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Train and bus tickets and London Travelcards

We are committed to giving you a choice of convenient and value-for-money tickets for your journeys that you make with us. This includes offering you a range of tickets with bus travel or travel on the London Underground included in the tickets.

The types of train and bus tickets that are available are shown below. Clicking on the ticket type will take you to the relevant section on this page:

• PlusBus 
• Combined Train&Bus through tickets
• FirstBus&RailCards 
• Freedom Travelpass
• Ride Cornwall
• London one day Travelcards
• Looe Valley Explorer

PlusBus                                                                      
Add unlimited bus travel around town to your train ticket from just £1.60 a day. 
                                                          
What is PlusBus?
It’s a discount price ticket for unlimited bus travel around town (like a “bus pass”) that you buy with your train ticket. Bus travel can be at the start, the finish, or both ends of your train journey. So you pay for your complete train and bus journey in one easy transaction at the station (or by ‘phone). It’s a great-value way to make your entire journey by public transport and reduce your carbon foot-print!   PLUSBUS is available to 240 towns and cities across Britain, including: Bristol, Oxford, Reading, Cheltenham, Exeter, Plymouth and many more

How does it work?
For each town there is one zone that covers the whole urban area (your train journey must start or finish outside of this bus travel zone). With your PLUSBUS ticket you can travel as much as you like on all participating bus services anywhere within the zone.

Easy to buy
Ask for PLUSBUS when buying your train ticket. You can buy a PLUSBUS ticket at: all staffed rail station ticket offices, self-service ticket machines (at selected stations), by ‘phone through First Great Western telesales - 08457 000 125.  

PLUSBUS can be purchased with all “walk-up” and “advance” ticket types: single, day return, period return (you will need to specify the date of your return journey), season tickets (for set periods, to match the most popular rail season tickets sold: 7-days, 1-month, 3-months, a year).  

PLUSBUS can save you money and is more convenient than buying separate tickets. What’s more you can pay with cash, credit or debit card.

More Information
To find out the PlusBus ticket prices for stations in the Great Western region, you can download the PDF First Great Western PlusBus.

To check PlusBus ticket prices and to view zone maps showing where you can travel in each town, visit: www.plusbus.info.  

For bus times and route information visit: www.traveline.org or www.transportdirect.info or call 0871 200 22 33 Traveline.

Students and Seniors save more! 
If you have a 16 to 25 or Senior Railcard, you can benefit from one-third off the price of your unlimited bus travel. 

Combined Train&Bus through tickets

There are currently 102 destinations available with a combined Train&Bus ticket across our network. You can buy a ticket all the way to your final destination, including your train travel and travel on a RailLink bus service. 

These tickets offer various different journey opportunities including:  

• A single, or return journey on a bus route from a rail station to a specific destination. 
• Unlimited travel on a bus route from a rail station to points along that route.
• Unlimited travel on all bus routes in a specified town.

For further information please contact our Customer Services Team or ask at staffed stations.

FirstBus&RailCards

Get unlimited travel on all First Great Western train services and all First bus services in specific areas.  FirstBus&RailCards are available for 1 day and 7 days for the areas set out below. There are no time restrictions on these tickets. 

FirstBus&RailCard’s are currently available in the following areas:  

Maidenhead, Slough and Windsor:       
Valid on all First Great Western trains and First Buses serving the Maidenhead, Slough and Windsor area. 

The price of the FirstBus&Railcards for the Maidenhead, Slough and Windsor area are as follows:

• 1 day is £6.00
• 7 days is £24.00

South Wales:                                       
Valid on all First Great Western trains and First Buses serving stations in South Wales between Newport and Carmarthen.  

The price of the FirstBus&Railcards for the South Wales area are as follows:

• 1 day is £10.00
• 7 days is £43.00
• Family ticket (one day) £20.00 (available from late June 2009)

FirstBus&RailCards can NOT be used on the following other train operators services: Arriva Trains Wales; London Midland; South West Trains; Cross Country, or non-First operated bus services. 

