Offer link: swansea.gov.uk/freses .
Swansea bus info: swansea.gov.uk/buses .
Announcement: swansea.gov.uk/freen .
Following the Christmas Parade weekend, this years free bus services will take to the roads every weekend in the festive countdown and from December 21 to New Years Eve.
The dates are:
November 21 and 22
November 28 ad 29
December 5 and 6
December 12 and 13
December 19 and 20
December 21 to 31, when buses are operating
The usual rules will apply, so it means only journeys that start in Swansea and finish in Swansea will be eligible for the offer.
Free bus services
The hugely-popular free bus offer in the city is back for Christmas. All journeys must start before 7.00pm.
This offer is for journeys that start and finish within the Swansea Council area. This is the area bounded by Loughor (Ship and Castle), Pontarddulais (Railway Station), Garnswllt, Clydach (Coed Gwilym Cemetery), Lonlas (Bowen Arms) and Port Tennant (Bevans Row) so it includes places like Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Gower and Morriston.
The free buses offer applies on:
Saturday 21 November
Sunday 22 November – all journeys must start before 9.00pm (extended for people attending the Christmas Parade)
Saturday 28 November
Sunday 29 November
Saturday 5 December
Sunday 6 December
Saturday 12 December
Sunday 13 December
Saturday 19 December
Sunday 20 December
Monday 21 December
Tuesday 22 December
Wednesday 23 December
Thursday 24 December
Sunday 27 December
Monday 28 December
Tuesday 29 December
Wednesday 30 December
Thursday 31 December Please check the times of buses direct with the service operators over the Christmas period as there may be changes to normal operating times
Who can use it
What bus services are included in the offer
If I get on a bus thats going to a place outside the area, will I be charged even if Im getting off in Swansea
If Im going outside the area will I be charged the whole journey or just for the part that isnt in Swansea
I want to go to the Bay Campus from Swansea Bus Station, for example. Will I be charged the whole journey or just for the part thats in Neath Port Talbot
Does this apply to park and ride
Who is paying for the free service
What if I have a season ticket
I already have a free concessionary bus pass – how does this affect me
Do I just have to get on the bus Do I have to state my destination or get a ticket from the driver
Will all bus operators operate the same way
