Versatile day ticket for household bus journey launched

A DAY ticket that enables limitless journey for households travelling collectively on Leicester’s buses can be available for purchase from Saturday (15 October).

Launched in time for the half-term break, the Family Flexi Day Ticket will make getting out and about slightly extra inexpensive for households, with a day’s journey for as much as two adults and three kids costing simply £8 throughout half-term.

Households can use their ticket on any bus operated by Arriva, Centrebus, First, Kinchbus, Stagecoach and Vectare all through the ‘Leicester Flexi’ space, stretching from Syston within the north to Countesthorpe within the south, and from Scraptoft within the east to Ratby within the west.

Tickets may be purchased from the motive force or purchased by means of the bus corporations’ ticketing apps.

The diminished value of £8 will accessible throughout each faculty vacation, with the Household Flexi costing £10 in any respect different instances. The particular £8 charge may also be provided on Diwali Day – 24 October – to permit households to get collectively.

Cllr Adam Clarke, deputy metropolis mayor for transport, clear air and local weather emergency, stated: “We launched a household flexi ticket in the course of the faculty summer time holidays this yr and offered greater than 8,000 tickets over an eight-week interval.

“That was a transparent indication of the demand for low-cost household bus journey so I’m happy that we, the Leicester Bus Partnership, can now supply this value-for-money ticket on a everlasting foundation.

“I hope that households will be capable of get out and about this half-term, hopping on and off Leicester’s buses with out having to fret about shopping for a number of tickets and having fun with a stroll in a park, a visit to a museum or a go to to household or mates on the opposite aspect of the town.”

The Household Flexi ticket is the newest multi-operator ticket to be launched by the Leicester Bus Partnership. Versatile tickets are already accessible for adults, college students and kids, serving to to make bus journey extra simple, and extra inexpensive.

Extra details about the Household Flexi, and different versatile tickets, is offered here