For those travelling with First Essex, the rise from £2 to £3 means that the maximum single fare will be £3, however 36 per cent of fares will cost less than £3. Shorter distance singles will ...

Piers Marlow, Managing Director of First Bus East of England, said: "Our fares will be changing on the 1st January in response to the UK Government’s £3 fare cap.

First Bus has announced it will be increasing fare costs across south Essex from Saturday. A Southend Metro adult day ticket is going up to £4.50 – up 20p – while an adult week ticket will ...