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Customer ticket product Information 2-3 These symbols are used throughout the publication to let you know where you can buy your tickets. Bus App Online Rail Multi bus operator tickets 4 Stn Concessionary Travel 5 Bus & Rail tickets 6-7 Singles/Return Buy on bus: contactless payment or exact fare only Aberdare ticket zone 8 Mobile tickets on our app Blackwood & Newport ticket zone 9 Dayrider Cash or contactless payment Blaenau Gwent ticket zone 10 Bridgend ticket zone 11 Mobile tickets on our app Caerphilly ticket zone 12 1 week megarider Buy on bus: contactless payment or exact fare only Caerphilly & Cardiff plus ticket zone 13 Cardiff ticket zone 14 12 trips Buy online Cardiff 12 Trip ticket zone 15 Cardiff plus ticket zone 16 4 week megarider Buy online Cwmbran ticket zone 17 megarider Xtra Buy online South Wales all ticket zones network 18–19 Service 5 & 6 12 Trip ticket zone 20 Unirider Buy online Cwmbran & Newport plus ticket zone 21 Cwmbran & Newport 12 Trip ticket zone 22 What price do I pay? Islwyn ticket ticket zone 23 Merthyr Tydfil ticket zone 24 Adult Anyone aged 16 or over (unless they have Merthyr Tydfil plus ticket zone 25 a ‘mytravelpass’ card). Network Rider ticket zone 26–27 Child Children between 5-15 will pay a child fare. Children under Newport ticket zone 28 5 travel free, must be with an adult. Maximum 4 children Pontypool ticket zone 29 mytravelpass 16-21 years old receive up to 33% discount on bus tickets Pontypridd & Cardiff plus ticket zone 30 (MTP) with a valid ‘mytravelpass’ card. Rhondda ticket zone 31 Family/Group Any combination of up to 5 people Torfaen plus ticket zone 32 tickets Unirider 34-35 Concession Anyone over 60 or with a disability/visual impairment Local depot contact details 37 travel free, with a valid concessionary card Dogs £1 per journey or £7.40 for a 1 week ticket for all dogs. Customer ticket information Guide dogs travel free We sell a range of bus tickets for Stagecoach travel in & around South Wales, See our individual pages for zones, prices and eligibility. with loads of ways to buy tickets so it’s easier for you! What tickets can I buy? Useful Information • Please use contactless payment or apple pay on the bus. If you only have cash, Single/Return A single or return journey from A to B we accept exact fare only. Surplus change is donated to the NHS Charities Together COVID-19 appeal Dayrider 1 day’s unlimited travel within your preferred zone of travel • 1 week megarider tickets bought on bus will be issued on a Stagecoach 1 week 1 week’s unlimited travel within your preferred zone smartcard, there’s a £1 fee so don’t forget to register, re-load & re-use your card megarider of travel • For mobile tickets, download the ‘Stagecoach bus app’ from the app store 12 trip Buy 12 single tickets and use them over 2 months. – it’s free! Available in the Cardiff or Cwmbran/Newport 12 trip zones • For online tickets, visit www.stagecoachbus.com and use the ‘best ticket’ finder 4 week 4 week’s unlimited travel within your preferred • Online tickets will be issued on a smartcard & delivered to your door, the megarider zone of travel smartcards are free but don’t forget to register, re-load & re-use your card megarider Xtra 1 month’s unlimited travel within your preferred zone of • For full ticket information, see T&Cs online travel, payment recurs every month (one less thing to • All tickets are issued subject to our conditions of carriage which are available on worry about!) our website: www.stagecoachbus.com/conditions-of-carriage Unirider Bus ticket for students or staff in participating Please retain your ticket for inspection, customers must have a valid ticket for Colleges and Universities travel at all times. Please take care of your ticket as lost, stolen or damaged See page 4 and pages 6/7 for multi-operator & bus/rail ticket information. tickets cannot be replaced. Multi bus operator tickets Concessionary Travel Multi-operator tickets NetworkRider Day and weekly unlimited bus travel with participating bus operators throughout South Wales. Participating bus operators; Cardiff Bus, Capital