Advert which says 'school bus passes now available on our website and app'

Purchasing a school bus pass has just got simpler with passes now available to buy on our website and app.

Ahead of the school term beginning in September, this feature means you can purchase a school bus pass in a digital format.  Parents and guardians have the ability to gift the ticket to their child's app.

Tickets are now available for the schools below:

Parkstone Grammar School

There are two zone choices for Parkstone Grammar passes. These are:

Parkstone Grammar outer area

Valid on the Parkstone Grammar School services 441, 443, 447, 448, 449 and 450, and on all morebus network services in zone A from locations in the Poole area including Poole Town Centre, Sandbanks, Turlin Moor, Bearwood, Westbourne and Alder Hills.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Parkstone Grammar inner area

Valid on the Parkstone Grammar School services 447 between the school and Dorchester Road (Foxholes / Cemetery Junction) and on services 441, 443 and 449 between the school and Park Gates / Civic Centre and valid throughout route 448. This ticket is also valid on on all morebus network services in zone A.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Poole Grammar School

There are two zone choices for Poole Grammar passes. These are:

Poole Grammar outer area

Valid on Poole Grammar School services 415, 416, 418, 419, 447, 448 and 450 and on all morebus network services in zone A from locations in the Poole area including Poole Town Centre, Sandbanks, Turlin Moor, Bearwood, Westbourne and Alder Hills.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Poole Grammar inner area

Valid on Poole Grammar School services 415 and 447 between the school and Dorchester Road (Foxholes / Cemetery Junction) and on services 416, 418 and 419 between the school and Park Gates / Civic Centre and valid throughout route 448. Valid on on all morebus network services in zone A.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Bournemouth School for Girls and Bournemouth School for Boys

There are four zone choices for Bournemouth School for Girls and Bournemouth School for Boys passes. These are:

BSB and BSG Poole Zone

Valid on Bournemouth Grammar School service 736 between Park Gates and Alder Road to the schools. Valid on all morebus network services in Zone A.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

BSB and BSG Bournemouth Zone

Valid on Bournemouth Grammar School service 736 and 788 between Yarmouth Road to the schools, route 755 for the whole route and route 789 between Jumpers Corner and the schools. Valid on all morebus network services in Zone A.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

BSB and BSG Christchurch Zone

Valid on Bournemouth Grammar School service 788 between Walkford and Christchurch to the schools and route 789 between Walkford and Fairmile to the schools. Valid on all morebus network services in Zone A.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

BSB and BSG Hampshire Zone

Valid on Bournemouth Grammar School service 789 between Lymington and Chewton Shelter to the schools. Valid on all morebus network services in Zone ABC.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Other schools

Allenbourn School - route 4

Valid on route 4 between Merley and Allenbourn School only.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Avonbourne Academy

Valid on Avonbourne Academy school services 46 and 81 across the entire school route.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Blandford School - route BL1

Valid on Blandford School service BL1 across the entire school route.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Corfe Hills School and Broadstone Middle School - route 425

Valid on Corfe Hills School and Broadstone Middle School service 425 across the entire school route.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

St Peters School zone A

Valid on St Peter's School routes 85-88 within fare zone A. These tickets are also valid on all morebus general network services in zone A, including evenings, weekends and half-terms.

St Peter's School - Zone AB

Valid on St Peter's School routes 85-88 within fare zone AB. These tickets are also valid on all morebus general network services in zone AB, including evenings, weekends and half-terms.

You can purchase your tickets directly on our app or by using your app login details on our tickets page.

Buying a school bus pass

To purchase a school bus pass, follow the below instructions and have the pass in your account in under 10 minutes:

  1. Download the morebus app or visit our buy tickets section on our website

  2. Sign in or create an account (if you are a parent/guardian, do this in your name, or you can set up an account for your child if you wish too)

  3. Once an account is created, go to the 'buy your ticket' section within the app or the Buy Tickets section on the website

  4. Find the 'school bus passes' section and find the ticket you would like to buy, and go to checkout - you can choose whether to buy a ticket for yourself or send this as a gift to your child

  5. Once the ticket has been bought, you can activate it to use straight away or you can activate it at a later date

Please note, the school bus passes are in terms and there are different tickets for each term.

Gifting passes on the app

If you would like to gift a student a pass, you can do this via your existing app account. If you don't already have the app, download to your smartphone and create an account to get started.

Within your account, simply navigate to the relevant pass:

morebus app screenshots showing information about school tickets available

Select 'buy now' and choose the 'it's a gift for someone else' option.

You'll then be asked to enter the email address of the student you're gifting. They must have an app account to receive this. Once you've paid, the pass will show up in the recipient's mobile tickets section on their app menu. Simple!

morebus app check out page

No data - no problem...

We know many young people don't have unlimited supplies of data. 

Our app tickets only need to be connected to the internet or 4G every 3 days so they can continue to use their tickets them. If someone needs to reconnect, when you go onto the ticket section it will give you a prompt to connect to use your tickets as per the below.

morebus app connection error page

Stuck or have a question - get in touch with us

Our friendly customer services team will be happy to help you with any enquiries via social media, phone or person between 0800 and 1830 Monday to Friday and in person in the more travel shop between 0900 and 1700 Monday to Friday - get in touch with them today.

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two students next to a bus