New fares not quite so fair for some travellers...

Under the old bus fare structure, almost all adult return tickets in the First Bus West of England area were priced below £7, in order to keep them below the £7 charged for the First Day South West ticket. However, the new "Fairer Fares For All" structure abolishes return tickets, meaning that almost all 2-way journeys in the West of England area outside of the Bristol zones where the adult single fare is £3.50 or more have increased in price, with many passengers facing big rises as their fares are effectively rounded-up to the £7 charged for the new First West of England Day ticket.

Also, many passengers making 2-way journeys in the First Bus West of England area where the adult single fare is less than £3.50 face big fare rises too, as they are forced to buy a more expensive combination of two single tickets.

First Bus West of England are being asked to bring back return tickets, with fares set at a reasonable level.

If you agree you can sign a petition at http://busreturns.epetitions.net/ and ask others to do so.

See also 'victory in campaign to get fairer fares for young people' story