Taunton £1 Flat Fare

The £1 flat fare for Taunton is the first part of the Taunton Bus Service Improvement Plan funding.

Bus users can travel anywhere in the Taunton area for just £1.
 

The new £1 single fares were introduced in late 2022, starting with the Taunton Park and ride service, followed by £1 fares on other Taunton area-based bus services, and offer all paying passengers a flat rate £1 single fare or £2 for a return, to any destination in the greater Taunton area (see attached map)
 

The new fare structure is part of an £11.9 million government-funded package of measures being introduced by Somerset County Council as part of Somerset’s Bus Service Improvement Plan and includes proposals for new evening bus services from Taunton to Bridgwater, Wellington, Minehead and Chard, as well as within Taunton to Priorswood, Musgrove Park Hospital, and the Park & Ride sites at Gateway and Silk Mills, along with outlying areas such as Cotford St Luke and Norton Fitzwarren. The proposals will also see transport hubs established in Taunton and Somerton, combining convenient waiting areas for bus passengers, better facilities to interchange between services, and other facilities such as bike racks for cyclists, along with a programme of measures in Taunton and Bridgwater to improve bus journey times at congested parts of the road network.
 

The initiative is part of a longer-term goal to secure further funding to deliver similar fare initiatives in other areas of the county, and is part of the BUS IT campaign launched jointly with Somerset Bus Partnership, which aims to encourage more people to use buses and save money, as well as helping to safeguard the county’s bus services and protect the environment.

Free travel for concessionary bus pass holders will continue as currently.
 

The following bus services operate wholly within the Taunton Town £1 fare zone

1 Taunton - Priorswood Buses of Somerset

2 Taunton - Priorswood Buses of Somerset

3 Bishops Hull - Taunton - Hudson Way Somerset County Council

4 Taunton - Lane Estate Buses of Somerset

6 Taunton - Holway Buses of Somerset

7 Taunton - Galmington Buses of Somerset

12 Taunton - Monkton Heathfield Somerset County Council

97 Canonsgrove - Trull - Taunton Hatch Green Coaches

PR1 Taunton Park & Ride Buses of Somerset
 

Bus services operating into Taunton from outside the Taunton Town £1 fare zone are also subject to the £1 single fare for journeys made wholly within the zone.
 

As with the £2 fare cap scheme currently operating on many routes throughout Somerset, the £1 Taunton single fare scheme is undoubtedly one of our best opportunities to encourage more people to use the bus, so we would be very grateful indeed if you could do all you can to let people know about it.