 |
Fares & Tickets
We are a low-cost bus company and keep our fares as low as possible to give you the best value. You can buy all our tickets, except season tickets from the driver when you get on the bus. If you can pay the correct fare, that is very helpful, but do not worry if you cant or do not know the fare, the driver will usually have change to help you.
We have a selection of tickets:
Single (one-way) tickets
If you are just making one single journey, ask the driver for a “Single ticket” to where you are going.
Day return tickets
If you are travelling anywhere and coming back on the same day, buy a Day return which gives you a substantial discount on the cost of two single tickets. For more information click here.
Season tickets
If you are travelling regularly between two places, you can make huge savings by buying a Season ticket. A season ticket is the only ticket that you cannot but from the bus driver. To get one, ring us or e-mail for a quotation and we will require a passport-style photograph. Seasons can last for 3, 6 or 12 months. If you know your fare, click here and you can see the savings that you can make.
Children
You can get about one-third off all adult fares by asking for a “Child Single” or “Child Return”. You need to be aged from 5 to 15, though and it is up to you to prove your age to the driver if you look older. We do not refund any fares afterwards if there is any doubt as to age at the time of boarding, or if you do not request a Childs fare.
Families
Take the children with you and make huge savings! Families of up to 5 people, of whom no more than two may be adults, can travel for just twice the Adult fare. Just ask the driver for a “Family Single” or “Family Return”.
Concessionary pass holders Cornwall Concessionary pass holders can travel totally free of charge at any time of the day for any distance, however long or short, provided it is within the appropriate area. Devonwide and Plymouth Concessionary Passholders can travel within the appropriate area during the times allowed on the pass. All you need to do is to show your Concessionary Pass to the driver as you board (you must do this, please – do not hide it away and expect the driver to ask you for it). You need to be over 60 or have certain disabilities, so get yours now and start travelling totally free!! 
National Concessionary Fare Card holders
From April 2008, passholders from other areas in England are able to travel for free on Western Greyhound between the hours of 09:30 and 23:00. Just show your pass to the driver and tell him where you are going.
Other tickets
There are a number of other tickets, mainly for Tourists or if you are travelling further afield or if you are visiting an attraction on which we can offer substantial savings when you travel by Western Greyhound:
Through tickets
On certain routes, you can buy a through ticket onto the next bus. Please ask the driver who will tell you if this is possible.
Day Explorer tickets
Our great Value Day Explorer ticket gives you unlimited travel on our entire bus network and you can also use it on STagecoach Devon and Hookways buses. Go where you like, when you like, change buses as often as you like, just buy it anytime from the driver. To view the map of where we run, click here.
£7 Adult, £4.50 Child or £14 Family (Up to 5 people but no more than 2 adults)
RideCornwall tickets
This is another exciting new product. You can buy a RideCornwall ticket on any Western Greyhound, Truronian or First Devon and Cornwall bus or at Plymouth or Cornish railway stations or from the train conductor if the station is unstaffed. Ride Cornwall offers you unlimited off peak travel on all bus services of the above operators and all train services throughout Cornwall , together with the Tamar Valley line with just one ticket. Ride Cornwall tickets can be brought and used on all services of the operators above within Cornwall at any time on weekends or public holidays and also after 0900hrs on Mondays to Fridays. They can also be brought and used on journeys between Cornwall and Plymouth such as route 593. With over 50 miles of heritage coastline, stone circles, castles and maritime heritage, you are guaranteed a great day out. So, if you want to use both buses and trains, this is the ticket for you…….
For more information about the RideCornwall ticket, click here.
Adult £10, child £7.50 and family £24 (up to 5 people but no more than 2 adults)Looe Valley Ranger Western Greyhound and First have combined together to bring you the Looe Valley Ranger ticket. You can buy it on any Western Greyhound bus or from the conductor of a Looe Valley branch line train and use it for the entire day on the train between Looe and Liskeard and on any Western Greyhound 573 bus between Liskeard, Looe and Polperro. So, if you want to get on a bus in Polperro, for example, and ride the Looe Valley railway line, this ticket is for you. 
Adult £3.30
Combined transport and entry into Eden project
Western Greyhound has teamed up with Eden Project to deliver you low cost transport from Newquay and St Austell to the Eden Project with a regularly hourly bus 527 together with a combined transport and entry ticket. Just ask the 527 bus driver for a Combined Eden entry ticket which will save you both parking, using the park and ride buses and queuing at Eden . You will have your ticket already and can go straight in. For more information about Eden project, click here.
To view our combined travel & admission prices, please click here.
Combined transport and entry into Heligan Gardens
Western Greyhound has teamed up with Heligan Gardens to deliver you low cost transport from Newquay and St Austell to Heligan Gardens with a combined transport and entry ticket. Just ask the 526 or 527 bus driver for a Combined Heligan entry ticket which will save you both parking and queuing. You will have your ticket already and can go straight in. For more information about Heligan Gardens, click here.
To view our combined travel & admission prices, please click here.
Combined transport and entry into Dairyland
Western Greyhound has teamed up with Dairyland to deliver you low cost transport from Newquay and St Austell to Dairyland every hour and reduced-price entry ticket. Just ask the 527 bus driver for a Combined Dairyland entry ticket which will save you both parking and queuing. You will have your ticket already and can go straight in. For more information about Dairyland, click here.
To view our combined travel & admission prices, please click here.
Combined transport and entry to Bodmin and Wenford steam railway
Western Greyhound has teamed up with Bodmin and Wenford to deliver you low cost transport from from Newquay, Plymouth, Liskeard, Bodmin, Padstow, Wadebridge and St Austell to Bodmin General Station every hour and reduced-price train ticket. Just ask the bus driver for a Combined Bodmin and Wenford entry ticket which will give you great savings. For more information about Dairyland, click here.
Various prices depending on where you travel from
PlusBus
Add bus travel to your railway ticket! We have joined up with PlusBus and accept PlusBus tickets on all our buses in the appropriate areas. These are Bodmin, Liskeard, Newquay, Plymouth , St Austell and Truro . For more information about PlusBus, click here
Train tickets
We accept through train tickets from Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow and also from Truro to Perranporth. When you buy your railway ticket, just ask for a bus add-on to any of these places. For more information about train tickets, click here.