Fares and Passes
Contactless payment is available on all bus services in Wiltshire.
Bus tickets on your phone
Faresaver, First Bus, Salisbury Reds and Stagecoach now allow you to purchase tickets on your mobile phone. Details of how to set this up can be found on their websites:
- Faresaver myTrip
- First Bus mobile ticketing
- Salisbury Reds mobile ticketing
- Stagecoach mobile ticketing
Tickets and fares
You can find ticket prices for the following bus operators by clicking on the links below.
- Faresaver buses click here
- First bus ticket prices click here
- Stagecoach ticket prices click here
- Salisbury Reds click here
Please note that different operators offer a variety of payment methods for tickets. For example, you may have options to buy tickets from the driver, online, or via a mobile app.
If you are planning a day trip using buses from different operators, you may find it cheaper to use a Wiltshire Day Rover ticket. This provides one day’s unlimited travel on nearly all local bus services in Wiltshire.
Flexi-tickets
If you make a regular journey, but don’t travel every day most bus operators offer flexi-tickets.
- Stagecoach offer Flexi5 and FlexiRider tickets with several, area based, options
- Salisbury Reds offer a number of flexible ticket options, depending on your travel patterns
- Faresaver offer 11 Journey tickets
- First Bus offer a variety of Bundle Tickets
Tap on, Tap off
Not sure which ticket to buy? Unsure of your travel plans? Tap on, Tap off might be the answer. Salisbury Reds, Swindon’s Bus Company and First bus now offer Tap on, Tap off using contactless payments. All journeys must be on the same operator’s buses, so if your journey involves more than one operator a Wiltshire Day Rover ticket may be more appropriate.
Season tickets
These can help reduce the costs of daily travel. Please note the cost of a season ticket may vary depending on your method of purchase. For example, prices may vary depending on whether you buy your ticket online, via a mobile app or directly from a bus driver.
- Stagecoach offers the West Megarider Gold, which allows you to travel on their services in the north Wiltshire area.
- Stagecoach also offers the Chippenham Megarider which allows travel on their buses between Calne and Chippenham.
- The TravelPassPlus gives unlimited travel on all Swindon’s bus company and Stagecoach buses within Swindon and to and from Royal Wootton Bassett, Purton and Cricklade for £18.00 a week, which works out at around £3.60 a day if you were to use it five days a week.
- Faresaver offers weekly tickets on their network.
- First Bus offer either weekly, monthly and annual tickets for the West of England Zone which covers a number of towns in west Wiltshire.
- In the south of the county, Salisbury Reds offer weekly and monthly tickets for either the Salisbury saver zone or the wider network.
Park & Ride
Please see our Park & Ride page for more information.
Bus and rail tickets
Plusbus tickets are available for Chippenham and Salisbury (they are valid on most bus services within the town) and many towns and cities outside of Wiltshire such as Bath and Bristol. The Plusbus website shows the zones covered and participating operators. You can buy these as part of your rail ticket from the ticket office or through Great Western Railway or South Western Railway.
Concessions
Disabled and eligible older people are entitled to a concessionary bus pass that allows free travel on buses.
Student discounts
Some travel to school is offered free or at a discount by Wiltshire Council. There are also a number of travel discounts available to students and young people. Click on these links for further information:
- First Bus – young persons and student tickets
- Salisbury Reds – child tickets available up to 19 years old
- Faresaver – students can travel at child rate with valid ID. Annual passes available on some routes.
Did you know?
5% of CO2 is produced by bus compared to 60% from passenger car trips of the UK road transport sector.
