Young Person Fare

image of 4 young people on a Cardiff Bus

We know that you've got plenty to spend your cash on already, that's why you can purchase a young person ticket right up until your 22nd* birthday....

*My Travel Pass card required – details below. 

Aged 16 to 21

You’ll need to get a My Travel Pass card, part of the Welsh Government’s My Travel Pass Scheme, which you must present when buying your ticket.

Click here to apply online for a My Travel Pass card.

This will give you you 30% off our on bus fares.  You will also need this card when purchasing Young Person tickets on the app.

Once you have received your My Travel Pass card, you MUST always scan this and show to your driver. 

If you have one of our app tickets you still must scan the card along with your mobile ticket.  If you are purchasing a ticket on the day, you must also scan your card.

For longer duration tickets not using our app an iff card will also be required. 

The My Travel Pass can only be used by the person named and shown on the card. 

If you have already bought a ticket, place your My Travel Pass on the card reader as you board the bus.  The ticket machine will beep to inform the driver your card has been accepted.  If there is an issue with your card, the driver may ask you to place the card on the reader again so they can see if there is a valid ticket on your card.

If you’d like to buy a ticket on the bus, make sure you have visited our travel shop before you need to travel so that the ticket type can be added to your card.  Then simply tell the driver which ticket you’d like to purchase, then place your card on the reader and your money in the vault. 

To find out more about the Welsh Government’s My Travel Pass Scheme click here. 

Please note, holders of the existing Cardiff Bus young persons' iff cards will not work after the holder's 19th birthday and all tickets will expire. You will need to apply for a 16-21 My Travel Pass.

Aged 5 to 15

Children between the ages of 5 and 15 will be charged young persons fares.  Fares are listed at the bottom of the page. 

Under 5

Up to three children under the age of 5 may accompany an adult fare paying customer or an adult in possession of a valid pass or permit (including a concessionary pass) free of charge providing they do not occupy a seat required by an adult customer.

Where a child under 5 is accompanied by another youth fare customer then either both pay the youth fare or one should pay the adult fare and the other travel free.  Obviously the second option will be the cheaper.

Unaccompanied children under 5 will be charged at the appropriate youth fare for the journey being made.

Fares

Travel within Cardiff, Penarth and Llandough

  • £1.30 single for the "local" zones as shown here: Local single fares - Cardiff Bus
  • £1.60 for one single journey
  • £3.10 for all day travel
  • £12 for travel all week

Travel within Barry only, within Dinas Powys only or within Sully only (not between areas)

  • £1.70 for one single journey
  • £3.50 for all day travel
  • £11.00 travel all week

Travel between Barry and/or Dinas Powys and/or Sully

  • £1.90 for one single journey
  • £3.50 for all day travel
  • £11.00 travel all week

Full network travel incl. to/from Newport

  • £2.20 for one single journey
  • £4.20 for all day travel
  • £15.50 travel all week

Freedom ticket

Click here to see the fares for Service 30 to Newport.

* Cardiff City Area (i.e. the area covered by the City and County of Cardiff) is defined as the area bounded by Ffordd Berllan, Thornhill Crematorium and Heol Hir/Capel Gwilyn Road in the North; St. Brides Road (A4232 crossing), St. Fagans turning point, Drope (The Terrace), Rhur Cross, Leckwith Bridge, Penarth Road/Brindley Road and Cogan Spur in the West and St. Mellons County Club in the East.