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Travel for a tenner on Lewes Road
Posted on behalf of: Transport
Last updated: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Brighton & Hove buses have announced a special offer of a week’s bus travel for a tenner on Lewes Road.
Starting from Saturday (14 December), students and staff who have a smartphone can travel to and from campus along Lewes Road’s new bus lanes for a whole week for £9.99. The usual cost of a route 23-25 weekly mobile ticket is £12.50.
This Lewes Road ticket gives unlimited travel on routes 23 and 25, plus route 24 between Coldean Lane and the city centre and routes 28 and 29 between Falmer and the city centre.
The £9.99 offer applies to anyone paying via the Brighton & Hove buses smartphone m-ticket app, which you can download from the Apple Store or Google Play, or by visiting www.buses.co.uk/app.
The special offer runs from Saturday (14 December) until Sunday 5 January.
Brighton & Hove buses have also published details of their Christmas and new year services.
A "special offer" because they know their passenger numbers will drop dramatically as term has ended. The extortionate rates will return in January. Smartphones as a prerequisite privilige the wealthy and exclude the poor, who need the discount the most.
Totally impractical - if your phone battery dies, you're left ticketless and are forced to pay again.
Bring back the Lemon Bus!
From Claudia Cockrell on 11 December 2013
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