First Glasgow freezes 'majority' of ticket prices in bid to grow services

A Scottish bus operator has announced that the “majority” of its ticket prices will be frozen across Glasgow.

Following First Glasgow’s annual fare review, the company has decided to introduce a price cap set to come into place from March 31.

The operator said that for customers purchasing tickets through the Tap On, Tap Off payment method, ticket prices will remain at current rates, including single, day and week tickets.

On-board or on-app purchased two-trip, day ticket bundle, week and four-week tickets will also remain the same price for customers across Greater Glasgow.

However, single, day and month-plus tickets bought on a bus or via the First Bus app will see price increase of 3% from March 31.

Duncan Cameron, managing director of First Bus Scotland, said the updates to the ticketing structure were “essential” in their plans to grow services across the city.

“Despite facing significant cost increases across our operations, we have worked hard to freeze a significant number of ticket products to ensure we continue to attract more customers to using our services.

“We know there will be significant increases in fares across alternative modes of public transport so being able to freeze so many of our popular ticketing options, at their current prices, shows our commitment to our customers to provide them with one of the cheapest, most convenient and sustainable ways of traveling around Glasgow.”