Guide to tickets and fares from 25 March 2018 page 1 of 7
Introduction This guide provides a summary of our popular and great value tickets and fares for Stagecoach services in the East of Scotland including bus routes across Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fife, Forth Valley and Perthshire and into Aberdeen and Glasgow.
For further information, visit us online at stagecoachbus.com, where you’ll find a journey planner, ticket finder, full details of our Conditions of Carriage, route maps and so much more!
What’s new • Single, return, dayrider, megarider and multi-journey ticket prices have been revised from 25 March 2018 • This guide now includes the full range of special day return tickets valid for adults and children on certain routes and services • The charge for a new smart card issued by the driver if you don’t already have one, is now £1 - don’t forget to keep, reuse and register your StagecoachSmart card to avoid the charge!
Our range of tickets • single tickets - designed for the occasional customer making one journey, our single fares start from 90p.
• return tickets - valid for a return trip where the return journey must be undertaken within 28 days. Not valid for 2 journeys in the same direction. Return tickets can offer around 20% saving on the price of two single tickets.
• day return tickets - valid on the day of purchase for a return trip, not valid for 2 journeys in the same direction or on night buses. Unless specified, day returns are off-peak tickets valid after 0900 Monday to Friday or anytime at the weekend.
• dayrider tickets - valid for 1 day’s unlimited travel within your selected zone.
• megarider tickets - available as 7 day and 4 week options (consecutive days/weeks) for unlimited travel within your selected zone. Megarider tickets are ideal for regular travel and can be passed to friends and family when you’re not using it.
• megariderXtra - a ticket based on the same zone boundaries as regular megarider tickets offering unlimited travel, but instead of a one-off payment a recurring payment means your ticket is valid for a calendar month and will be automatically added to your StagecoachSmart card to present to our driver when you board.
• flexirider tickets - ideal for someone who makes the same journey regularly, but not every day. You can buy 12 single journeys for the price of 10 and use whenever you like within 28 days.
• unirider tickets - available as 4 week or 13 week options, offering discounted travel just for students! Guide to tickets and fares page 2 of 7 Tickets for adults 1 day 7 day 4 week Xtra 1 day 7 day 4 week Xtra v v i v v v i v
Route 19 zone (Ballingry - Rosyth) Forfar + zone £3.80 £12.90 £49.50 £49.50 £4 £13.10 £50.20 £50.20 Arbroath zone Glasgow + zone £2.60 £7.90 £30.20 £30.20 £10 £25.20 £96.80 £96.80 Central Fife zone Glenrothes zone £6.80 £21 £81 £81 £3.40 £11.80 £45.40 £45.40 Cumbernauld + zone Kirkcaldy zone £5.20 £17.50 £57.50 £57.50 £3.40 £11.80 £45.40 £45.40 Dundee zone Leven zone £3.50 £12.40 £46 £46 £3.40 £11.80 £45.40 £45.40 Dundee + zone Perth zone 1 £5.40 £21 £81 £81 £3.80 £10.80 £41.40 £41.40 Dunfermline zone Perth zone 2 £3.80 £12.40 £47.50 £47.50 £4.10 £12.90 £49.50 £49.50 Dunfermline + zone Perth zone 3 £5.40 £21 £81 £81 £4.30 £15.10 £57.80 £57.80 East Scotland zone St Andrews zone £15.60 £45.20 £173 £173 £3.80 £12.40 £47.50 £47.50 Edinburgh + zone St Andrews + zone £5.20 £19.40 £74.30 £74.30 £6.80 £21 £81 £81 Fife zone Tayside zone £9.10 n/a n/a n/a £8 £29 £111.20 £111.20 Fife + zone buy online v buy on board £11.20 £30 £115.40 £115.40 i buy at travel shop buy on Stagecoachbus app Day return tickets Day return tickets (valid all day) (available after 0900 Mondays to Fridays and all day at the weekend) Service X51 (to Livingston) £6.70 Ferrytoll / Halbeath to Edinburgh £5.60 JET 747, Fife to Edinburgh Airport £9 Dalgety Bay / Inverkeithing to Edinburgh £5 Dunfermline / Rosyth / Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath / Dunfermline / Rosyth to Edinburgh £6 to Edinburgh £5 Dalgety Bay / Inverkeithing to Edinburgh £6 Glenrothes / Kirkcaldy / Thornton Ferrytoll / Halbeath to Edinburgh £6.70 to Edinburgh £8 Milnathort / Kinross / Kelty to Edinburgh £7 Glenrothes to Dundee £9.80 Perth to Edinburgh £8 Cupar to Dundee £6.50 Broxden P&R to Perth city centre £1.70 Scone P&R to Perth city centre £2.90 Kelty / Kinross / Milnathort to Perth £5 Edinburgh 12 journey ticket £35 Halbeath to Perth £6 Perth to Bridge of Allan / Crieff / Comrie / Offers 12 single journeys between 2 set points, to be Dunblane / Gilmerton / St Fillans / Stirling £5 used within 28 days and valid wholly on routes X5, Perth to Aberfeldy / Ballinluig / Pitlochry £5 X51, X55, 747; X54 Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh; Perth to Dundee £5 X58, X60 Dalgety Bay to Edinburgh; X9, X54, Dundee to Arbroath £5 X56, X59 Halbeath to Edinburgh. Also for use on Perth to Arbroath £8 connecting services from Dunfermline to P&R sites, please request a transfer ticket from the driver if required. Guide to tickets and fares page 3 of 7 Tickets for under 16s
Up to 5 years Up to 4 children under the age of 5 travel free when accompanied by a responsible passenger, provided that the children are seated in a buggy in an appropriate space on the vehicle and/or do not occupy a seat to the exclusion of a fare paying customer.
5 - 15 inclusive This age group qualify for a discounted fare of up to half the adult single fare, rounded up to the nearest 10p. On services in the Angus area, the concession is two-thirds of the relevant adult fare.
Day return tickets (available after 0900 Mondays to Fridays and all day at the weekend) Cowdenbeath / Dunfermline / Rosyth to Edinburgh £2.50 Dalgety Bay / Inverkeithing to Edinburgh £2.50 Ferrytoll / Halbeath to Edinburgh £2.80 Glenrothes / Kirkcaldy / Thornton to Edinburgh £4 Cupar to Dundee £3.30 Glenrothes to Dundee £4.90
(valid all day) Service X51 (to Livingston) £3.40 JET 747, Fife to Edinburgh Airport £4.50 Dunfermline / Rosyth / Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh £3 Dalgety Bay / Inverkeithing to Edinburgh £3 Ferrytoll / Halbeath to Edinburgh £3.40 Milnathort / Kinross / Kelty to Edinburgh £3.50 Perth to Edinburgh £4 Broxen P&R to Perth city centre £0.90 Scone P&R to Perth city centre £1.50 Kelty / Kinross / Milnathort to Perth £2.50 Halbeath to Perth £3 Perth to Bridge of Allan / Crieff / Comrie / Dunblane / Gilmerton / St Fillans / Stirling £2.50 Perth to Aberfeldy / Ballinluig / Pitlochry £2.50 Perth to Dundee £2.50 Dundee to Arbroath £2.50 Perth to Arbroath £4
We also offer U16 megarider tickets, valid for 7 days’ unlimited travel for each of our ticket zones, as well as U16 dayrider tickets valid for 1 day, for certain zones. The prices are shown below:
U16 dayrider tickets Dundee zone £2.40 East Scotland zone £8.20 Glasgow + zone £5.20 Dunfermline zone £2.60 Fife zone £4.70 Tayside zone £4.30 Dunfermline+ zone £3.80 Fife + zone £5.90 U16 megarider tickets Route 19 (Fife) £8.80 East Scotland zone £30.50 Leven zone £8.10 Arbroath zone £5.40 Edinburgh + zone £13.20 Perth zone 1 £7.40 Central Fife zone £14.20 Fife + zone £20.40 Perth zone 2 £8.80 Dundee zone £8.40 Forfar + zone £8.90 Perth zone 3 £10.30 Dundee + zone £14.20 Glasgow + zone £17.10 St Andrews zone £8.40 Dunfermline zone £6.30 Glenrothes zone £8.10 St Andrews + zone £14.10 Dunfermline + zone £9.50 Kirkcaldy zone £8.10 Tayside zone £19.60 U16s can also travel for just £1 when travelling with an adult buying either, a day return ticket from Ferrytoll/Halbeath to Edinburgh - valid for off-peak travel, or a period return ticket from Fife to Glasgow Airport - valid at all times. Guide to tickets and fares page 4 of 7 Tickets for under 19s
16-18 inclusive Certain dayrider and megarider tickets, are valid for under 19 year olds. The prices are shown below.