Links, Harris Coaches, Phil Anslow Coaches, Easyway, Edwards Coaches, Globe, N.A.T. Group (not available on TrawsCymru T9, Powys, Neath or Swansea area services), First Cymru (East of Pyle) Connect 2, Monmouthshire County Council, Watts, Newport Bus and Stagecoach South Wales. The area valid for travel (with NetworkRider) on Stagecoach bus services, is the South Wales zone. See pages 16-17, prices below. Concession Network Rider Day £6.00 Weekly £18.60 Available to English and Scottish concessionary pass holders or anyone aged over 60 with passport proof of ID. Adult MTP*/Child Family Adult MTP*/Child Day Day Day 1 week 1 week NetworkRider £9.00 £6.00 £18.00 £28.00 £18.60 Powys Day £9.00 £6.00 £18.00 TrawsCymru Day £11.00 £7.30 £27.00 * mytravelpass available to young persons aged 16–21 years. TrawsCymru Day Ticket Valid for one day throughout Wales on any TrawsCymru service and also on TrawsCymru Connect services. Available to purchase on Concessionary Travel TrawsCymru buses. If your primary address is in Wales and you’re either aged 60 and over or meet the Government’s Powys Flexirider disability eligibility criteria, you can travel for free You can purchase 10 single journeys at once for use within 4 weeks on most bus services in Wales. in Powys on Stagecoach services X43/43, Brecon town services and If you have a Wales concessionary pass, and your journey starts or ends TrawsCymru T4 north of Felinfach. in Wales, you can also travel free on our services into England (Services T14 & X3 to Hereford). Powys Day Rover Apply for your pass online at https://portal.tfw.wales/en/over-sixty Unlimited travel for one day on bus services in Powys. Also available on T4 to/from Cardiff, X43/43 to/from Abergavenny and T14 to/from Hereford. Travelling on a bus there are 4 easy steps to help the driver... Period Returns 1 Board the bus. Period return tickets are available to and from Mid Wales on the 2 Show the driver your concession pass and then place the X43/43, Brecon town services and TrawsCymru T4 service. These are pass on the ticket machine lid. valid for return travel within one calendar month where available. 3 The ticket machine will issue a ticket. Please keep your ticket safe for inspection. Bus and Rail Tickets Rail Road Tickets – buy from your bus driver – buy from your bus driver Bus and Rail Tickets Through travel from Rail Road Tickets – Daily and weekly bus and rail travel combined in one your local bus to train at: ticket. Buy on your local bus and change onto the train at the following stations for Cardiff; Aberdare, Caerphilly, Abercynon, Mountain Ash, Porth, Single Return Weekly Treforest, Pontypridd, Taffs Wells and Llandaff. See page 7 for further details and prices. Porth Station for Cardiff Adult £7.10 £9.80 £36.20 Child £3.55 £4.90 N/A Porth Station for Treforest/Pontypridd PlusBus – Plusbus is a ticket that combines train and bus travel, for a day Adult £5.10 £7.20 £27.50 a week or longer. Go to www.plusbus.info for further details. Buy from your Child £2.55 £3.60 N/A local station (throughout England, Wales and Scotland – where available) to include bus travel in South Wales with your train ticket. Porth Station for Taffs Well Adult £5.70 £7.80 £30.10 Child £2.85 £3.90 N/A Valley Lines Explorer Porth Station for Llandaff Buy on bus: Adult £11 / Child £5.50. Prices may differ if bought on Tfw trains. Adult £6.90 £8.90 £33.90 You can travel on any Stagecoach in South Wales bus at any time and travel on any Valley Lines trains (operated by Tfw rail) on weekdays after 09:14 Child £3.45 £4.45 N/A Mondays to Fridays and all day on weekends – this includes lines in the area; Aberdare for Cardiff • West to Maesteg and Bridgend • South to Barry and Penarth Adult £7.20 £10.50 £35.90 • East to Ebbw Vale (not valid to Newport) Child £3.60 £5.25 N/A Aberdare Station for Mountain Ash Adult £3.80 £5.80 £19.50 The Explore Wales Pass Child £1.90 £2.90 N/A The Explore Wales Pass is one ticket that gives you the freedom to explore Wales by train and bus. Aberdare Station for Abercynon The 8 day travel pass gives you 4 days’ rail and 8 days’ bus travel throughout Adult £4.40 £6.50 £21.60 the whole of Wales.