Our Fares & Tickets (Routes 84 & 242) Home / Country Routes / Our Fares & Tickets (Routes 84 & 242) FARE DEALS ON ROUTES 84 AND 242 Fares valid from 22nd March 2020 onwards. Please see below for information about the various different ways in which you can pay for your journey on our Country Routes 84 and 242, either on the bus or in advance. (Click here for fares information for route PB1 and 305 which are operated on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council). All fares and pricing may be subject to change at short notice, updates will normally be announced on this website and by notices on Country Routes buses. M-TICKETS - ‘MY PHONE IS MY TICKET’ Now you can buy day, weekly and monthly tickets from our Metroline range at a discount using m-ticketing via a Smartphone and the INTALINK app – click here for more information and prices or go to intalink.org.uk to download the free app. T&Cs apply. Buying tickets from the driver The following ticket types can all be bought from the driver using cash. It is helpful if you can have the correct fare available when possible. Our drivers do give change, subject to availability, otherwise a change voucher can be issued. Contactless payment can also be made (up to the value of £45). Oyster cards are not valid on our Country routes, other than to obtain child discount (see below), but we do have local cash fares in the TfL area. Single and day return fares Adult single fares range from around £1.50 to £5.00 depending upon distance and area. Some £1.10 short distance fares are also available, for example St Albans City Centre – City Station. Day return fares are available for all single fare values at approximately one-and-a-half times the single fare, so saving around 25% compared with two single fares. Some examples (from March 2020 but subject to change) are: Journey (fares apply in either direction) Adult Single Adult Day Return St Albans City Centre – New Barnet £5.00 £7.50* St Albans City Centre – London Colney Kings Road/The Bull (Willowside) £2.50 £3.80 St Albans City Centre – Potters Bar £4.40 £6.60 Potters Bar – Barnet Church £2.90 £4.30 Potters Bar – London Colney/Colney Fields £3.20 £4.80 Potters Bar – Waltham Cross £4.40 £6.60 Potters Bar Station – Cuffley £3.70 £5.60 Cuffley – Waltham Cross £3.70 £5.60 Cheshunt Old Pond – Waltham Cross £2.10 £3.20 Waltham Cross – Brookfield Centre £2.50 £3.80 * - Day Rover issued instead of Day Return Concessionary travel Holders of English National Concessionary Travel elderly and disabled persons’ passes issued by Hertfordshire County Council may travel free at any time on production of the valid pass. For information about obtaining a pass, see intalink.org.uk . Other authorities’ ENTC passes and London Boroughs’ Freedom passes are accepted for free travel at all times except before 0930hrs or after 2300hrs on Mondays to Fridays. Please note that Transport for London 60+ Oyster cards are not valid on our Country routes. Children’s fares Children and students are able to travel at reduced fares (normally about half the adult rate), under the following age conditions, for single, day return and period tickets: Under 5 yrs - free (maximum of 2 children, accompanied by a fare paying passenger) Age 5 and under 11 - child fare, no proof of age needed Age 11 and under 19 - child fare if showing a valid Hertfordshire Saver Card**, obtainable from Hertfordshire County Council subject to conditions, see hertsdirect.org/savercard . Additionally, but only on route 84, the following Transport for London (TfL) issued cards are accepted to obtain child discount (not free travel): Age 11 and under 16: A valid 11-15 Zip Oyster photocard** can be used to obtain a child discount on fares and period tickets, provided one end of the user's journey starts or finishes within Greater London (New Barnet Station – Hadley Greenacre Close) Age 16 and under 18: A valid 16+ Zip Oyster photocard** can be used to obtain child rate single or return tickets only, provided the user's whole journey both starts and finishes within Greater London (New Barnet Station – Hadley Greenacre Close). Age 18+: Zip Oyster photocards are obtainable from Transport for London subject to conditions, click here for details. ** - SaverCards/Zip Oyster photocards must be shown to the driver on every journey, and to a Metroline official on request during the journey, otherwise the adult fare for the journey becomes payable. Scholars’ season tickets are available at a discount for periods of half a school term. A ‘Rover’ gives unlimited travel throughout routes 84 and 242*. Buy from driver. Prices vary with the length of term. Conditions as above. Only valid on Metroline buses. Click here for more details and current term prices. Metroline Day & Period Tickets from 22 March 2020 Rover tickets giving unlimited travel throughout routes 84 and 242* are available as follows, offering great savings for regular users: Rover 1 Day Week Monthly ADULT £ 7.50 £32.00 £90.00 CHILD £ 3.80 £17.00 £50.00 Monthly Rover tickets are available for a full calendar month from (and including) the day of issue. *Please note: Metroline tickets are not available on route 242 on Sundays or Bank Holidays, when this route is operated by another company. Barnet 7 tickets are available for one week’s unlimited travel (including day of issue) on Metroline route 84 between South Mimms, White Hart and New Barnet Station. Rates are: Barnet 7 Week ADULT £18.50 CHILD £10.00 Cheshunt Sixer tickets are valid on Metroline route 242 for one week’s unlimited travel (including day of issue) between Burton Lane and Waltham Cross Bus Station. Please note that these are only valid on Metroline buses and cannot therefore be used or bought on Sundays or Bank Holidays when another company operates the route. Cheshunt 6 Week ADULT £15.00 CHILD £8.00 Multi-operator Period Tickets Metroline participates in the Hertfordshire Intalink and St Albans BusNet partnerships which offer a number of tickets also available on other operators’ routes. BusNet tickets are valid within St Albans Area on all operators' services. Please click here for details. Metroline issues and accepts BusNet tickets between Salisbury Hall and St Albans (City Centre/Townsend/Girls’ Schools) (Inner Zone); and between South Mimms (White Hart) and St Albans (City Centre/Townsend/Girls’ Schools) (All Zones). Colney 7 tickets are issued and accepted on Metroline, Uno (route 602) and Arriva (Route 657) buses for one week's travel between Colney Fields Retail Park and St Albans City Centre. Hertfordshire Explorer tickets are valid throughout Hertfordshire, and some points beyond, on all participating operators' buses including the whole of our routes 84/242/PB1/305. Please click here for details. (Group: maximum 4 adults/children travelling together). BusNet Inner Zone BusNet All Zones Colney 7 Herts Explorer Day Week Day Week Week Day Week ADULT £5.00 £18.00 £6.50 £ 23.00 £15.50 £9.00 £ 35.00 CHILD £3.00 £10.00 £4.00 £13.50 £9.50 £5.00 £ 23.00 GROUP n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a £17.00 n/a All period ticket types are valid at all times of day, starting from day of issue Child/Saver fare eligibility is as described above. Refunds are not available on any period tickets for unused days nor for lost/defaced tickets. Fares and ticket prices correct at March 2020 but may be subject to change without notice. All tickets mentioned above are available to purchase on-bus from the driver. Tendering the correct fare is always appreciated as it saves time and drivers may have limited change. Contactless debit/credit cards may be used to purchase any ticket (subject to a maximum price of £45.00). Faretables for Route 84 can be viewed here. For Route 242, click here. For further details or assistance please call Metroline Potters Bar on 01707 347700 between 0900 and 1600 Mondays to Fridays or email us at routes84and242@metroline.co.uk . Thank you for choosing Metroline! METROLINE Every day we strive to meet our passengers’ expectations, be it through excellent customer service, a clean and presentable vehicle or simply getting you to your destination on time. 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