simply Network fare zone getting to & from Pangbourne Theale Green School simply Reading fare zone Pangbourne Purley Rise 89 Purley Post Office Tidmarsh Road Oxford Road

Tilehurst Deanfield School

Long Lane Kentwood Tilehurst Station n Rd ow rd e v Tidmarsh O Greyhound Dark Lane Waitrose Sheraton Park Tilehurst

89 Norcot Junction Portman Road The Victoria Norcot Pond House hapel Reading C H d i Retail Oxford Road Reading R ll th Park West a e Lower Tilehurst Triangle Station H 88 Little Heath e

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i Reading West Drive Grovelands Rd L 88 Tay Rd to Central Reading Liebenrood Rd Tilehurst Rd Little Heath St Michaels Dee Road School Water fire station Tower Usk Road The Meadway Langley Hill A340 1 Bath Road Garston 1 88 Crescent Asda Southcote Road 90 89 Summit M4 Calcot Mill Bath Road 90 Calcot Lane Southcote IKEA Post Office

Theale Green Sainsbury’s Southcote Lane School Dwyer Rd The Chase Calcot Place Swanholm Coronation Square Bath Road Knollmead Drive Gardens Charrington Rd Carters Rise only one morning A4 school day journey Arlington Beansheaf to Theale Green School The Green Theale Business runs via The Chase Theale Park

to Thatcham simply & Newbury simply Reading fare zone

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Central Reading | Theale Green School Reading Station | Theale Green School 88 via Oxford Road | Tay Road 90 via Southcote | Ford’s Farm | Beansheaf to school am to school am Friar Street stop FE 7.05 Reading Station stop EK 7.24 Cheapside stop CX 7.08 Coronation Square 7.38 Dee Rd Fire Stn 7.22 Swanholm Gardens 7.43 Tilehurst Triangle Y 7.31 Calcot Sainsbury's 7.54 The Water Tower 7.35 Theale Green School 8.09 Calcot Sainsbury's 7.46 Calcot IKEA 7.47 Theale Green School 8.02 from school pm Theale Green School 3.10 Calcot Sainsbury’s 3.22 from school pm Dwyer Road Boundary 3.34 Theale Green School 3.10 Coronation Square 3.39 Calcot IKEA 3.18 Reading Station stop EK 3.57 Calcot Sainsbury's 3.19 The Water Tower 3.26 Tilehurst Triangle stop Z 3.30 Dee Road Fire Stn 3.40 Pond House 3.44 Station Road stop SD 4.00

Tilehurst | Theale Green School Reading Station | Theale Green School 89 via Purley Post Office | Pangbourne 1 via Thatcham | Theale to school am to school am The Victoria 7.21 Reading Blagrave St stop EP 7.30 The Restoration 7.24 Greenwood Road 7.54 Tilehurst Station 7.27 Calcot Sainsburys 8.02 Purley Post Office 7.35 Theale Green School 8.11 Pangbourne Primary School 7.37 Theale Green School 8.00 from school pm Theale Green School 3.15 from school pm Calcot Sainsbury’s 3.23 Theale Green School 3.10 Greenwood Road 3.30 Pangbourne Primary School 3.19 Reading Station Road 3.48 Purley Post Office 3.22 Tilehurst Station 3.27 The Restoration 3.28 The Victoria 3.30 The table below shows you which tickets and passes you can tickets buy and where they are available. Longer term tickets are not available on bus, but can be bought online or on our mobile app.

Great news for students and parents as we have simplified our tickets and passes for our school services! simply simply what ticket? how to buy We have merged our “Silverstars” and “Silverstars Plus” Reading Network tickets for school services into our normal “Boost” single trip bus or app £1.50 varies by route fares for young people within the relevant ticket zone. This creates a product range that works better for 10 single trips bus £13 - young people, removing the confusion caused by the current range of tickets and allowing the flexibility to use 1 day bus or app £2.70 £4 our wider network when desired without any extra cost. 7 day online or app £12 £16 The right zone, the right ticket 30 day online or app £45 £61 Your school bus tickets and fares are designed to reflect which fare zones you travel in. If your school term online £150 £185 is in the simplyReading zone (and you are travelling exclusively within this zone) then you will need to annual online £395 £495 buy the simplyReading products and tickets; if your journey starts, or ends, in the simplyNetwork zone, then you will need to buy a simplyNetwork ticket. Within each zone, it’s easy to choose the best ticket for your needs – as we have fares for a single journey Reading bus shop all the way up to our new annual ticket. The Reading bus shop is in the Broad Street Mall, Central Reading and has our friendly, knowledgeable colleagues who The best prices are available on a smartcard by will be happy to help you understand your buses and tickets. buying either our term passes (1 September to 31 Our opening times are Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm. December, 1 January to Easter Sunday, and Easter The bus shop has different prices to our online shop and app. Monday to 31 July), or our new annual ticket, which simply simply is valid for 365 days from the moment you receive it, what ticket? and is also available by direct debit* in 10 instalments, Reading Network making it even more affordable. 7 day £12.50 £17 Buy your smartcards at reading-buses.co.uk/shop 30 day £47 £63 You can also buy your tickets at the Reading bus shop in the Broad Street Mall, Reading, on our mobile app or term £160 £195 even pay by contactless on the bus for tickets available 420 525 from the driver. annual £ £

*Unfortunately, we cannot offer Direct Debit for our annual tickets at the bus shop, but you can still buy all tickets online at reading-buses.co.uk/schools

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