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Free buses return for summer weekends in Swansea

Swansea’s popular free bus travel scheme is back for the summer holidays, giving residents and visitors the chance to explore the city without spending a penny on fares.

Running every Saturday and Sunday from 19 July to 31 August, the initiative covers all service buses operating within the Swansea Council area, as long as journeys start and end locally and begin before 7pm.

Now in its fifth year, the scheme has supported more than one million journeys since its launch in 2021, helping families visit beaches, shops, parks and local attractions while saving on travel costs.

“The free ride Swansea offer has been a huge success,” said Council Leader Rob Stewart. “Just one journey for a family of four is helping them to save around £20 each time. This is hugely important for families that are dealing with the continued rise in the cost of living.”

The initiative is part of the council’s wider #HereForYouThisSummer campaign, which also includes funding for free and low-cost activities, holiday meals for pupils, and support for community events.

One service expected to be especially popular is the Sunday bus between Swansea city centre and Rhossili, operated by Adventure Travel, which returns this summer as part of the free travel offer.

“School summer holidays can be an expensive time for families,” said Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure. “Our free bus initiative gives everyone the chance to travel around our wonderful city and ensures they can save their hard-earned money for the wide variety of attractions on offer.”

The offer applies to services run by First Cymru, Adventure Travel, South Wales Transport and DANSA, but excludes long-distance coach services and park-and-ride routes. No proof of residency is required, and passengers simply need to board and state their destination if asked.

For full details, including route maps and FAQs, visit swansea.gov.uk/freebuses.

Free bus travel scheme returns to Swansea for Summer holidays

Swansea Council’s free bus initiative, which gives the public the chance to ride for free on all service buses operating within the city limits, will once again operate each weekend during the summer holidays.

A total of 15 days free travel will be up for grabs between July 19 and August 31 and everyone can benefit as long as their journey starts and ends within Swansea.

The council-led travel initiative is now in its fifth year of operating after it was launched in the school summer holidays of 2021 and has seen more than one million journeys made by people using buses to visit local landmarks, shops, beaches along the coastline or going to visit family and friends.

Rob Stewart, said: “The free ride Swansea offer has been a huge success. While the offer provides excellent saving opportunities for families that are regular bus users, we’re delighted to see that the free offer is also helping to tempt other people to use public transport instead of the car and therefore save money on fuel.

“Just one journey for a family of four is helping them to save around £20 each time. This is hugely important for families that are dealing with the continued rise in the cost of living.”

One service certain to be popular this summer will be the relaunch of the Sunday service between Swansea city centre and Rhossili, operated by Adventure Travel. 

Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure, said: “School summer holidays can be an expensive time for families who are keen to keep their children occupied.

“Our free bus initiative gives everyone the chance to travel around our wonderful city as well as to popular beach destinations and ensures they can save their hard-earned money for the wide variety of attractions on offer.

“The rising cost of fuel is something that is increasingly making it difficult for car owners to keep up with and so I’m confident we will see even more people this summer choose the bus instead.”

The free bus initiative applies to all bus journeys starting and finishing within the Swansea Council area until 7pm on days when the offer is running.

This year, the free bus offer will be available every Saturday and Sunday, from July 19 – August 31.

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