Single bus fares across the Liverpool City Region will remain capped at £2 until next year after the government announced an increase in the limit. The new £3 cap will take effect nationally from January, except here in the Liverpool City Region where it will stick with the existing fare.
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00:00Single bus fares across the Liverpool City region will remain capped at £2 until next year
00:06after the government announced an increase in the limit.
00:08Metro Mersey Rotherham has confirmed the fare will remain in place until next September
00:13after Chancellor Rachel Reeves lifted the cap in last week's budget.
00:17Introduced in 2022, the £2 fare limit has been due to expire at the end of this year.
00:22The new £3 cap will take effect nationally in January except here
00:26in the Liverpool City region where it has followed Greater Manchester
00:29in sticking with the existing fare.
00:31Mr Rotherham said he was proud to deliver on a commitment to keep bus
00:35fares in the region as low as possible.
00:37While the current level of cap came in across England in January 2023,
00:42the region had introduced a £2 cap earlier with the reduced fares online two years ago.
00:48At that time, Mr Rotherham said the limit on fares was
00:50putting money back into the pockets of our residents.
00:53The new reduced fare was agreed with bus operators
00:55in the Liverpool City region for an initial three-year period.