Brighton to become cheaper to travel around Brighton & Hove by bus.

Using funding from their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), Brighton & Hove City Council is helping to reduce the cost of even more bus fares around the city.

They’ll make it cheaper for residents and students to travel by bus to work or university, visit friends and relatives, get to the shops or access key services like GP surgeries and local hospitals.

From Monday 28 April until Autumn 2025, the price a of a medium length journey  will drop from £2.80 to £2.50.

Also, from the Autumn, students will be able to travel around the city all day for just £4, reduced from £4.40, or all week for £15, reduced from £19.50.

Meanwhile, the council will continue to support short-hop bus travel for just £1 until at least the end of the year.

The added discounts follow a Cabinet meeting last month in which councillors approved a 12 month plan for delivering further improvements to bus travel using £9 million of additional funding from the Department for Transport.

More information

Medium length journeys across the city will be discounted, with some options for residents including:

• Elm Grove to Old Steine
• Whitehawk Community Hub to the Royal Sussex County Hospital
• Seven Dials & George Street
• Palmeira Square & Brighton Station

Residents can find out which journeys are within a medium length fare by viewing fares charts on operator websites.

The offer is available through tap on tap off (where the operator provides this option) or directly from the driver through contactless card or cash purchase when boarding.

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The new student offer will apply to daily and weekly student citySAVER tickets from the autumn

The council has been working with Stagecoach South, Brighton & Hove Buses and Compass Travel to ensure consistent and affordable prices across all bus operators in the city.

Cheaper and sustainable travel

Councillor Trevor Muten, Cabinet member for Transport, Parking and Public Realm, said: “This is really good news for the thousands of people who use the city’s buses. We’ve worked very hard with the city’s bus operators to reduce the cost of medium length journeys, fares for students and extend the £1 short-hop fare offer until at least the end of the year.

“Making bus travel more affordable means we can connect residents and students with work, education and communities. It also makes bus travel more enticing, meaning people can make more sustainable travel choices.

“But this is just the start of an exciting 12 months with improvements to make bus journeys better for everyone.”