As part of the campaign to get more people to choose the bus, Norfolk County Council is offering young people in the Swaffham area discounted travel on the flexibus+ service.
Young people aged 5-19 who want to travel in the flexibus+ zone will benefit from the discounted price of just £1.50 for two trips. The offer is available for the six-week summer holidays (25 July – 3 September) when journeys are booked via the flexibus+ app.
The Swaffham flexibus+ service is funded by the Department for Transport’s Rural Mobility Fund, and provided in partnership by Norfolk County Council and Vectare transport solutions. The bus covers a zone totalling 85 square miles, with stops in Swaffham as well as 20 villages and hamlets in the surrounding area.
To find out more about the flexibus+ service visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/flexibus
In addition to this offer and as fuel prices remain high the Choose the bus campaign is promoting these other money saving offers from bus operators:
• West Norfolk Community Transport is offering a special summer holiday promotion on the 21 service, it’s a family/group return ticket for £11 from all villages through to Hunstanton. Visit www.wnct.co.uk for more information.
• Konect bus is offering reduced anywhere tickets – an Adult Day ticket will cost just £6.80 and the Family Day ticket £12. They also have a Tango Ticket –which gives 10% off when two people travel together. Find out more at https://www.konectbus.co.uk/offers
• First Buses offer an Explorer Day Ticket for days out through the summer. For just £8 an adult, £6 for a young person (5-19) or £14 for a group of up to 5 people You’ll get there, back and all around, all day with unlimited travel on all our buses in Norwich and all along the east coast with just one ticket. Find out more https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk
• Getting the train somewhere? Did you know you can add a PLUSBUS ticket to your train ticket which gives you unlimited bus travel around town, at the start, the finish, or both ends of your train journey. Find out more at www.plusbus.info
• Want to see more of the coastline? Jump aboard the fantastic coastal bus services. The Coastliner bus runs from King’s Lynn to Wells, and you can then join the Coasthopper from Wells to take you all the way through to Mundesley. Group tickets for 2 adults 3 children are just £22.
(Source: NCC)
