return (at twice the daily rate, date of return journey needs to be stated)
season tickets are available at Billericay, Bishop's Stortford, Braintree, Brentwood, Broxbourne, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Cheshunt, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Dovercourt, Great Yarmouth, Harlow Town, Harwich, Hertford, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Norwich, Rye House, St Margarets, Sawbridgeworth, Shenfield, South Woodham Ferrers, Theobalds Grove, Waltham Cross, Ware, Wickford, Witham (for set periods, to match your train season ticket: 7-days, 1-month, 3-months, a year).
A PLUSBUS ticket is great value and can save you money. It is also more convenient than buying separate tickets for several journeys. A PLUSBUS ticket costs a set amount, in addition to your train fare.
Prices start from as little as £1.50 a day! Children (aged 5 to 15 years) pay half-fare for a 1-day PLUSBUS ticket.
Station | Day | Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billericay | £2.00 | £9.00 | £34.00 | £99.00 | £376.00 |
Bishop's Stortford | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Braintree | £2.20 | £10.00 | £38.40 | £115.20 | £400.00 |
Brentwood | £2.20 | £10.00 | £38.40 | £115.20 | £400.00 |
Broxbourne | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Bury St Edmunds | £1.30 | £8.00 | £29.00 | £80.00 | £290.00 |
Cambridge | £2.70 | £9.50 | £38.00 | £114.00 | £400.00 |
Chelmsford | £3.50 | £14.00 | £50.00 | £140.00 | £500.00 |
Cheshunt | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Clacton-on-Sea | £3.50 | £13.50 | £51.80 | £155.40 | £540.00 |
Colchester | £2.80 | £14.00 | £50.00 | £140.00 | £500.00 |
Dovercourt | £1.50 | £7.50 | £28.80 | £86.40 | £300.00 |
Great Yarmouth | £2.00 | £10.00 | £36.00 | £100.00 | £360.00 |
Harlow Town | £2.00 | £8.00 | £30.00 | £85.00 | £290.00 |
Harwich Town | £1.50 | £7.50 | £28.80 | £86.40 | £300.00 |
Hertford East | £1.30 | £6.50 | £25.00 | £74.90 | £260.00 |
Ipswich | £2.00 | £14.00 | £50.00 | £140.00 | £500.00 |
Lowestoft | £2.00 | £10.00 | £36.00 | £100.00 | £360.00 |
Norwich | £2.00 | £14.00 | £50.00 | £140.00 | £500.00 |
Rayleigh | £1.50 | ||||
Rye House | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
St Margarets | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Sawbridgeworth | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Shenfield | £2.20 | £10.00 | £38.40 | £115.20 | £400.00 |
Southend Victoria | £2.00 | ||||
South Woodham Ferrers | £1.20 | £6.50 | £24.90 | £74.70 | £260.00 |
Theobalds Grove | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Waltham Cross | £1.70 | £8.50 | £32.70 | £98.00 | £340.00 |
Ware | £1.30 | £6.50 | £25.00 | £74.90 | £260.00 |
Wickford | £1.50 | £7.50 | £29.00 | £84.00 | £310.00 |
Witham | £1.20 | £6.50 | £24.90 | £74.70 | £260.00 |
Prices valid from May 18, 2008 until further notice.
With a National Railcard (Disabled Persons, Friends and Family, Senior or 16-25 (previously Young Persons) you will save one-third off the price of a day, or period return, PLUSBUS ticket. It's ideal for days-out and for breaks to visit your friends and family!
You can buy PLUSBUS at:
station ticket offices
self-service ticket machines at selected stations only (these are sometimes known as TicketXpress or FastTicket machines)
by telephone from our Customer Contact Centre on 0845 600 7245
National Rail appointed travel agents.
To check PLUSBUS ticket prices, participating bus operators and to view zonal maps showing where you can travel in each town, click on the PLUSBUS icon to your left. For details of bus routes and times, visit: www.traveline.info or call 'traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.
