Combined train and bus tickets

Save money with a range of combined travel tickets. 

PLUSBUS

PLUSBUS is a discount price bus pass that you buy with your train ticket. It gives you unlimited bus travel (on participating operators’ services) to and from the rail station and around the whole urban area of the rail served town or city.

Add unlimited bus travel around town to your train ticket for as little as £2 a day with PLUSBUS.

Buy these from:

• ticket offices
•  the GWR website

If you’ve got a railcard you’ll get a third off your PLUSBUS ticket, and children aged between 5 and 15 pay half price.

Where can I use PLUSBUS?

PLUSBUS is available for 290 rail-served towns and cities across Britain. On the Great Western Railway network PLUSBUS is available for over 60 locations, including:

Freedom Travelpass

Get unlimited travel on all trains and most buses in:

• Bath
• Bristol
• South Gloucestershire
• North Somerset

Time and zone options

Available as a daily (peak or off-peak), weekly or monthly ticket, the Travelpass operates in:

• zone A
• zones A and B 
• zones A, B and C

Freedom Travelpass Zone Map – download as a PDF.

You’ll need a photocard for the monthly pass. 

Where to buy and prices

Buy from:

• ticket offices
• bus ticket offices
• train managers/conductors
• bus drivers

Off-Peak Travelpass (any time after 09:00 Monday to Friday) - 1 Day

• Zone A – Bristol City - £9
• Zone AB – Bristol City and Bath - £11.50
• Zone ABC – Bristol City, Bath and Weston - £13.50

Off-Peak Travelpass (any time after 09:00 Monday to Friday) - 7 Day

• Zone A – Bristol City - £40
• Zone AB – Bristol City and Bath - £50
• Zone ABC – Bristol City, Bath and Weston - £59

Off-Peak Travelpass (any time after 09:00 Monday to Friday) - 1 Month

• Zone A – Bristol City - £154
• Zone AB – Bristol City and Bath - £192
• Zone ABC – Bristol City, Bath and Weston - £227

Off-Peak Travelpass (any time after 09:00 Monday to Friday) - 1 Day

• Zone A – Bristol City - £8.50
• Zone AB – Bristol City and Bath - £11
• Zone ABC – Bristol City, Bath and Weston - £12.50

Trains and buses that accept your Travelpass 

Trains:

• Great Western Railway
• CrossCountry Trains
• South West Trains

Buses: 

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

** The Freedom Travelpass can only be issued by these bus operators – and can’t be used on Bristol Airport Flyer coaches.

Cotswolds Discoverer pass 

Unlimited travel on a 1 or 3-Day pass.

Buy from:

• train stations 
• Cotswold Green
• Johnson’s Excelbus
• Pulham’s Coaches
• Go Ride CIC
• Stagecoach
• Swanbrook

1-Day pass costs:

• £10 for adults
• £8.30 for Railcard users
• £5 for children

3-Day pass costs:

• £25 for adults
• £20 for Railcard users
• £12.50 for children

Railcard tickets are available if you have a valid 16 to 25, Senior, Two Together, Forces or Disabled Persons Railcard. Find out about railcards

Ride Cornwall

Unlimited travel throughout the week on most of Cornwall’s trains and buses.

Buy from:

• train station ticket offices
• train managers/conductors
• bus drivers

The Ride Cornwall pass costs:

• £13.00 for adults
• £10.75 for children
• £26 for a family of up to 2 adults and 3 children