19th November 2022 - South Essex fare review
From Saturday 19th November 2022, you will see a small number of fares change in the South Essex area:
We have revised the Tap&Cap fares:
In Basildon, the Tap & Cap shuttle area fares will be revised as shown in the table below. The price of the 1st tap is unchanged at £2.50, whilst there are increases to the price of the 2nd tap and your daily cap.
Tap&Cap fare chart from 19 November 2022:
The week's travel is capped at £26.00 - renewing each Monday.
| BASILDON | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |
| DAILY CAP à | …you'll never pay more than £6.50 | …you'll never pay more than £6.50 | FREE | ||||
| 1st tap | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | FREE | ||
| 2nd tap | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | |||
| 3rd tap | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | |||
| 4th tap | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | |||
| any further taps that day | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE | |||
| BASILDON | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |
| SPEND OVER WEEK à | £6.50 | £13.00 | £19.50 | £26.00 | £26.00 | £26.00 | £26.00 |
| Never pay more than £26.00 per week | |||||||
We have revised the Basildon shuttle zone fares:
Within the Basildon shuttle area, the price of single fares (available to buy on-bus) remains at £2.50 adult single and £1.50 child single.
The maximum adult return fare on routes 22 and 28 to Tarpots, Southend-on-Sea and Canvey Island will increase to £4.50.
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 Basildon Inner/Outer and Southend Metro zone ticket range:
The prices of our Basildon Inner Adult Day, Week and 4-week range of tickets are also revised from 19 November 2022, with the Basildon Inner Day Adult becoming £6.50 (to mirror the new Tap&Cap day rate).
The Basildon Inner Child Day, Week and 4-week and the Basildon Outer Day, Week and 4-week prices are unchanged.
The Southend Metro Adult Day, Week and 4-week range of tickets are also revised from 19 November, with the Child Day, Week and 4-Week unchanged.
Basildon Inner/Outer and Southend Metro ticket range from 19 November 2022:
| Basildon Inner | |
| Adult Day | £6.50 |
| Adult Week | £26.00 |
| Adult 4-Week | £85.00 |
| Child Day | £3.50 |
| Child Week | £15.00 |
| Child 4-Week | £50.00 |
| Group Day 1+2 | £7.00 |
| Group Day 2+3 | £10.00 |
| Basildon Outer | |
| Adult Day | £8.50 |
| Adult Week | £35.00 |
| Adult 4-Week | £110.00 |
| Child Day | £4.50 |
| Child Week | £20.00 |
| Child 4-Week | £65.00 |
| Southend Metro | |
| Adult Day | £4.50 |
| Adult Week | £17.00 |
| Adult 4-Week | £55.00 |
| Child Day | £2.90 |
| Child Week | £13.00 |
| Child 4-Week | £40.00 |
| Group Day 1+2 | £6.00 |
| Group Day 2+3 | £9.00 |