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End of £2 fare cap could put growing bus use in reverse, operators warn

Peter Stonham
03 October 2024
 

Pressure on the government to address the future of the £2 bus fare cap in England is increasing ahead of the budget later this month with some operators believing it has contributed to patronage growth of up to 40%.

The £2 bus fare cap began on 1st January 2023 and is currently due to run until 31 December 2024. Frontier Economics and SYSTRA were commissioned to evaluate the scheme on behalf

of the Department for Transport and made two interim reports in 2023 which appeared...

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