U19 dayrider tickets Dundee zone £2.60 East Scotland zone £11.80 Dunfermline zone £2.80 Fife + zone £8.50 Dunfermline + zone £4.10 Tayside zone £6.10
U19 megarider tickets Dundee zone £8.90 East Scotland zone £34.20 Dunfermline zone £9.50 Fife+ zone £22.80 Dunfermline + zone £16 Tayside zone £22
Young Scot Card A Scotland-wide travel scheme for young people. The Young Scot Card holder is entitled to a discount of one third off all adult single fares. You can apply for a Young Scot via your school or local authority, see youngscot.org for more info.
All tickets for under 19s can be bought from the driver, you may be asked for ID to prove your age.
Nightrider
A nightrider ticket is valid for unlimited travel on services across Fife, Dundee, Perthshire and Angus after 7pm. Not valid for journeys across the Forth to Edinburgh, Forth Valley, Cumbernauld or Glas- gow, Stirling or north of Montrose towards Aberdeen. Guide to tickets and fares page 5 of 7
Tickets for students Tickets for groups
Unirider is a great value bus ticket available Group tickets are ideal when the family wants to travel. exclusively for students and valid for 4 weeks or Group dayrider tickets offer unlimited travel on the day 13 weeks. The ticket offers unlimited travel, valid of purchase within the boundary you want and are valid all day within the boundary you’ve selected. Valid from 0900 Monday to Friday or anytime at weekends. student photo ID must be shown when buying and using any of these tickets. A group consists of: 1 or 2 adults + 2 children, 1 adult + We also offer some dayrider and megarider 3 children or 3 adults. tickets for students in certain areas, prices are Route 19(Ballingry-Rosyth) Arbroath zone shown below. £7.60 £5.20 1 day 7 day 4 week 13 week Central Fife zone Cumbernauld + zone v v i i £13.60 £10.40 (family ticket) Dundee zone Dundee + zone Cumbernauld zone + £3.30 £12.50 n/a n/a £7 £10.80 Dunfermline zone Dunfermline + zone Dundee zone 1 n/a £10 £35 £98 £7.60 £10.80 Dundee zone 2 East Scotland Edinburgh+ zone n/a n/a £47.50 £132 £31.20 £10.40 East Scotland zone Fife zone Fife + zone £10.50 £41 £99 £278 £18.20 £22.40 Fife zone 1 Forfar + zone Glasgow+ zone n/a n/a £72 £199 £8 £20 Fife zone 2 Glenrothes zone Kirkcaldy zone £7.90 £27.20 £83 £233 £6.80 £6.80 Perth zone 1 Leven zone Perth zone 1 n/a n/a £30 £84 £6.80 £7.60 Perth zone 2 Perth zone 2 Perth zone 3 n/a n/a £38 £106 £8.20 £8.60 Perth zone 3 St Andrews zone St Andrews + zone n/a n/a £45 £126 £7.60 £13.60 St Andrews zone Tayside zone n/a £7.90 n/a n/a £16 Tayside zone 1 £5.80 £27.20 £72 £199 Family day return tickets Tayside zone 2 Broxden P&R to Perth city centre (off-peak) £1.70 n/a n/a £83 £233 Scone P&R to Perth city centre (off-peak) £5.20
Tickets for over 60s and disabled people Travelling with dogs If you are 60 and over or have a disability, and you are a There is no charge for dogs. Guide dogs and assistance dogs resident in Scotland, you may be entitled to free bus travel, will be admitted at all times and other dogs at the driver’s through the National Entitlement card scheme operated discretion. by the Scottish Government. Contact your local authority for details of how to apply and to view the terms, Through fares conditions and rules applying to these schemes. A dayrider/megarider/unirider ticket is usually the cheapest option for multiple single journeys, however for many trips we have a combined fare even if you need to change buses, Tickets on our night buses which may work out to be more cost effective. Only single fares or nightrider tickets (within the nightrider For example if you’re travelling to Edinburgh Airport, we offer ticket zone) are valid on our night buses, no other a through fare on our Express network and JET 747 route return, flexirider, dayrider, megarider, unirider tickets or so you’ll only need one ticket, even if you need to change concession passes are valid on these routes (applies to vehicle. Ask your driver if a through fare is available. routes N55 and N99). Guide to tickets and fares page 6 of 7
Where to buy From the driver - don’t forget, we give change! • single and return tickets • dayrider tickets • flexirider and 12 journey tickets • nightrider tickets • 7 day & 4 week megarider tickets - issued on a StagecoachSmart card. There is a £1 charge for a new card issued by the driver or “top-up” your current card.
