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This guidance lists the:

• bus companies that are taking part in the 3 bus fare cap scheme
• bus routes that are included in the 3 fare cap
• bus routes that are not included in the 3 fare cap

The lists include routes tendered or operated by local councils, including those supported by the Rural Mobility Fund.

Local authorities and metro mayors may also fundtheir own schemes to reduce fares lower than 3.

East Midlands

Bus company	Routes included in the 3 fare cap	Routes not included in the 3 fare cap
Arriva Midlands (Derby)	1, 1A, 1C, 2, 20, 22, 24, 26, 2A, 38, 4, 5, 5A, 7, 8, 906, WYN, X38	901, 902, 903, 904, 906
Arriva Midlands (Fox)	104, 11, 11A, 126, 127, 15, 153, 158, 16, 16A, 27, 28, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, 31, 31A, 37, 44, 44A, 47, 48, 49, 5, 50, 51, 56, 56A, 58, 58A, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 73, 73A, 74, 74A, 74B, 74S, 75, 78, 78A, 79, 79A, 7A, 8, 84, 85, 87, X16, X29, X3, X31, X45, X5, X6, X84	625
Arriva Midlands North	5, 511, 512, 521, 524, 53, 5A, 5E, 6, 64, 65, 7, 765, 785, 786, 7A, 7E, 8, 8A, 9, OHS, X10, X10A, X5, X65, X7	894, 895, 99, AV1, BLU, GRN, PNK
Brylaine	7, A1, A7, A7X, A8, B16, B1A, B1B, B1C, B1D, B2, B20, B3, B3X, B4, B5, B5A, B5X, B7, B7X, B8, B9, B75, G68, G76, G78, 64, 83, B41, IT1, IT2	N/A
Centrebus North	1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 40, 44, 47, 55, 56, 58, 83, 100, 154, 162, 367, 747, 833, 1A, 1B, 22A, 22E, 29A, 81A, 83A, 8A, RF2, UHL	BB, BC, BF, HOP, S1005, S832, UHL, US, 667, 909
D&G Bus	3, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 48, 49, 70, 82, 85, 88, 89, 93, 94, 100, 101, 108, 130, 188, 312, 316, 317, 318, 319, 385, 12E, 9A, 16A, 19A, 1A, 1C, 32A, 32X, 41, 38E, 48A, 49E, 7A, 84X, 8A, 94A, 94B, 6, 95, K	409, E1, E2, E3, T2, T3, U3, U5, U9, X41
Diamond Bus East Midlands	1, 10, 11, 12, 129, 12E, 17, 18, 19, 19C, 2, 21E, 24, 401, 402, 402A, 403, 6, 70, 70A, 8, 9, 21, 22, 4, 125, 31, 32, X12, NMA	10S, 19A, 20, 213, 801, 802, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 817, 818, 819, 821, 822, 825, 826, 827, 831, 832, FLORETTE, 829
First Bus Leicester	13, 13W, 14A, 15, 16, 18, 22B, 26, 38, 38A, 54, 74, 88, 88A, 88E, 21, 25, 4, 4E, 19	BHX5, BHX3, JETPARKS, LONG, STAY, AIRCOACH, 17, 14
First South Sheffield	8, X2, 11, 314, 315, 376, 316, 18/18A, 20, 24, 41, 341/341A, 350, 51, 353, 354, 355, 356, 56, 357, 358, 359, 364/364A, 365, 366, 371, 372, 373, 73, 75, 76, 81, 381, 82, 382, 384/384A, 387/387A, 95, 97, 98, 115, 116, 120, 139, 140, 141, 142, 305, 208, 216, 272, 1A, 351, 352, 52A, 357A, 64A, 385, 84B, 388, 95A, I4, X1, X4, X5, X3, 207, 1, 25, 83, 86, 271, 8A, 76A, 47, 48, 75A, 763, 80, 95B, 120K	A1, A1X, A2, A3, MAN4, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N11, 103, 104, 101, 752A, 429, 466, 481, 481A, 490, 490A, 492H, 492R, 404, 472, 721, 474, 655, 718, 723, 730, 731, 751, 763, 763A, 764, 765, 779, 780, 782, 784, 785, 786, 482, 455, 456, 490H, 492M, 719, 772, 798, 798A, 725, 752, 787, 493, BL1, STF, YB1, YE1, 95S, 601
Grayscroft Coaches	1, 28	N/A
High Peak Buses	113, 114, 14, 14A, 185, 186, 190, 199, 389, 390, 393, 394, 440, 441, 442, 58, 60, 60A, 61, 76, 77, TP2, TP3, 62, 130	U1, U3, U4, U5, 30
Marshalls of Sutton on Trent	37, 38, 77, 339	22, 22A, 22B, X22, 23, 40, 55, 731, 365, 609B, 730, 697
