My brother went out on a bus trip today to both try out our local public transport system and to visit a neighbouring town. He discovered that the price for an adult single ticket is £4.50, and if you don't ask for a return ticket it's another £4.50 back. This compares to £1.70 in Nottingham for the same type of ticket.
He wasn't surprised, though; when we were in Nottingham a month ago one of our cousins from the East of England explained that a bus ticket in her area cost around £6.50. Even so, we are in a more populous region than my cousin and her family, so I assumed that our bus fares would be higher than Nottingham's, but significantly lower than those of the town in the east.
It does put somewhat of a dent in our plans to use the bus more, unfortunately. We were going to start taking some bus rides, but the price is too high to travel on them frequently; we will still take the occasional trip...bus rides are fun!
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