Parents wondering how to keep their children entertained on a tight budget this August Bank Holiday weekend can get a helping hand from West Midlands public transport authority Centro.
The organisation has teamed up with five of the region’s top attractions to offer discounted admission prices to people who travel by public transport.
For the first time ever, bus, train and tram users, can get money off entry to the Black Country Living Museum, the National SEALIFE Centre, Cadbury World, science museum Thinktank and 3D cinema IMAX.
Previously only rail users could benefit from discounted entry, and the offers are now bigger and better than ever before.
It means people can avoid the hassles of driving around unfamiliar streets, sitting in bank holiday traffic jams and parking, and save money and the planet in the process.
And while parents can sit back and relax on their journey instead of getting stressed out in the car, the public transport journey often adds to the enjoyment of the day out for children.
People can get the discounts by buying one of Centro’s great value nnetwork daytripper tickets, which gives unlimited travel after 9:30am on all bus, train and tram services in the West Midlands county.
The tickets cost just £4.90 for an adult, £3.10 for a child or £8.10 for a family of up to six people (at least one but no more than two must be adults) and can be bought at rail stations and on most bus services.
To get reduced admission, all they need to do is show their ticket at the chosen attraction with a voucher from the njoy days out leaflet, which can be picked up from Travel Information Centres and rail stations.
For people who only need to use bus services, the vouchers are also valid with the nbus one day ticket which is valid on nearly all bus services in the West Midlands all day. It costs £3.40 for adults and £2.30 for children and can be bought from the driver on most buses.
Rinku Banerjee, Marketing Executive at Centro said: “These new offers mean a family of six from Coventry could travel by rail to Bournville and get reduced admission to Cadbury World, then pop into Birmingham to do some shopping on their return journey, before travelling home, safe in the knowledge that their travel costs are only £8.10 no matter how many buses, trains or trams they catch.”
Details of the offers, journey planners and timetables are available at www.networkwestmidlands.com