Nottingham City Transport	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 60 (was 45), 61 (was 46/47), 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 68, 69, 70, 71, 77, 78, 79, 87, 88, 89	A2
Redline Buses	130, X20, WP1, 110, 120, 814, 131, 132, 133, 134, 151, S4, S1, 643, 18, 18S, 60, 6A, 6, 4, 4A, 12, 300	2, 11, 14
Stagecoach Derbyshire	169, 319, 470, 48A, 583, 583A, 65A, BLUE, RED	1, 140, 141, 142, 142A, 143, 143A, 15, 157, 158, 159, 16, 160, 1A, 25, 39, 43, 43A, 44, 48, 49, 5, 50, 50A, 51, 54, 54A, 56A, 65, 66, 74, 74A, 77, 77A, 90, 90A, 90B, X17
Stagecoach East	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 27, 31, 33, 37, 46, 60, 61, 62, 63, A, B, 6S, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 10, 25, 28, 28A, 41, 51, 53, 53A, 905, MK1, X5, LAX, 8A, 9X, 13, 13A, 13X, 604, 606, 607, PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5	X12, TOUR
Stagecoach East Midlands	1, 2, 25, 27, 29, 47, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 106, 107, 398, 47A, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20, 50, 51, 53, 250, 51B, 53A, 5M, 5S, 8S, DRT, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 33, 34, 40, 61, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 110, 111, 173, 180, 255, 256, 277, 350, 528, 677, 7X, 19, 31, 49, 56, 533, 535, 12A, 1E, 2E, 31X, B3, B4, M1, M2, M3, M4, 23, 28, 141, 151, 152, 153, 204, 210, 217, 218, 219, 231, 240, 12B, 15A, 23A, 23B, 27X, 28B, A1, A2, A3, MX90, PRO, 2N, 1N, 3N, 1B, 35, 60, 90, 103, 260, 360, 361, 399, 560, 601, 1A, 57, 59, 2A, B1, X57, 66, 68, 505, 505A, 505B, B2, 22, 42, 43, 77, 209, 19A, 25X, 4A, 77A, SA	61, 105, 354, 367, 573, 595, 597, CRC1, 108, 70, 33S, MC1, MC2, 510, 511, 544, 548, 574, 575, 643, 644, 749, 3C, CT1, RC2, RC3, RC4, RC4A, RC5, 305, 343, 363, 364, 964, 965, 963, 609, 733, 254S, 96, 91A, NG1, 304, 552, 619, 620, 732
Stagecoach Midlands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 45, 48, 50, 55, 58, 94, 276, 601, 2C, 33A, 33B, 33C, CB1, W1, W2, W8, X10, X4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 51, 53, 54, 59, 60, 77, 80, 82, 83, 87, 88, 11A, 12A, 15A, 4A, 4B, 7B, 9A, 9B, 9C, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, X46, X47, X6, X7, X91	N/A
Stagecoach Midlands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 19, 27, 28, 31, 50, 51, 58, 62, 63, 64, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 229, 501, 532, 664, 665, 1A, 2A, 3A, 51A, 63A, 67A, 67B, 67C, 75A, 75C, 75S, 76A, 76X, 77A, 77B, 77C, 77D, 77S, AS1, PR, U1, U2, X16, X17, X18, X18A, X19, X20, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 41, 42, 56, 57, 60, 82, 87, 88, 148, 703, 741, 748, 762, 766, 767, 785, 786, 18A, 20A, 48A, 5A, 5B, 7C, 87A, 88A, 8, 46, 86, 96, 169, 961, 46A, 4A, 85A, 8A, A9, D1	TOUR, 731
Stagecoach Oxfordshire	200, 488, 489, 500, B10, B3, B4, B5, B9, S4, X4, 1, 2, 8, 10, 14, 26, 29, 2A, H5, N1, N2, N8, NS5, NS9, S3, S5, S7, S9, S2X, 233, 234, E1, H2, NS1, S1, S2	TUBE
TM Travel	9, 9A, 20, 30, 30A, 31, 55, 117, 218, 252, X7, X30, 5, 26, 26A, 32, M17, X74, 42, 70, 70A, 71, 71A, 71S, M44, M45, M55, M76	508, 510, 511, 512, 513, 626, 710
trentbarton (Barton Buses)	CALVERTON CONNECTION, COTGRAVE CONNECTION, I4, INDIGO, KEYWORTH CONNECTION, RUSHCLIFFE MAINLINE, RUSHCLIFFE VILLAGER, SKYLINK NOTTINGHAM, SKYLINK EXPRESS, MY15	N/A
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