Single trips & day tickets

Pay on the bus


Contactless payment

Tap your contactless card or device on the reader to purchase travel.

Remove your contactless card from your wallet or purse to avoid other contactless cards being accidentally charged.

Contactless can only be used to purchase adult tickets. Term and conditions apply.

Single journey

Adults Under 18 
16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 card*

Short hop

Travel for about a mile

£1.50 £1.20
£1.65 if travelling to, from or in Staffordshire or Warwickshire.

Excludes contactless payment & terms and conditions apply **
Max single Cash and Contactless*  £2.40

Day ticket
All our buses

All day After 9.30am
& all day weekends
Adults Cash and Contactless*   £4.60 £4
Add a child £1 each
(up to 3 children maximum) 

Excludes contactless payment & terms and conditions apply **
Under 18
16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 card*
£2.30

Sandwell & Dudley and Walsall day tickets
Sandwell & Dudley ticket area
Walsall ticket area

All day
Adults £3
Under 18
16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 card*
£1.50

Local Day ticket
Local daysaver area

After 9.30am & all day weekends
Adults £3
Under 18
16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 card*
£1.50

Group ticket
All our buses

All day After 6pm  
up to 5 people together
or 2 adults + 4 children

£8

 £5

Our buses have an exact fare system and the driver cannot give change, so please make sure you have the correct money. The exact fare system ensures that loading times are kept to a minimum.

Other day tickets are available from our drivers that include most other bus operators in the West Midlands County; most buses and the Midland Metro tram in the West Midlands County and most buses, the Midland Metro tram and train services in the Network West Midlands area.

Our single journey fares are based upon 'fare stages', your fare is calculated by the number of 'fare stages' your journey takes you through. You can view or download a copy of our full faretables, here.

** Not valid with - 

  • Child tickets, adult singles and promotional offers. 

  • Contactless.

  • Group tickets.

  • nBus or nNetwork tickets. 

  • Low fare zone day tickets. 

On your mobile

Download the app
search ‘nxbus mTicket’

Single mTicket

Single journey
Adults £2.40
Adults 10 Pack £23

Day mTicket all our buses

All day After 9.30am
& all day weekends  
After 6pm
Adults £4.60 £4.00 £3
Adults 10 Pack £42 £39 -

Day mTicket Sandwell & Dudley Walsall

All day
Adults £3.00
Adults 10 Pack £30

Day mTicket Local Daysaver

All day
Adults £3.00
Adults 10 Pack £30

Evening Ticket all our buses

After 6pm  
Adults £3

Group mTicket all our buses

All day After 6pm  
Up to 5 people together
or 2 adults + 4 children
£7 £4

Other day tickets are available from our drivers that include most other bus operators in the West Midlands County; most buses and the Midland Metro tram in the West Midlands County and most buses, the Midland Metro tram and train services in the Network West Midlands area.

Pay As You Go

Swift Pay As You Go is the smartcard that you top up with credit to be able to buy tickets on the bus. Click here to sign up or top up a Swift Pay As You Go smartcard.

Single journey

Adults

Under 18

16-18 year olds must show a valid West Midlands 16-18 card*

short hop
travel for about a mile
£1.50 £1.20

Max single

£2.40

Day ticket all our buses

All day After 9.30am
& all day weekends
Adults £4.60 £4
Add a child £1 each
up to 3 children maximum
Under 18 £2.30

Group ticket all our buses

All day After 6pm  
Up to 5 people together
or 2 adults + 4 children
£8 £5

Other day tickets are available from our drivers that include most other bus operators in the West Midlands County; most buses and the Midland Metro tram in the West Midlands County and most buses, the Midland Metro tram and train services in the Network West Midlands area.

Our single journey fares are based upon 'fare stages', your fare is calculated by the number of 'fare stages' your journey takes you through. You can view or download a copy of our full faretables, here.