The Council’s offer of cheaper bus travel over the holiday period will again return for Easter 2026 – when all single journeys in Rhondda Cynon Taf will cost no more than £1.50 across all operators, applying for a two week period.
Subsidised bus travel will run from Saturday, March 28, to Sunday, April 12, inclusive. This is the ninth occasion since summer 2023 that the Council has offered residents cheaper access to public transport by reducing bus fares – once again using funding from the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.
This offer continues to be targeted at key periods of the year, like school holidays and festive periods, and aims to reduce economic barriers that may prevent people from catching the bus. The £1.50 scheme over Easter will replicate the arrangements during the most-recent offer, in December 2025.
As usual, all bus journeys that start and end within the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough boundary will be capped at a cost of £1.50. This is being adopted by all local bus operators and will apply from the first service to the last service of each day – with no time restrictions being put in place.
Concessionary pass holders will need to scan their passes as normal during this period. All journeys that start or end outside of the Rhondda Cynon Taf boundary will not receive the offer, and will be subject to the normal full fee.
Don’t forget, bus fares for 5 to 21-year-olds are currently being capped at a maximum cost of £1 for a single journey, thanks to Welsh Government. All 16-21 year-olds need to show a valid ‘My Travel Pass’ to take advantage, while under-16s simply need to buy a single child bus ticket. This offer for young people will be unaffected by the Council’s local initiative over Easter 2026.
Councillor Andrew Morgan OBE, Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Investment, said: “This is the ninth separate occasion where the Council has been able to offer a period of subsidised bus travel, covering all journeys within Rhondda Cynon Taf – as we utilise the funding available from the UK Government. Capping all single bus journeys to £1.50, no matter where they start and end as long as it’s within the County Borough, will represent a significant saving that residents can take advantage of during the two-week Easter holiday, from March 28.
“Previous periods of subsidised bus travel have proven very popular with the public, as well as our local bus operators – which have reported a general trend of seeing more customers. We want to encourage more people to use the bus as part of their everyday journeys, to reduce the number of vehicles on our roads, bring down journey times, and protect the environment. We also know that the cost of living remains high, and initiatives like these can help break economic barriers that might prevent people from using public transport.
“We continue to welcome the support from the UK Government through its Shared Prosperity Fund, to enable us to deliver schemes like this – as we saw most-recently during the entire month of December 2025. In the current financial year (2025/26), we’ve benefitted from £1 million funding, which has followed the £1.2 million that we were able to secure last year (2024/25).”
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund, from the UK Government, has been allocated to Local Authorities to help introduce initiatives that will reduce the cost of living for residents. This will be achieved through measures that improve energy efficiency, and combat fuel poverty and climate change.
Posted on 13/03/2026