Leicestershire Ticketing Schemes

Current Leicestershire Ticketing Schemes 

Leicestershire Buses supports and promotes national bus fare schemes as well as implementing specific schemes for bus passengers across Leicestershire. 

Festive Fun by Bus

Hop on board this festive season and head to popular events around the county. The scheme focuses on Leicestershire towns to encourage people to shop locally and support the bus network. 

Some Sunday events will be served by a temporary festive timetabled bus, and will be FREE to use!

See what events around the county can be accessed by bus on our Festive Fun by Bus page. 

National £3 Fare Cap

Travel for no more than £3 on some bus routes across Leicestershire! 

Adult single fares are capped at £3 on participating bus routes until 31 December 2025. Find the participating bus routes near you on the government website. 

Completed Schemes

Details of previous ticketing schemes implemented by Leicestershire Buses are shown below. 

Festive Timetables: Seasonal Services (December 2024) 

The 12 buses of Christmas! This promotion focused on driving forward festive cheer by keeping Leicestershire connected with exclusive seasonal bus services. The 12 seasonal services were introduced and served key tourist destinations, like Gates Garden Centre, Twycross Zoo and Conkers, and some routes served local events and town centres. The services were completely free to use and allowed people to travel to local festive attractions by bus. 

Free Fare Super Saturdays (October – November 2024)

This promotion offered free travel on seven consecutive Saturdays on major operators’ bus routes serving the market towns and also cross-boundary services including into Leicester city centre provided that customers either got on or off the bus in Leicestershire. As well as encouraging bus travel, the campaign was timed ahead of the winter months and holiday season to help people save money, stay connected to others and combat loneliness and isolation.

Summer By Bus (July – August 2024) 

The Summer By Bus campaign aimed to provide families and groups inspiration and information on how to use the bus during the summer holidays. This campaign brought together key tourist attractions and local events to provide people with easily accessible details on how to travel across the county by bus. 

Youth Fares Free Travel (April 2024)

During the Easter half-term (2024), children and young people under 16 were offered free bus travel across Leicestershire. This encouraged young people to think about the benefits of bus travel. It also provided an opportunity to develop independent thinking skills. Schemes like this can help teach young people sustainable and active travel options.