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Grants for local bus services

You might qualify for the Bus Service Operator바카라 사이트™s Grant (in England or Scotland) or the Regional Transport Services Grant (in Wales) if you provide a service where:

  • at least half the seats are available to and regularly used by the general public
  • stops on the route are in places that people are likely to use reasonably often - fixed bus stops or otherwise
  • single journey fares are reasonably priced
  • fares can be paid conveniently
  • the bus does not have signs or any other indication that it바카라 사이트™s not available to the general public
  • information about the service, its route and timetable is accessible to the general public
  • advance bookings of flexible services do not deter people who want to make a single journey

There are slightly different conditions if your bus service is intended for transporting pupils, people with disabilities or elderly people.

Read more about the Bus Service Operator바카라 사이트™s Grant (England and Scotland).

How to apply

Contact the helpline for your area.

England

Bus Service Operator바카라 사이트™s Grant helpline (England)
Telephone: 020 7944 8588
bsog@dft.gov.uk
Find out about call charges

Scotland

Bus Service Operator바카라 사이트™s Grant helpline (Scotland)
Telephone: 0141 272 7319
bsog@transport.gov.scot
Find out about call charges

Wales

The grant is administered through the Regional Transport Consortia:

Taith
North Wales Consortium covering Anglesey, Gwynedd (excluding the Meirionydd catchment), Conwy, Flintshire Wrexham, Denbighshire.
Telephone: 01352 704 561
enquiries@taith.gov.uk
Find out about call charges

Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC)
Mid Wales Consortium covering Ceredigion, Meirionydd catchment of Gwynedd, Powys.
Telephone: 01970 633 900
enquiries@tracc.gov.uk
Find out about call charges

South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium (SWWITCH)
Covering Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot.
Telephone: 01792 637 760 or 01792 637 761
swwitchbusfunding@swansea.gov.uk
Find out about call charges

South East Wales Transport Alliance (Sewta)
Consortium covering: Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan Newport, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire.
Telephone: 029 2078 8352
damienweeks@monmouthshire.gov.uk
Find out about call charges

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