Welcome to the home of Cornwall's buses and trains. We're working together to deliver a transport network that's simple to use, great quality and even better value for money.
By coming together we're going to make Cornwall proud to take more and more green journeys.
In 2022/23 we’ve introduced better value, simplified ticketing and capped payments for those using their payment cards or devices to ‘Tap & Cap’ for Day & Weekly tickets. We’ve also been pleased to promote HM Government’s single fare initiative and are delighted that this is being extended to provide great value single fares until December 2024. There is much more to come in 2023/24 to make travelling by public transport easier for you, our passengers.
We're here for everyone. Transport for Cornwall - it belongs to all of us.
Transport for Cornwall partners have come together to pledge to provide the best possible bus services in Cornwall. They have developed a Bus Passenger Charter setting out what you can expect when using local bus services that operate across Cornwall.
Town zones offer great value all day, within a defined local area.
Getting around Cornwall by bus has never been easier.
Once you’ve found the ticket that suits you best you can use it on any bus in Cornwall no matter what colour it is, or who's driving it. Making our networks bigger, and the ticket prices even smaller.
Penzance, Hayle, St Ives, Camborne, Redruth, Helston, Falmouth-Penryn, Newquay,
St Austell, Bodmin, Truro, Bude, Launceston and Liskeard
At Transport for Cornwall we don’t just want to make it easy to get around the county, we want to make it great value too. We offer a range of tickets for bus travel, train journeys and bus and train combined. And remember you can use your bus tickets on any bus, on any route* across Cornwall – we’re one big bus network.
Great news!
Passengers will continue to benefit from the national £2 single fare scheme. The scheme has been in place since 1st January 2023 and will run until 31st December 2024. This initiative is funded by HM Government and forms part of the Help for Households campaign.
*Excludes Truro and Penwith College passes, Falmouth &
Exeter University passes, Park & Ride and privately
contracted journeys.
Here are the latest FAQs about the Bus Fares Pilot Scheme
At Transport for Cornwall we realise that catching the bus might be something that you haven’t done for a while, but as more and more of us start to choose bus we want to make sure everyone knows how easy it really is.
Here’s a quick animation with all the information you’ll need to start making those greener journeys.
Singles and returns available to buy
from the driver only
Cornwall
All Day
£7.50
Cornwall
All Week
£30.00
Town All Day
£4.00
Town All Week
£16.00
Cornwall
All Day
£15.00
We’ve looked at which products are most important to you, our customers, and as a result we are simplifying the selection of tickets you can buy.
The full list of affected fares can be seen above. Bus operators continue to work with Cornwall Council and Department for Transport to cap all single bus tickets at £2 until 31 December 2024 with funding from HM Government Help for Households, while under 5s can still travel for free.
Singles and returns available to buy
from the driver only
Cornwall
All Day
£5.00
Cornwall
All Day
£5.00
Cornwall
Month
£65.00
Town All Day
£3.00
Town All Week
£12.00
Any Stagecoach bus operating within the Cornwall borders will also accept tickets from other operators for travel, as long as the original ticket is for a journey wholly within Cornwall.
If you normally buy an adult Cornwall day or Cornwall week ticket, then we’ve got an easy, new way to pay.
Simply tap your payment card or device as you board, and again just before you get off. No matter how many bus journeys you make that day we’ll make sure you never pay more than you should.
Even better, once your days travelled add up to the weekly ticket, your fare will be capped no matter how much more you travel that week. You decide when your week starts, beginning with your very first tap, so it’s totally flexible.
With Tap & Cap there’s no need to pre-pay for your tickets, you don’t have to commit to the Cornwall week ticket up front, especially when your plans could change. All you need to do is turn up and start tapping.
To check what journeys you've made and fares paid, visit
mytrips.uk.littlepay.com/transport-for-cornwall
Tap & Cap FAQs
£16.00
£8.00
Railcard discounts are also available.
Available from 0900 Monday to Friday and all day at weekends and on public holidays, plus the following additional trains:
- 0817 Plymouth – Penzance
- 0822 Plymouth – Gunnislake
- 0830 Liskeard – Looe
Tickets can be purchased from railway ticket offices (or on board the train if travelling from a non-staffed station) or from GWR.com
Another way we make your journey easier is that together we offer tickets for both bus and train.
So you can buy just one ticket and be on your way.
Ride Cornwall Ticket
These tickets are valid on the day of purchase on:
— Great Western Railway
— Cross Country trains
— Cornwall by Kernow bus services
— Go Cornwall Bus services
You can also buy a PlusBus ticket, which gives unlimited travel on most buses in a specified town on top of your rail ticket.
Over the next 12 months we will be working to bring all your essential travel information together in one place with a website and app. It will include trains, buses and active travel options too. We've already started bringing the bus information together in an interactive map to help you see what bus routes operate where.
**Cornwall Service Changes - From Sunday 1st September 2024**
Some changes to Cornwall's bus routes and timetables come into effect from 1st September. Most changes are designed to improve reliability or are in response to passenger feedback.
For more details click here
Download the complete guide to bus times across Cornwall
If you’re unsure about which services you need, or where you want to go, head to Traveline to plan a journey. If you need specific details about our services you can visit our websites or apps.
If you’d like to get in touch please do, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
Transport for Cornwall is used under licence from Cornwall Council to Plymouth Citybus Limited. Registered Address, 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6EE. Registered in England No 2004966, Part of the Go Ahead Group.
