Guide to Stagecoach East tickets

Tickets for children

Up to four children under five years old can travel for free when accompanied by a responsible, fare-paying passenger. These children can’t:

• take a seat that paying passengers might need
• stay in a buggy in an unsuitable place on the bus

See our conditions of carriage  for more information about carrying small prams and buggies.

Five–15 year olds 

Single and return tickets 

Children aged five to 15 years can travel for a discount on the cost of most adult fares.

Child dayrider tickets 

Children under 16 can get one day’s unlimited travel in Bedford, at weekends.

Our family dayrider gives you one day’s unlimited travel indifferent group combinations.  Depending on the area and ticket you choose, you can travel as either:

• one adult and up to two children or
• up to two adults and three children

You can share dayrider tickets with your family and friends when you're not using them.

Park & Ride tickets

Children under 16 can travel with a fare-paying adult for free with adult Park & Ride tickets in Cambridge.  

Tickets for young people (16–19 years old) 

Young people can buy the following tickets:

• students at school in Bedford Town or in rural Bedfordshire can buy a TermRider   ticket
• any type of adult ticket

Tickets for students 

Termrider tickets 

We offer various termrider tickets across our network. In Cambridgeshire, we offer the   Cambridgeshire Termrider Plus ticket. This is available to anyone aged 18 or under and in full time education. It is valid for journeys within the Cambridgeshire Megarider Plus zone during term time only (including weekends). These tickets are not valid during half term, or the weekends immediately before and after the half term breaks.

Students at school in Bedford Town and rural Bedfordshire can buy our Bedfordshire Termrider and Bedfordshire Termrider Plus tickets. The Bedfordshire Termrider ticket is valid for travel within the Bedford Megarider area, whilst the Bedfordshire Termrider Plus is valid throughout the Bedfordshire Megarider Plus area.

If you wish to travel on a dedicated school bus in Bedfordshire, we also offer paper versions of the Termrider and Termrider plus tickets. These tickets will guarantee your child a place on the 800 bus of your choise and will also allow for travel on our other buses at weekends and half term. The paper versions are available to purchase on certain dates from the Elstow Park & Ride site. Please check our dedicated termrider page for more information.

Anyone wishing to purchase our on-bus student tickets will need to provide accredited ID to travel. We accept NUS / NUS Extra and ISIC cards as ID. For X5 student tickets, Cambridge University and Oxford University Students Union passes are also accepted.

Tickets for adults 

Passengers aged 16 and above pay the full price adult fare. We have a wide range of great value tickets available.

dayrider tickets

A  dayrider  ticket gives you 1 day’s unlimited travel in your chosen ticket zone or zones.

Our family dayrider gives you 1 day’s unlimited travel indifferent group combinations. Depending on the area and ticket you choose, you can travel as either:

• one adult and up to two children or
• up to two adults and three children

You can share dayrider tickets with your family and friends when you're not using them.

megarider tickets

You can use your weekly bus ticket for unlimited travel in your chosen area. You can choose more than one zone to travel in and how long you want your ticket for.

You can even choose to pay for your ticket by a monthly recurring payment and add it to your StagecoachSmart card .

Multibus tickets 

You can travel for 1 or 7 days on buses run by many different companies in Cambridgeshire with a Multibus ticket.  Find out more from Cambridgeshire County Council  or call 0345 045 0675.

This ticket is not valid on route 11 between Newmarket and Bury St Edmund’s, or on routes A, B, R and X5.

Townrider tickets

A townrider ticket gives you one day's unlimited travel on our buses in the following towns.

Bury St. Edmunds, Ely, Haverhill, Huntingdon, March, Newmarket, Royston, Saffron Walden, St. Neots, Spalding   and   Wisbech.

You can share Townrider tickets with your family and friends when you're not using them.

Cambridge Park & Ride return tickets

You can travel between the city centre and any Park & Ride site and bring up to three children for free. You can use your ticket multiple times in one day on Park & Ride buses, but only once from a Park & Ride site.  After 20:00, you can use other Stagecoach buses on the same routes.

Cambridge Park & Ride megarider tickets 

You can travel between the City Centre and any Park & Ride site all day and bring up to three children for free. You can also use it all day to and from Park & Ride sites.  After 20:00, you can use other Stagecoach buses on the same routes.

Bedford Park & Ride return tickets 

You can buy Park & Ride adult and child return tickets to use on the Bedford Town 2 service only.

Bedford Park & Ride megarider tickets 

You can buy weekly Park & Ride megarider adult and child return tickets to use on the Bedford Town 2 service only.

PLUSBUS tickets 

You can add PLUSBUS to your national rail ticket for unlimited travel on buses in your area.   A PLUSBUS ticket gives you one day's unlimited travel on our buses in the following towns & cities:

​Cambridge, Ely, Bedford, Peterborough, Royston, St. Neots, Huntingdon, Biggleswade, Sandy, Hitchin, Luton, Milton Keynes  ​ and  ​ Oxford.

Longer term passes are also available. Visit the PLUSBUS website for more information. 

Tickets for families and groups 

Family dayrider tickets 

A family dayrider ticket gives you one day’s unlimited travel in your chosen ticket zone or zones.

Our family dayrider gives you one day’s unlimited travel indifferent group combinations.  Depending on the area and ticket you choose, you can travel as either:

• one adult and up to two children or
• up to two adult and three children

You can share dayrider tickets with your family and friends when you're not using them.

Park & Ride tickets

Children under 16 can travel with a fare-paying adult for free with adult Park & Ride tickets in Cambridge.  

If you’re of retirement age or have a certain disability, you can apply for an English concessionary bus pass     from your local council. It will let you travel for free on our buses.

You can normally travel after 09:30 until 23:00 on weekdays and all day at weekends and on bank holidays. Some local councils  have different rules on when you can use your pass.

If you need assistance from our driver, you can apply for a journey assistance card .

Jobseekers 

We offer half price single and return tickets to jobseekers. To qualify, you must have a valid Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount card.

Find out more about our half price discount for jobseekers .

Animals 

Guide dogs and assistance dogs can travel for free at all times.

Other dogs and small, well-behaved animals may travel for free with the driver’s permission.  Animals may not sit on the seats.

See our conditions of carriage for our full policy on animals.