Bus companies operating in Surrey offer single and return journey tickets, including one and seven day tickets, one and three month tickets and yearly tickets. Some bus companies offer group and family tickets. Tickets may be able to be used on services from more than one operator. London Buses offer a single ticket only.
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- Passes (Free Bus Pass and LINK)
- Bus operator offers for pre-9.30am travel for free bus pass holders
- £3 bus fare cap
- Tickets
- Operator specific tickets and fares
- Offers and promotions
- London Buses are cashless
Passes
- Free bus passes for older people – allowing free travel on buses for eligible Surrey residents
- Free bus passes for disabled people – allowing free travel on buses for eligible Surrey residents
- Surrey LINK bus card - allows young people, aged 20 and under, to travel for half price on single and return tickets for any journey that starts and/or finishes in Surrey.
- The Homes for Ukraine -Temporary bus pass - allowing free temporary bus travel for Ukrainians on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Bus operator offers for pre-9.30am travel for free bus pass holders
- Falcon - Disabled Pass Holders only can travel at child fare rate before 9.30am
- Safeguard - £1.70 single fare is offered before 9.30am
- Stagecoach - half price travel for a single journey that starts in Surrey before 9.30am
- White Bus - child fare is offered before 9.30am on all services
£3 bus fare cap
From 1 January 2023 to December 2024 a single bus journey costs £2 on many bus routes across England.
From 1 January 2025 to December 2025, the fare cap will increase to £3. This is to continue to help people with cost of living pressures and save on everyday travel costs
In Surrey the following operators so far have indicated their participation in the scheme from January 2025:
- Compass operating services in Cranleigh, Dorking, Godalming, Guildford, Redhill and Reigate areas
- 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 42, 69
- Stagecoach operating services in Camberley, Farnham, Guildford, Haslemere, Hindhead, Woking areas
- 1 Guildford, 1 Aldershot, 2 Guildford, 2 Camberley, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 Aldershot, 18, 19, 20, 23, 28, 34, 35, 46, 47, 53, 63, 65, 70, 71, 72, 91, 200, 300, Yo-Yo
- Falcon operating services in Addlestone, Byfleet, Chertsey, Cobham, Epsom, Esher, Leatherhead, Molesey, Sheerwater, Staines, Walton, Weybridge and Woking areas
- 28, 408, 436, 456, 461, 479, 564, 514, 515, 557, 715 E5, E16
Other bus companies may sign up to the scheme as well. Please contact your bus company if you are unsure whether they are participating in the scheme. To find out how you could save more, visit Help with transport costs (GOV.UK)
Tickets
- Acorn Ticket - unlimited travel for a day or week on most services in north Surrey
- Discovery Ticket - great value with unlimited travel in one day
- Plusbus - add unlimited bus travel around town to your train ticket
- Woking Travelwide - an unlimited travel ticket throughout Woking and surrounding areas
Operator specific tickets and fares
Please visit the following operators websites for their own ticket and fares options:
- Cardinal Buses
- Compass Travel
- Diamond Buses
- London Buses
- Metrobus
- First Berkshire
- Safeguard Coaches
- Stagecoach
Offers and promotions to tourist attractions in Surrey
- Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming (National Trust) - £1 off at the café with a valid bus ticket* (served by service 42)
- Claremont Landscape Gardens, Esher (National Trust) - £1 off at the café with a valid bus ticket* (served by service 715)
- RHS Gardens, Wisley - Discounted admission with a valid bus ticket* (served by Stagecoach service RHS)
- Hatchlands Park, Guildford (National Trust) - A free tea or coffee with a valid bus ticket* (served by service 478 and 479) One free cup of tea or coffee per person, valid bus ticket must be shown at the café.
- Waverley Abbey, Farnham - Free entry to all visitors (served by service 46)
*Bus ticket needs to be purchased for the day of travelling to the tourist attraction.
London buses are cashless
Transport for London (TfL) no longer accept cash on London buses. For further information and to find Oyster ticket shops in Surrey please visit the TfL website.
The TfL bus services that operate in Surrey are:
- K3 Esher to Roehampton Vale
- R68 Hampton Court to Richmond/Kew
- S1 Banstead to Mitcham
- 116 Ashford Hospital to Hounslow
- 117 Staines to West Middlesex Hospital
- 166 Epsom to West Croydon
- 203 Staines to Hounslow
- 216 Staines to Kingston
- 235 Sunbury to Brentford
- 290 Staines to Twickenham
- 293 Epsom to Morden
- 403 Warlingham to West Croydon
- 404 Caterham-on-the-Hill to Coulsdon
- 405 Redhill to West Croydon
- 406 Epsom to Kingston
- 407 Caterham to Sutton
- 411 West Molesey to Kingston
- 418 Epsom to Kingston
- 434 Whyteleafe to Coulsdon
- 464 Tatsfield to New Addington
- 465 Dorking to Kingston
- 466 Caterham-on-the-Hill to Addington Village
- 467 Epsom to Hook
- 470 Epsom to Colliers Wood
