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London bus fares rise on 1 November: what your week will cost
TfL’s tariff dated 1 November lists adult bus-and-tram pay-as-you-go at £1.85 and the daily cap at £5.55. The new tariff applies from Sunday 1 November; it is not an all-services travel pass.
The November tariff now applies
For travel dated 1 November onward, use the November figures rather than the earlier October examples.
TfL lists the adult weekly bus-and-tram cap at £26.10. The official page still contains older £1.75 wording above its separately dated November table; this report uses the table explicitly labelled for 1 November 2026, reread on that date.
This is a published tariff check, not a test payment or a live account charge. Check the official fare page again if your actual journey uses another service or concession.
- Change starts
- 1 November 2026 · London time
- Adult PAYG
- £1.75 → £1.85
- Bus/tram daily cap
- £5.25 → £5.55
- Source checks
- Bus fare table: 1 November; student eligibility: 26 October 2026
On this page
Five commuting days: count paid journeys, not bus changes
Ten separately charged adult bus journeys across five days cost £18.50 at the November £1.85 rate.
The same ten charges at £1.75 total £17.50, so this example rises by £1. These are our calculations from TfL’s tariff, checked again on 28 October.
They assume ten payable journeys: an extra bus within the same valid Hopper window is not automatically another charge. Keep the actual fare total separate from a maximum cap or the cost of a pass, and add rail travel separately if your journey uses it.
The cap changes too
TfL lists the adult weekly bus-and-tram cap at £26.10 from 1 November, compared with £24.70 before the change.
Its seven-day Bus & Tram Pass has the same new £26.10 price. Monthly passes move from £94.90 to £100.30.
These are bus-and-tram figures, not an all-London rail budget.
A two-person visit: 60p more on a capped bus day
Two adults each reaching the bus-and-tram daily cap would pay £11.10 together from November, rather than £10.50.
That 60p difference is our arithmetic, not an extra fee. If you make fewer journeys, you may spend less than the cap.
Compare the travel day you actually expect, not the maximum by default.
Students: compare the pass, not just the card
The published seven-day student Bus & Tram Pass rises from £17.30 to £18.30, with the monthly price moving from £66.50 to £70.30.
Eligibility matters: the 18+ Student Oyster concession is for qualifying season tickets, not an automatic discount on ordinary pay-as-you-go bus journeys.
Before renewing or arriving
Put your renewal date beside your teaching or work timetable.
If you travel only a few days, total the journeys first rather than buying a pass out of habit. For a November holiday, keep transport separate from attraction admission and allow for the journey back to your accommodation.
A cheap day out is less useful if the return trip was left out of the plan.
Keep the comparison honest
Choose the fare window for your actual travel date.
Do not mix an October ticket example with a November visit, or a bus-only cap with a day that includes rail. Save your calculation so you can revisit it when the timetable changes.
The official fare page below is the place to confirm the current tariff; this report is not a live quotation for every route.
Questions, answered
When does the new bus fare start?
TfL publishes 1 November 2026 as the change date. The adult PAYG fare becomes £1.85.
Does £5.55 cover the Tube too?
No. This is the bus-and-tram daily cap, not an all-services pass.
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