There are plenty of tickets that you can buy to travel on the bus, so make sure you choose the best ticket for you.
You can buy:
- Tickets for single journeys
- Bee AnyBus travelcards – for journeys on any bus in Greater Manchester
- Bee Bus travelcards – only for journeys that include travel on a Bee Network bus service outside of Greater Manchester. There are also travelcards for families and students to use.
- Multi tickets for bus and tram travel.
Tickets for single journeys
Cost no more than £1 for children and £2 for adults.
You can pay for your journey using cash or card by asking the driver for a single ticket to your destination.
Bee AnyBus travelcards
Buy a Bee AnyBus travelcard to allow you to travel on any bus service (including Bee Network buses) in Greater Manchester.
A 1-day Bee AnyBus travelcard costs £2.50 for children and £5 for adults.
Customers can pay for their journey using cash or card by asking the driver for a 1-day Bee AnyBus travelcard (child or adult), which is valid until 3.59am the following day.
Please note: under 16s will require an igo card to buy child/junior tickets. Under 5s travel free.
A 7-day Bee AnyBus travelcard costs £10.50 for children, £18.20 for a young person (aged 16-21) / student (aged 16-26) and £21 for adults.
You can purchase this ticket along with a wide range of bus, tram and multi-modal tickets on the new Bee Network app.
Alternatively, an existing get me there card or a new Bee Card, igo smart card if you are under 16, is required for purchase.
Other compatible smart cards, including StagecoachSmart will also work, look for the ITSO logo.
You can purchase a 7-day Bee AnyBus travelcard, by using your smart card:
- On the bus (cash only)
- At an Information and Ticket Office
- At a PayPoint retail outlet
Your 7-day Bee AnyBus travelcard will be loaded to your smart card upon purchase.
Please keep a paper copy of your receipt.
A 28-day Bee AnyBus travelcard costs £42.70 for children, £61.90 for a young person (aged 16-21) / student (aged 16-26) and £85.40 for adults.
You can purchase this ticket along with a wide range of bus, tram and multi-modal tickets on the new Bee Network app.
Alternatively, an existing get me there card or a new Bee Card, igo smart card if you are under 16, is required for purchase.
Other compatible smart cards, including StagecoachSmart will also work, look for the ITSO logo.
You can purchase a 28-day Bee AnyBus travelcard, by using your smart card:
- At an Information and Ticket Office
- At a PayPoint retail outlet
Your 28-day Bee AnyBus travelcard will be loaded to your smart card upon purchase.
Please keep a paper copy of your receipt.
Bee Bus travelcards
Travelling on a Bee Network bus outside of Greater Manchester?
Buy a Bee Bus travelcard if your journey includes travel on a Bee Network bus service outside of Greater Manchester.
If your journey is within Greater Manchester then you should buy the Bee AnyBus ticket, which is valid for travel on any bus in Greater Manchester.
A 1-day Bee Bus travelcard costs £2.50 for children and £5 for adults.
Customers can pay for their journey using cash or card by asking the driver of a Bee Network bus for a 1-day Bee Bus travelcard (child or adult), which is valid until 3.59am the following day.
Please note: under 16s will require an igo card to buy child/junior tickets. Under 5s travel free.
A 7-day Bee Bus travelcard costs £10.50 for children and £21 for adults.
An existing get me there card or a new Bee Card, igo smart card if you are under 16, is required for purchase. Other compatible smart cards, including StagecoachSmart will also work, look for the ITSO logo.
You can purchase a 7-day Bee Bus travelcard, by using your smart card:
- On a Bee Network bus (cash only)
- At an Information and Ticket Office
- At a PayPoint retail outlet
Your 7-day Bee Bus travelcard will be loaded to your smart card upon purchase. Please keep a paper copy of your receipt.
You can also purchase this ticket along with a wide range of bus, tram and multi-modal tickets on the new Bee Network app.
Other Bee Bus tickets
There are other Bee Bus tickets available for families and students to use on Bee Network bus services.
If you're a student at any college or university in Greater Manchester, you can buy student Bee Bus tickets.
Student term tickets can be used at anytime on Bee Network buses up to the last service of the day that the ticket expires. The expiry date will differ depending on which term ticket you buy.
You will need proof that you are a current student, any official college or university ID is suitable (Not NUS card).
There are different student terms tickets available:
- All Terms Bee Bus Student ticket - valid between 1 September and 30 June.
- Term 1 Bee Bus Student ticket - valid between 1 September and 31 December.
- Term 2 Bee Bus Student ticket - valid between 1 January and 31 March
- Term 3 Bee Bus Student ticket - valid between 1 April and 30 June
You can buy student Bee Bus tickets:
- On the Bee Network app.
- As a smart ticket at an Information and Ticket Office.
Please note: if you travel on Stagecoach bus services there are some changes to student tickets for the 2024/25 academic year. Find out more about the changes to tickets.
A 1-day Bee Bus family (off-peak) ticket costs £9.
The ticket allows a family one day's unlimited travel on Bee Network buses after 9.30am on weekdays and all day at weekends and bank holidays.
The family ticket can be used by a group of one to three children accompanied by one or two adults when travelling together.
All children must be aged up to 16 (or be aged 16 up to the 31 August) and must be able to show their igo card or proof of age if asked.
There is no minimum age for children travelling on a family ticket.
You can purchase a 1-day Bee Bus family ticket:
- On a Bee Network bus
- At an Information and Ticket Office
National capped scheme
A national £2 single fares cap has been introduced for both adult and child fares.
This has no impact on the single fares cap that was introduced for Greater Manchester in September 2022, but will mean that fares for cross boundary journeys will be no more than £2 (on participating operator services) – see £2 bus fare cap - or contact your operator for more information.
The scheme is set to run until 31 December 2024.
More information
You can find lots of additional information online, including:
- Find tickets and passes to suit you, apply for a pass or renew an existing pass
- Find station, stop, and route information, live departures and timetable information by searching for a bus number (e.g. 192), or bus station (e.g. Stockport bus station)
- View more information about buses, trains and trams such as how to buy tickets, lost property and travelling safely.