Freedom Travelpass

The Freedom Travelpass gives you unlimited travel on all train and most bus services in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. It is available in daily (peak and off-peak), weekly and monthly variants.

The ticket is available for three zones; A, A & B or A, B & C (see matrix below). You can buy tickets from station booking offices, bus ticket offices, train managers/conductors and bus drivers.

Peak Travelcard (any time, any day)	1-day	7-day	month
Zone A:Bristol City	£8.00	£36.00	£138.00
Zone AB:Bristol City & Bath	£10.20	£45.90	£176.00
Zone ABC: Bristol City, Bath, Weston	£12.30	£55.30	£212.00

Off Peak Travelcard (After 09.00 Mon-Fri, any time, any day)	1 day
Zone A: Bristol City	£7.50
ZoneAB: Bristol City & Bath	£9.60
Zone ABC: Bristol City, Bath, Weston	£11.20

Download this map in Pdf format


The Freedom Travelpass is valid on the following operator’s services:    

Rail

• First Great Western
• CrossCountry Trains
• South West Trains

Bus  

• Abus
• ACL Travel
• Faresaver*
• First Bristol*
• First Somerset & Avon*
• Mike's Travel
• Ryans Coaches
• Shaftesbury & District
• Somerbus
• South Gloucestershire Council (& supported services)
• Wessex Connect*  

*Freedom Travelpass tickets can only be issued by these bus operators.

Off peak tickets are valid on all services after 0900 during weekdays. A Photocard is required for the monthly Freedom Travelpass, visit your local staffed station for more details.

The Freedom Travelpass is not valid on the Bristol Airport Flyer Coach service.

RideCornwall

‘RideCornwall’ is a one-day Rover retailed by railway booking offices, train managers/conductors and bus drivers. The ‘RideCornwall’ product gives the holder one day’s unlimited travel on all rail and most bus services within Cornwall and between Cornwall and Plymouth, after 09:00 Monday – Friday and at any time on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

‘Ride Cornwall’ is valid on the following operators' services:

Rail

• First Great Western
• Cross Country Trains

Bus (only within Cornwall or to/from the City of Plymouth on routes from/to Cornwall)

• First Devon & Cornwall
• Western Greyhound
• Truronian

Prices
‘RideCornwall’ is available for one day:

• Adult - £10.00
• Child - £7.50
• Family (up to 2 adults and 3 children) - £20.00

Restrictions

• ‘RideCornwall’ is not valid for use on any rail or bus service before 09:00 Monday – Friday
• ‘RideCornwall’ may be used at any time on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays
• ‘RideCornwall’ is valid for use on all rail services in Cornwall and also between Cornwall and Plymouth and on the Gunnislake ‘Tamar Valley’ branch line.
• ‘RideCornwall’ is valid for use on the bus operators listed for all journeys within Cornwall and also for journeys between Cornwall and Plymouth.
• ‘RideCornwall’ is not valid for local bus journeys within the City of Plymouth or on the services of bus operators not listed, including Plymouth CityBus.

London One Day Travelcards

For one days unlimited travel on all Transport for London Buses, Underground, Dockalnds Light Railway, Tramlinks and National Rail services in London, ask for a One Day Tavelcard when buying your train ticket. There are both peak and off-peak versions available to suit your needs.

For more information about London Travelcards visit the Transport for London website.

Looe Valley Explorer

Enjoy unlimited travel after 0930 Monday to Friday and all day on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays between Liskeard and Looe.

The Looe Valley Explorer is valid on First Great Western train services on the Looe Valley branch line (between Liskeard and Looe) and also on Western Greyhound bus route 573 between Liskeard, Looe and Hannafore Point.

Buy your Looe Valley Explorer ticket from Liskeard train station ticket office, from the conductor on the train or from the Western Greyhound bus driver. Prices are £3.50  for an adult and £1.75 for a child.

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