Devon County Council

• What is Fare Car?
• Who can use Fare Car?
• How do I use Fare Car?
• Where can I travel to?
• Further information
• Reports
• Comments and queries

What is Fare Car?

Fare Car is a shared taxi-style public transport service operating under Section 11 of the 1985 Transport Act. This enables passengers to book and pay separately but share the advertised timetabled journeys. The fare charged is approximately equal to or slightly above the normal bus fare for the distance travelled. Fare Car is not a subsidised individual taxi service for people to use whenever and wherever they wish.

Fare Car is operated by local taxi operators by formal agreement with Devon County Council.

Who can use Fare car?

Fare Car is available to passengers of all ages, regardless of whether or not they live in the area it operates.

How do I use Fare Car?

To use Fare Car you need to book in advance, normally the day before at the latest. Passengers no longer need to join the local Fare Car club.

Where can I travel to?

To find out where your nearest scheme is, or to obtain contact details, please select Fare Car schemes in Devon.

Each scheme covers a designated rural area and serves specific points in the nearest main town e.g. supermarket, hospital, leisure centre. Fare Car schemes offer several journey opportunities per day, normally 6 days a week (excluding public holidays).

There are eleven Fare Car schemes in selected areas of Devon.

	From Yarcombe, Luppitt and Northleigh areas into/from Honiton (244KB - pdf help)
	From Bradworthy, Pancrasweek and Sutcombe areas into/from Holsworthy (164KB - pdf help)
	From Bigbury, Challaborough and Ugborough areas into/from Ivybridge and Modbury (385KB - pdf help)
	From Bradford, Milton Damerel and Virginstow areas into/from Holsworthy and Launceston (208KB - pdf help)
	From Poughill, Rackenford and Stoodleigh areas into/from Tiverton (190KB - pdf help)
	From Bishops Nympton, King's Nympton and Rose Ash areas into/from South Molten (183KB - pdf help)
	From Chardstock, Hawkchurch and Membury areas into/from Axminster and Chard (185KB - pdf help)
	From Black Torrington, Bratton Clovelly and Northlew areas into/from Okehampton (290KB - pdf help)
	From Christow and Hennock areas into/from Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Chudleigh and Heathfield (1.19MB - pdf help)
	From Challacombe area into/from Barnstaple (211KB - pdf help)
	From Princetown to and from designated points in Tavistock and Yelverton (247KB - pdf help)

Further information

Leaflets are available with full details of each of the above schemes.

To obtain copies please select online bus guides and maps, or click on the service that you are interested in to download and print from this site.

Reports

Fare Car is a public transport scheme offering innovative public transport to rural areas. Now that the Government's Rural Bus Challenge funding has ended, it is funded solely through Devon County Council's public transport budget.

For information on the progress made on the project up to the end of rural Bus Challenge funding please select the following reports:

• Final Report (583KB - pdf help)
• Year 4 Annual Report (435KB - pdf help)
• Year 3 Annual Report (262KB - pdf help)
• Year 2 Annual Report (276KB - pdf help)
• Year 1 Annual Report (157KB - pdf help)

Comments and queries

If you have any comments about Fare Car, please select the DevonBus online enquiry form.

For any enquiries about any of the Fare Car services, please use the email address below.

devonbus@devon.gov.uk