Passengers are being encouraged to Get Around for £2 by bus from January to March next year, with bus operators launching a campaign to promote the Government fare cap scheme.
The scheme will help families, commuters and other passengers save money this winter, backed by £60 million of Government investment to cap single tickets at £2 from 1 January to 31 March 2023 across England, outside of London.
Around one in five adult bus journeys in Tyne and Wear cost more than £2.
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, is introducing a money saving fare cap for Metro customers who travel on Pop Pay As You Go.
Nexus will cap single journeys at £2, and at £4 for all-day travel, for pay as you go customers who travel with a Pop card or an Android smartphone with the Google Pay app from January 2 to 31 March.
The Government has confirmed over 130 bus operators, such as National Express and Stagecoach, managing routes from the north to the south of England will charge no more than £2 for their single tickets, helping passengers with travel costs for education, work and medical appointments as they face pressures from the rising cost of living.
The bus fare cap will also help the bus industry continue its recovery from the pandemic by encouraging greater bus use.
This initiative builds on the allocation of more than £2 billion to support bus services in England through the pandemic and a commitment to fund improved services, new bus priority measures and new electric or hydrogen buses as part of Bus Back Better, the ambitious national bus strategy, published last year.