Leicestershire Ticketing Schemes

Leicestershire ticketing schemes will support our approach in making Leicestershire Buses easier to use, through ticketing, travel and trial schemes.

The Leicestershire Bus Service Improvement Plan, includes aspirations to deliver successful ticketing schemes for bus passengers across Leicestershire. There is more information about goals and aspirations of Leicestershire Buses on the Leicestershire Enhanced Partnership page. 

 

Current Leicestershire Ticketing Schemes 

Leicestershire Buses supports and promotes national bus fare schemes as well as implementing specific schemes for bus passengers across Leicestershire. 

National £3 Fare Cap

Travel for no more than £3 on some bus routes across Leicestershire! 

Get around for no more than £3.

Adult single fares are capped at £3 on participating bus routes until 31 December 2025. Find the participating bus routes near you on the government website. 

 

Completed Schemes

Details of previous ticketing schemes implemented by Leicestershire Buses are shown below. 

Youth Fares Free Travel (April 2024)

During the Easter half-term (2024), children and young people under 16 were offered free bus travel across Leicestershire. This encouraged young people to think about the benefits of bus travel. It also provided an opportunity to develop independent thinking skills. Schemes like this can help teach young people sustainable and active travel options. 

Summer By Bus (July – August 2024) 

The Summer By Bus campaign aimed to provide families and groups inspiration and information on how to use the bus during the summer holidays. This campaign brought together key tourist attractions and local events to provide people with easily accessible details on how to travel across the county by bus. 

Free Fare Super Saturdays (October – November 2024)

This promotion offered free travel on seven consecutive Saturdays on major operators’ bus routes serving the market towns and also cross-boundary services including into Leicester city centre provided that customers either got on or off the bus in Leicestershire. As well as encouraging bus travel, the campaign was timed ahead of the winter months and holiday season to help people save money, stay connected to others and combat loneliness and isolation.

Festive Timetables: Seasonal Services (December 2024) 

The 12 buses of Christmas! This promotion focused on driving forward festive cheer by keeping Leicestershire connected with exclusive seasonal bus services. The 12 seasonal services were introduced and served key tourist destinations, like Gates Garden Centre, Twycross Zoo and Conkers, and some routes served local events and town centres. The services were completely free to use and allowed people to travel to local festive attractions by bus. 

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Group Walks in March

Sat 01 Mar - Mon 31 Mar

Welcome to our group walks programme for March 2025.   Walks are free to attend but places…

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FoxConnect Drop In Session

Mon 17 Mar

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10:00am - 12:00pm Syston FREE

FoxConnect Drop In Session

Wed 19 Mar

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10:00am - 12:00pm Goadby Marwood FREE

Charnwood Dr Bike & Information Stand

Wed 26 Mar

Bring your bike down to see Dr Bike, who will be doing free basic bike safety…

11:00am - 2:00pm Southfields Park FREE

Group Walks in April

Tue 01 Apr - Wed 30 Apr

Welcome to our group walks programme for April 2025.   Walks are free to attend but places…

12:00am - 11:59pm Free

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