Fare Reductions
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£1, £2, and £3 single fares across East Sussex. Check our fares page and operator apps and websites for more information.
New single fare reductions for 2025
The East Sussex Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) has used its Department for Transport (DfT) funding to work with operators on major fare reductions. Alongside the national £3 fare cap, we are introducing lower single fares through the county from 1 January 2025.
This means you will pay less than £3 for a number of journeys, and some journeys will be cheaper than they were in 2024.
Pre-cap fares between £2-£3 will be capped at £2, and those that were between £1-£2 will be reduced to £1. Children's fares start from just 50p.
For details of your journey's fare, check the information on the bus operators' website, app (Brighton & Hove Buses, Stagecoach and Metrobus) or speak to your driver.
Under 19's fare reductions
Our BSIP children's offers still apply:
- UNACCOMPANIED - £1 single fare for under 19s during off-peak hours; after 6pm on school days and anytime on weekends, bank holidays and school holidays.
- ACCOMPANIED - Up to four under 19s travel for 50p each with one adult fare paying or concessionary pass passenger. Adult fare payers must accompany children for the whole of the journey.
- Freedom Weekly Ticket: continues to be £15 for the Freedom Weekly ticket for under 19s (that's £3 per day if you travel five days a week and £2.14 per day if you travel every day).
- Gives the bus pass holder unlimited travel (on as many bus services as you like with as many operators as you like) on every bus in East Sussex for seven days in a row at all times and days of the year. Freedom Ticket price is valid until the end of July 2025.
Multi-operator day tickets
East Sussex multi-operator Day Rider ticket will increase to £6.10 on 1 January (£5.50 until 31 December 2024).
Multi-operator day tickets are accepted on: Stagecoach, Brighton & Hove Buses, Metrobus, Compass, Cuckmere, Big Lemon and Wealden Community Transport services in East Sussex.
Tickets can be purchased directly from the bus operators. Use the operators' app (Brighton & Hove Buses, Stagecoach and Metrobus) or buy a paper ticket where this is an option.
Age related discounts available on the BSIP multi-operator day ticket from 1st January 2025:
- Under 19s will pay £3.75 (39% discount) for the multi-operator day ticket
- 19 to 29 pay £4.75 (1/3 off) for the multi-operator day ticket
Please use the East Sussex Age Verification app to verify your age to access these age related fare discounts. Please show identification to the driver if buying a ticket on board the bus.
- Proof of age must be shown to the driver if requested.
- To benefit from these special fares, all trips must either start or end in the East Sussex County Council Area, with the first trip of the day starting in East Sussex regardless of operator.
- Individual journeys that are wholly within the Kent County Council area are not valid on these tickets.
- Individual journeys that are wholly within the Brighton & Hove City Council or West Sussex County Council area are not valid on these tickets.
- BSIP fares do not apply to special services such as sightseeing/tourist buses.
All BSIP fare reductions will run to 31 March 2025.
Please see below for information on non-BSIP fares. These prices are set by the operators.
Non-BSIP fares
Stagecoach services
Flexi5 and Flexi10 are also available on the Stagecoach app where you can buy the East Sussex DayRider and other Stagecoach fares. Please note 'Flexi' tickets can only be used on Stagecoach services - they are not multi-operator tickets. Hastings Day Rider is £6.
More details are available on Stagecoach’s website.
Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus Services
More details are available on the Brighton & Hove Buses website. Please use their app for East Sussex DayRider purchases - you cannot buy an East Sussex day rider on a bus within Brighton & Hove.
Compass Travel bus services in East Sussex
Please buy your tickets from the bus driver (contactless payment is accepted).
More details are available on the Compass Travel website.
Cuckmere Community Buses
More details are available on the Cuckmere Buses website.
North Wealden Community Transport (Wealdlink)
More details are available on the Wealdlink website.
Visit the bus public transport pages regularly for more updates. These initiatives are part of the East Sussex Bus Service Improvement Plan.
Many operators are taking part in the £3 flat fare initiative which is funded directly by HM Government. For a list of bus service operators in East Sussex visit Bus Operating Companies in East Sussex.