BUS fares in Glasgow will increase this weekend with the cost of 19 different fares going up.

However, the price of season tickets will be cut with fares for jobseekers and students remaining the same.

First Glasgow say it has decided to cut the cost of season tickets in a bid to persuade passengers to buy more bus journeys in advance.

From Sunday, the cost of all adult single fares and returns will increase with rises of between 5p, 10p, 15p and 20p depending on travel distance.

A standard child single for travel anywhere across the network will go up by 10p from 60p which First believes is the among the cheapest child tickets in the UK.

Night services will also increase by 30p in the city and 50p for cross network journeys.

All day tickets will also go up with an adult city zone ticket up 20p to £4.50. A child all day ticket will increase by 10p to £2.10.

The majority of tickets offering unlimited weekly, four and 10 weekly travel will go down with the exception of the local zone one week ticket which remains the same at £15.50.

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First say the city zone one week ticket, which presently costs £17 will be reduced to £15.50 and the city zone four week ticket will be reduced from £46 to £44.

Fiona Kerr, managing director of First Glasgow, said: “I am pleased we are able to reduce or freeze the prices of most of our First/Week ticket range as well as our term tickets for students and our jobseekers travel prices in Glasgow and across the network.

“By bringing down the prices of our First/Week tickets, we hope to encourage passengers to buy more bus journeys in advance and benefit from better discounts rather than opting for single or return fares.

“We are also bringing in some small fare rises this year although we have endeavoured to keep these to a minimum.

“We are continuing to invest in our fleet to make bus travel more attractive for all and we know our passengers want better, more modern vehicles.

“That is why we have invested over £80million over the past few years which includes putting more than 270 brand new buses on the road, with leather seats and wider aisles for wheelchairs and buggies.

“That investment will continue and we hope the quality of our vehicles and service delivery, along with competitive pricing that is still on a par or lower than other major cities in Scotland, makes people think about travelling by bus in and around Glasgow more often.”