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Tickets, Passes and Tokens for
Bermuda Buses & Ferries
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Bermuda transportation passes are good for both Buses and Ferries, and have a validity period.
You can hop on and off any number of times within the validity period. For example, a 3-day pass is good for unlimited use for 3 days.
Passes are the cheapest way of travelling in the island if you plan to avail public transports several times a day, whether bus, ferry or both.
There are 1day, 2day, 3day, 4day and even weekly passes. You can also get monthly passes.
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1-Day
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2-Day
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3-Day
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4-Day
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7-Day
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Monthly
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Adult Pass
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$12
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$20
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$28
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$35
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$45
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$55
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Note: Child passes are half the cost. The above passes are valid for both buses and ferries except for the Pink Route ferry service that caters to a number of small docks in Paget and Warwick parishes from Hamilton City.
The ferry service on Pink Route is mostly used by the locals and office goers. The above passes should be good enough for general tourists traveling mainly between Dockyard, Hamilton and St. George by bus and/or ferry. However the Orange Route ferry service that caters to St. George, usually does not operate during the winter (i.e. mid November to mid April).
Update October 2011: Effective November 1, 2011 the Pink Route (Hamilton-Paget-Warwick) ferry fare has been increased (in fact doubled). Here is the fare structure in case you want to cover the Pink Route as well.
Adult/Child one-way fare in Pink Route: $5/$2,
Adult Passes Including Pink Route:
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1-Day
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2-Day
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3-Day
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4-Day
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7-Day
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Monthly
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Adult Pass
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$24
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$40
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$56
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$70
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$90
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$110
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There are 3-month transportation passes available as well. It costs $135 for an adult without the Pink Route, and $270 with the Pink Route included.
Bermuda bus fares in cash, tokens and tickets
If you want to pay in cash for a single point to point trip, Bermuda bus fare for more than three zones (also known as 14-zone fare) costs $4.5 in exact change or $4.0 in tokens. For some reason, more than 3-zone fare is called 14-zone bus fare in Bermuda.
However up to 3-zone, the bus fare is $3.0 in cash and $2.5 in token. For children between 5-16, the fare is $2 for all rides. Children below 5 and Senior Citizens are free.
You can also buy a book of 15 tickets that costs $30 for 14-zone rides. So you can use the book for 15 bus rides.
Transfers are free when you are travelling from one place to the other as long as you take the next bus in the connecting route.
Bermuda ferry fares
Cash is not accepted in the public ferries. Bermuda ferry ride costs $4.50 for adults. If you are carrying a bicycle, additional $4 is applicable. The tickets (a book of 15 for $30) are valid for ferry rides as well. Child under the age of 5 and Senior Citizens travel free.
Note: The free rides in buses and ferries are applicable for Senior Citizens of Bermuda and not for tourists or visitors. Seniors from other countries visiting Bermuda would have to pay full fares. However the child fares are uniformly applicable for all children.
Where do you get the passes, tickets and tokens in Bermuda?
Bermuda's Central Bus Terminal - Washington Street, Hamilton City (Next to City Hall)
Here you will get Tickets, Passes and Tokens for both bus and ferry. The information booth is open from 7:15am to 5:30pm weekdays, 8:15am to 5:30pm Saturdays and 9:15am to 4:45pm Sundays and holidays.
Main Ferry Terminal - Hamilton City
The ferry terminal is near the Bank of Bermuda at the western end of Front Street. Here you will get tokens, tickets and passes for Buses and Ferries. The Main Ferry Terminal hours of operation are 6a.m - 10p.m, Monday to Saturday and 8a.m - 7p.m, Sundays and Holidays.
You can call the Main Ferry Terminal at 441/295-4506 or the Department of Marine and Ports at 441/295-6575 for further information.
Here you will get only passes and tokens for buses and ferries, but not tickets. There are several such centers located at different places of the island including in the Dockyard, Hamilton and St George. Check out the above link for the exact location of the tourist centers along with contacts.
Tickets, School Passes and Adult Passes are available at many sub-post offices. Check out the above link to find location and address of all the post offices in Bermuda.
In some select hotels
Usually you will get tokens and passes in the hotels, but not tickets.
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Visitors' Reviews and Comments
David and Liz Mullan (Dec 2011)
For fifteen years, we have come to Bermuda and always enjoyed the bus and ferry services greatly. Indeed, it is one of the aspects of Bermuda that brings us back. Today, we learned that the standard bus and ferry three day pass no longer includes the Paget-Warwick Ferry and also that there are no longer printed bus schedules. We found both of these changes very disappointing and surely counterproductive in terms of the use of public transport by tourists.
Robin Macpherson
For many years we could buy the bus tickets at the airport when we arrived in Bermuda. I don't know why they stopped doing this because it makes it so inconvenient for visitors to get the tickets on the weekends. By the time we get to our hotel - where they don't sell the tickets - we are too far away from any terminals. It is also nice to be able to take the bus right from the airport with those bus tickets. Otherwise a day or 2 goes by before we get around to buying them, and we no longer need a 7 day bus ticket. At that point it is easier to just rent a scooter.
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