Where to buy
Mobile App
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Buy your bus ticket before you leave home or when you are on the move, with a credit or debit card and have the ticket stored on your phone.
You can buy your ticket in advance and validate it when you want to make your first journey.
Tickets available via the First Bus App vary by area but usually cover day, week and longer tickets.
Online
Click here to buy now online.
University specific tickets are also available to buy online click here for term, semester and uni year tickets for Bath Spa University, University of Bath and UWE.
You may need a photocard or First Photo ID to go with your season ticket but this will be detailed when purchasing your ticket.
Travel Shop
Most of our tickets are available from our First Travel Shops in the following locations. At these shops you can also collect timetables and ask our staff any questions you may have about the local bus services.
| Bristol |
First Travel Shop, Bristol Bus Station, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NU Closed Public Holidays |
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| Bath |
First Travel Shop, Bath Bus Station, 1 Dorchester Street, Bath, BA1 1SS 9am to 6pm (Mon-Fri), 9am to 5pm (Sat), 10am to 4pm (Sun) Closed Public Holidays |
| Wells |
First Travel Shop, Wells Bus Station, Princes Road, Wells, BA5 2DT Closed Public Holidays |
Ticket Agents
Bristol Tourist Information Centre, E Shed, 1 Canons Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX. Located in Bristol’s central Harbourside area overlooking the water, located between the Watershed and No.1 Harbourside (less than 2 minutes from the Bristol Hippodrome).
Open every day (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day). Opening hours are daily 10am to 5pm
Selling a variety of day, week and month for adults, students and young people (16-21) and children.
PayPoint
It's now easier to buy your bus tickets in Bristol, Bath & Weston-super-Mare as the regions biggest operator, has joined forces with PayPoint, the local network of high street retailers, to enable customers to buy bus tickets over the counter at almost 600 outlets in the region. You can now buy your Week and Month tickets from local shops in and around Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare and Frome at the same time as picking up a loaf of bread or pint of milk, or topping up your gas or electricity.
For Terms and Conditions and details of PayPoint agents see link or contact customer services on 0345 602 0121.
Contactless
We now accept contactless payment on all buses in the West of England. You can pay for anything up to the value of £30 with Mastercard, Visa & Maestro plus Apple Pay or Android Pay.
Cash on Bus
All of our buses accept cash for single, day, night and week tickets.