From Saturday 19th November 2022, you will see a small number of fares change in the Colchester area:

We have revised the Tap&Cap fares:

1. The price of 1st tap increases to £2.50

2. There will be slight increase to your 2nd tap

3. There will be a slight increase to your daily cap

Tap&Cap fare chart from 19 November 2022:
The week's travel is capped at £18.00 - renewing each Monday.
COLCHESTER Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
DAILY CAP à …you'll never pay more than £4.50 …you'll never pay more than £4.50 FREE
1st tap £2.50 £2.50 £2.50 £2.50 FREE
2nd tap £1.50 £1.50 £1.50 £1.50
3rd tap £0.50 £0.50 £0.50 £0.50
any further taps that day FREE FREE FREE FREE

COLCHESTER Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
SPEND OVER WEEK à £4.50 £9.00 £13.50 £18.00 £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
Never pay more than £18.00 per week

We have revised the Colchester shuttle zone fares:

Within the Colchester shuttle area, the price of the single fares (available to buy on-bus) remains at £2.50 adult single and £1.50 child single.

A small number of other adult return fares outside of the shuttle area will also increase in price.


We have revised the prices of the Colchester Inner zone ticket range:

The price of the Colchester Inner Adult Day ticket is also revised from 19 November, becoming £4.50 (to mirror the new Tap&Cap day rate)

The Colchester adult Week and 4-week prices and the child Day, Week and 4-week prices are all unchanged.

The Colchester & Brightlingsea adult and child weekly ticket prices are also revised from 19 November 2022.

Colchester Inner and Colchester & Brightlingsea zone ticket range from 19 November: 

Colchester Inner
Adult Day £4.50
Adult Week (mTicket only) £18.00
Adult 4-Week (mTicket only) £58.00
Child Day £3.20
Child Week £11.00
Child 4-Week £42.00
Group Day 1+2 £6.40
Group Day 2+3 £10.00
Colchester & Brightlingsea
Adult Week  £20.00
Child Week £14.50