First Bus child fare changes – from Sunday 28 July
First Bus South Yorkshire has informed South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) of their decision to apply a price rise to their multi-journey and period child bus fares from Sunday 28 July 2024.
What are the price changes?
From Sunday 28 July 2024 First Bus is applying a price rise to their range of child products and details will be available at firstbus.co.uk/south-yorkshire/tickets/ticket-types/young-people.
A summary of the changes is shown in the table below:
| Product | New price |
| First 10 Single Journey Child South Yorkshire | £10.00 |
| First Day Child | £3.00 |
| First Week Child | £10.40 |
| First 4 Week Child | £40.00 |
How are these changes being communicated to customers?
The new prices will be introduced from Sunday 28 July 2024 and First Bus will inform customers of the price changes via their website at firstbus.co.uk/south-yorkshire/tickets/ticket-prices.
First Bus will also be publishing posts online via X (Twitter) @FirstSouthYorks and Facebook First South Yorkshire to advise customers of the change in pricing.
Secondary schools in Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield have also been advised about the fare changes so that they can notify parents and pupils ahead of the new academic year.
We will be providing details of the fare changes on the news and updates page on our Travel South Yorkshire website and our ticketing and passes page will be updated with the new prices from Sunday 28 July.
We will also be sharing information about the price changes on our social media channels.
