Southend Octopus Tickets: Fare changes from Saturday 1st April 2023
The prices of the Southend Octopus multi-operator range of day, week and 4-week tickets are revised from Saturday 1st April 2023.
The Octopus ticket provides unlimited travel on First, Arriva and Stephensons of Essex buses in the Southend, Castle Point and Rochford district areas, and can be bought on the bus from any of the participating operators.
Octopus tickets is not valid on the Airlink service X30 or Stephensons school routes in the 500 to 800 number range.
The new prices are:
Southend Octopus |
Ticket Type |
Price from 1st April 2023 |
Adult |
Day |
£5.70 |
Adult |
Week |
£24.50 |
Adult |
4 Week |
£70.00 |
Child |
Day |
£4.00 |
Child |
Week |
£18.00 |
Child |
4 Week |
£52.50 |
The First Day Child Southend Metro ticket will be £3.00 from 1st April too.
There are no changes to our commercial single or return fares and the maximum single fare cap of £2.00 remains in place on First services until the end of June 2023.