West Yorkshire's bus operators have come up with a new 'friendbus' MetroCard +1 weekend deal for MetroCard holders.

With friendbus, anyone with a Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or Annual MetroCard can take a friend with them for a flat single fare of £1 on any West Yorkshire bus service on Saturdays and Sundays. The offer starts on Saturday 7 January and lasts up to and including Sunday 1 April.

To take advantage of the friendbus offer, all MetroCard holders need to do when they board the bus is show their valid MetroCard to the driver, ask for a 'MetroCard+1' ticket and pay £1.00 for their companion. The driver will issue a 'MetroCard +1' ticket to the companion. As the +1 ticket is only a single journey ticket, the above will need to be repeated for any subsequent journey undertaken.

Great value

"Our customers always tell us what great value their MetroCards give them so we thought it only right they get chance to share the benefits with this offer," said First's Richard Soper, Chair of West Yorkshire Ticketing Company.

"Travelling by bus is the sociable way to get from A to B, as well as being environmentally responsible, so between now and the end of March I would urge people to find a friend with a MetroCard, and hitch a ride!"

More about the friendbus offer

More about the range of MetroCards available

The West Yorkshire Ticketing Company was established in April 2007 to administer and develop the extensive range of multi-operator, multi-modal MetroCard tickets

All West Yorkshire bus and train companies are members of the West Yorkshire Ticketing Company, whose activities are managed through a Board comprising senior representatives of the transport companies with the largest market share, and Metro.