Ticket price changes 30th June 2024

[Rachvince53]

Fares from 30th June 2024

All nBus ticket prices will increase by 6% from this date. For example a nBus daysaver increases from £4.50 to £4.80. This has been agreed by TfWM and the bus operators.

Please note the £2 fare cap is unaffected as that is subsidised by the government until (currently) October 2024.

[Jay71]

Fares from 30th June 2024

All nBus ticket prices will increase by 6% from this date. For example a nBus daysaver increases from £4.50 to £4.80. This has been agreed by TfWM and the bus operators.

Please note the £2 fare cap is unaffected as that is subsidised by the government until (currently) October 2024.

I thought the £2 cap lasted until Dec 2024

[cardew]

I thought the £2 cap lasted until Dec 2024

It does, and the NXWM web page states "end of this year".

https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/news/fare-and-ticket-changes-from-30th-june-2024

An ending of the cap will be noticed as I the uncapped single is going from £2.40 to £2.90, quite a percentage increase that.

[markcf83]

Fares from 30th June 2024

All nBus ticket prices will increase by 6% from this date. For example a nBus daysaver increases from £4.50 to £4.80. This has been agreed by TfWM and the bus operators.

Seems like a fair rise for a day ticket given the scope of where you can go. Looking forward to being in Coventry in September for the day and the surrounding areas.

[Gareth]

The increase from £2 to £2.90 at the end of the year (if there's no there's no other plans in place) will not be pretty.

[Rachvince53]

The increase from £2 to £2.90 at the end of the year (if there's no there's no other plans in place) will not be pretty.

But still cheaper than many other places. Oh and yes I'm sorry for my error with the current end date for the £2 fare.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

Still fairly good value that you could travel from say Willenhall to Walsall or Bilston to Walsall say for £2.90 and a Daysaver NX being £4.50 or will it now be £4.80 is still good value. Baring in mind the NX Daysaver can get you from Birmingham to Lichfield or Lichfield to West Brom or Dudley

[Rachvince53]

The previous comment about the NX Daysaver reminded that the ticket currently known as the NX Extra which is valid on NX buses outside the nBus zone will be known as the NX OUTER ZONES. This will be increased to £5 for a daysaver.

[BK63 YWP]

Still fairly good value that you could travel from say Willenhall to Walsall or Bilston to Walsall say for £2.90 and a Daysaver NX being £4.50 or will it now be £4.80 is still good value. Baring in mind the NX Daysaver can get you from Birmingham to Lichfield or Lichfield to West Brom or Dudley

Lichfield is classed as an outer zone which will be £5 so 20p more than the standard day saver which is still good value for money. Birmingham to Lichfield by train is £8.10 

[metrocity]

The increase from £2 to £2.90 at the end of the year (if there's no there's no other plans in place) will not be pretty.

May aswell go out with a bang and make as much money as possible if the mayor wants to confiscate their business off them in the next 18/24 months...

[Tony]

May aswell go out with a bang and make as much money as possible if the mayor wants to confiscate their business off them in the next 18/24 months...

Day ticket will still be cheaper than franchised Manchester 

[Justin Tyme]

It looks like the new NX Outer Zones ticket will only be valid on NX buses - it won't be nBus plus all NX services. Is this correct?

Also, interesting to see the NX Coventry website says that from 1st September, passengers travelling to Rugby will need to get an "NX Outer Zones + Rugby" ticket, details of which will appear nearer that time. As the Rugby services aren't commercial I'm not surprised about that.

[Westy]

It looks like the new NX Outer Zones ticket will only be valid on NX buses - it won't be nBus plus all NX services. Is this correct?

Also, interesting to see the NX Coventry website says that from 1st September, passengers travelling to Rugby will need to get an "NX Outer Zones + Rugby" ticket, details of which will appear nearer that time. As the Rugby services aren't commercial I'm not surprised about that.

Does this mean the 'loophole' that I previously queried, where the driver who issues a Nbus dayticket in the Wm County area allows travel into Staffs/Bromsgrove/Warks and back is now closed & the driver will have to look for the 'proper' ticket?

[Justin Tyme]

Does this mean the 'loophole' that I previously queried, where the driver who issues a Nbus dayticket in the Wm County area allows travel into Staffs/Bromsgrove/Warks and back is now closed & the driver will have to look for the 'proper' ticket?

Well, I wouldn't call it a loophole, even though NX and TfWM website have not been clear about it, as thanks partly to a few people on here (including you?) it was established a while ago that nBus tickets are valid on all NX buses outside the TfWM area.

Anyway, it does looks like this will end, so we will have to ask drivers for an 'Outer Zones' £5 ticket if we want to travel into the shires.  And it looks like it will only be valid on NX buses.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

Lichfield is classed as an outer zone which will be £5 so 20p more than the standard day saver which is still good value for money. Birmingham to Lichfield by train is £8.10

Yes but NX accept Daysavers in Lichfield as Tony and others have said