New Year 2020 Fare Rises

New Year 2020 Fare Rises: Unfortunately one of the few certainties, of each New Year, that is likely to bring your Christmas spirit to an end is the New Year price rises to bus and train travel.

Regarding rail, fare are rising on average by 2.7%, which roughly means an increase of between 10-20p on single-return trips to Manchester, but the price may be different depending on the time of travel etc.

Bus Fares

While individual bus fares (on Gamesley) are not expected to rise again at this point, unfortunately, there is a range of increases to the system one / get me there, range of tickets as detailed below :

Price Changes from 5th January 2020

System One / Get me there – Our prices are changing from 5th January 2020

Details of the price increase are shown below:

One Day Tickets

Bus only – current £5.80 – new £6.00

Bus & Tram off-peak – current £7.30 – new £7.50

Bus & Tram all day – current £8.80 – new £9.00

Bus & Train off-peak – current £7.50 – new £7.70

Tram & Train off-peak – current £9.00 – new £9.30

Bus, Tram & Train off-peak – current £9.70 – new £10.00

7 Day Tickets

Bus only – current £19.00 – new £19.50

Bus & Tram – current £38.00 – new £39.00

County Card (bus & train) – current £40.00 – new £41.00

Student – current £14.00 – new £14.00

You can see the prices for monthly and various other combinations by clicking here.

Stagecoach

If you use Stagecoach services, they are also changing prices from the 5th January. They advise that most single journey fares will remain the same, but there are changes today and weekly tickets.

Day Tickets

Adult Dayrider – current £4.80 – new £5.00

Group Dayrider – current £10.00 – new £10.50

Plus One Dayrider – current £6.50 – new £6.80

7 Day plus

7 Day Megarider – current £16.00 – new £16.50

28 Day Megarider – current £60.00 – new £62.00

You can get more details on the Stagecoach Manchester website by clicking here.