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Jan 2023
£2 cap on Harrogate district bus fares starts today
Bus fares charged by the Harrogate Bus Company and Connexions Buses will be capped at £2 for three months starting from today.
The two companies are among more than 130 transport firms taking part in the government-funded Help for Household scheme.
The scheme, supported by £60m of taxpayer money, will cap single bus fares on more than 4,600 routes.
Ministers hope the initiative will reinvigorate bus services amid fears many routes will be cut when funding runs out.
For buses run by Transdev, the French-owned parent company of the Harrogate Bus Company, it means a 29-mile journey from Ripon to Leeds on the 36 bus will be reduced by 73 per cent from £7.50 to £2, while the cost of a ticket from Harrogate to Bradford on the Flyer A2 will be reduced by 63 per cent from £5.40 to £2.
The maximum single fare for any Transdev one-way bus journey has been cut to just £2 - including the 84-mile journey from Leeds to Whitby.
The £2 single fare is available anytime, anywhere and on any day from bus drivers using cash or contactless payment.
All Transdev single fares which are already lower than £2, and all other day and longer-term tickets will remain at their current prices.
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Transdev chief executive Alex Hornby said:
Buses Minister Richard Holden MP said:
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