Online at stagecoachbus.com • 7 day, 4 week and megarider Xtra tickets, issued on a StagecoachSmart card which will be posted out to you, or loaded onto an existing card • unirider tickets, issued as paper tickets and posted out to your address
Travel shops (paper tickets) • 4 week megarider tickets • unirider tickets • during peak times - return, flexirider, megarider and 12 journey tickets at Halbeath/Ferrytoll P&R • our travel shops and agents are available at the following locations, where you can use cash or card to pay: - Aberdeen bus station - Arbroath bus station - Dundee bus station - Dunfermline bus station - Edinburgh bus station - Glasgow bus station - Glenrothes bus station - Kirkcaldy bus station - Leven bus station - Perth bus depot - St Andrews bus station (top up your smart card at Dundee and St Andrews too!) On the Stagecoachbus app • dayrider tickets • megarider tickets
StagecoachSmart When you buy a 7 day, 4 week or megarider Xtra ticket, it will be loaded onto a StagecoachSmart card. You can “top-up” your card by paying the driver for a new ticket, which will be valid straight away, or you can buy megarider tickets online in advance of your travel and they will be loaded onto your card in 2 days.
There is a £1 charge for a new card issued by the driver, so be smart with your card: • Register your card to protect your tickets if your card is lost or stolen • Reload your card by buying tickets online or on bus • Reuse your card and remember it for every journey There is no charge if you buy your ticket online, or top-up your existing StagecoachSmart card.
Multi-operator tickets
ABC ticket ABC day and week tickets are available within the Dundee area, valid for use on Moffat and Williamson, Stagecoach and Xplore Dundee services. Buy from the driver or Dundee bus station and use whenever you like across the city. Visit www.stagecoachbus.com/tickets for info.
Grasshopper A multi-operator ticket for bus travel within Aberdeenshire. Valid for use on route X7 to/from Aberdeen. Visit www. grasshopperpass.com for info.
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Multi-operator tickets (continued)
One-Ticket One-ticket offers you unlimited travel on most operator’s services in East and Central Scotland. Simply choose the area you wish to travel within, then use any bus routes within your zone. One-ticket offers a bus only or a rail and bus option and you can now buy and use the bus version via an app. For more information visit www.one-ticket.co.uk.
Plusbus Plusbus tickets can be bought alongside a train ticket, giving you unlimited bus and tram travel across most operator’s services in the area. Buy plusbus tickets at your local rail station or online when purchasing a rail ticket. Find out more at www.plusbus.info.
Tickets in other areas
For local travel in Glasgow and Cumbernauld, you can also use the Cumbernauld/Glasgow zone tickets. For local travel in Aberdeenshire, you can use the Aberdeen zone tickets. See full info at stagecoachbus.com.
Other terms & conditions
Refunds for longer period tickets will be considered upon written request and surrender/cancellation of the appropriate ticket. There is a £10 administration fee for refunds of paper tickets and a £5 fee for refunds on cancelled StagecoachSmart tickets.
If your StagecoachSmart card is lost or stolen, you must notify us immediately on 0345 810 1000. Replacement cards will not be issued unless the card has been registered at stagecoachbus.com. Please refer to the full terms and conditions for online sales for tickets bought on our website.
Replacement tickets due to loss or damage may be considered for unirider or paper 4 week tickets.
All customers need to have a valid ticket or pass for their journey. Customers who fail to show this when requested will be asked to pay a standard fare charge of £30 and may face prosecution.