That’s a fare price: bus trips will cost no more than £2 | News

Affordable bus fares are due to be introduced in England from October, with a £2 cap on all local and regional journeys.

A taxpayer subsidy will cut the cost of travel for six months during autumn and winter, with bargain rates for cross-country trips of up to 80 miles and lasting more than three hours.

The scheme for a single journey, which Downing Street has been working on since April, is intended to address a long-standing anomaly whereby bus services in England are more expensive and less frequent than in London, where pay-as-you-go fares are a flat rate of £1.65 if made within an hour.

It has been given impetus by the soaring price of fuel, which means cars have become unaffordable for many.