Supplementary Fees When Paying on Board
If you buy a single ticket or a 7- or 30-day season pass on a bus or at one of our ticket outlets, you will be charged a supplementary fee of 20 NOK for a single ticket and for a 7- or 30-day pass. On route 200 (Hønefoss – Oslo), the supplementary fees are 20 NOK for a single ticket and 100 NOK for a season ticket. You do not pay a supplementary fee when topping up pay-as-you-go credit.
Travel Card
Brakar offers two types of travel cards: Brakar Travel Card (Reisekort) and Brakar Youth Card (Ungdomskort). The first time you buy a travel card, you will be charged a card issuing fee of 60 NOK. These cards are not personal, and you can have two different ticket products on each card. However, only one active season ticket can be on the travel card at a time. If there are two season tickets on the card, the second season ticket will start when the first one expires. You can use pay-as-you-go credit to purchase single tickets even if a season ticket is active on the card.
Forgotten Travel Card
If you have forgotten your travel card, youth card, travel documents or smartphone, you will have to pay for your current journey. Special rules apply for journeys to and from school.
Register
You can register your travel card on https://brakar.no/min-side/, anc receive the following benefits:
- Summary of tickets
- Access to travel card balance
- Refund in case card is lost (see refunds).
Please note that you need to wait 24 hours after purchasing the card before registering it on the website.
Pay-as-you-go Credit and other Municipalities
You can use the pay-as-you-go credit on your Brakar travel card to pay for your ticket with other bus companies that are interoperable. Per now, Vestfold Kollektivtrafikk is not part of this arrangement.
App: Brakar
Brakar offers season tickets, 24-hour tickets and single tickets via the smartphone app Brakar. All standard price regulations apply. Travellers must purchase tickets before boarding. The smartphone ticket becomes active as soon as you press “Confirm purchase”. When boarding, simply present your smartphone (showing the app) to the driver. Travellers are obliged to give the driver sufficient time to read the ticket. Press "Inspection" (Kontroll) before showing the ticket to the driver. This also applies during ticket inspections. A screenshot of a ticket is not a valid ticket and is considered forgery.
Power Supply/Technical Errors in the App
When using tickets via the smartphone app, travellers are personally responsible for ensuring that there is sufficient power/battery life in the phone. Travellers who cannot display a valid ticket will be required to pay the standard price for their journey. In the event of technical errors in the app, travellers will not be charged for their journey.
No Network Coverage / Downloading the Inspection Image
To have a valid ticket, you must activate a new inspection image in the app every day. To do this, you must have mobile data or be connected to the internet. Once this is done, you do not need a network to use the ticket for the rest of the day. School tickets must be downloaded twice per day. You are responsible for having enough data to activate the inspection image/download the ticket.
Buying Tickets to Others
In the Brakar app, you can purchase a ticket and send it to someone else. In this case the ticket will be available for download for 21 days. If the ticket is not activated within that period, the ticket cost will be refunded to the purchaser and the ticket is cancelled. Once the recipient has downloaded the ticket, they can choose the start time themselves within 21 days from the time of purchase.
Entur and Vy
Single tickets and season tickets for Brakar’s routes can also be purchased through the apps Entur or Vy. Note that Entur and Vy do not currently sell our Youth ticket.
Test of distance-based ticketing (Fairtiq)
Brakar is testing distance-based ticketing in a separate app called Fairtiq. Here you pay per kilometer. You can test this in Drammen, Lier, Øvre Eiker and routes 100/101 and 169. See more information at brakar.no/fairtiq-pilotprosjekt/
School Journeys
Pupils in primary, lower secondary and upper secondary schools who are entitled to free transport are issued school bus cards or receive their ticket in the Brakar app. The school ticket is personal and may not be used by other people. The school ticket can only be used for travel twice per school day, including transfers. School tickets are valid on any route it would be natural to take on the way to and from school. If a pupil wants to go to a friend’s house after school, this is allowed within the zone – depending on bus capacity. School bus cards/app tickets may only be used until 17:00 on school days, and are not valid on weekends or school holidays. In the app, the journey must be started in the morning and afternoon before boarding (requires Wi-Fi or data).
Lost/Forgotten School Bus Cards or Forgotten Phones
Pupils who do not have their bus card or phone with them may still travel to school free of charge. They will be asked to contact the school to arrange a temporary travel document, and the school must then obtain new cards for the pupils in question. Temporary passes issued by the school must be used for the journey home from school that same day and until the new card is received.
Oslo/Akershus
Pupils from former Røyken and Hurum with Brakar school cards and a Ruter sticker may travel on Ruter lines as well. School bus passes issued by Ruter can be used on Brakar lines in the Drammen and Lier zone.
Innlandet Pupils with Brakar's school card can travel on Innlandstrafikk's route 113 Jevnaker - Hønefoss and 701 Hønefoss - Jevnaker. School cards from Innlandstrafikk can be used on Brakar's route 221 Hønefoss - Jevnaker and travel further within the arrival zone.
Vestfold and Telemark
Pupils with Brakar school cards can travel on VKT's buses on route 93 Svelvik - Sande - Svelvik, 96 Sande - Drammen, and route 430 Kongsberg - Svarstad. Pupils with tickets from VKT can use Brakar's route 91 Svelvik – Drammen and continue their journey with a transfer in the Drammen or Svelvik zone. VKT's school cards are also valid for travel to upper secondary schools in Lier.
Single tickets
Adult
From the age of 18 and above, the adult fare is applicable.
Children and Pensioners
From the age of 6 until the age of 18, child fare is applicable, which means 50% of the adult single ticket fare, rounded up to the nearest whole krone. Child and senior discounts cannot be combined with other discounts. Pensioner (Honnør) tickets cost 50% of the price of a full adult ticket, rounded up to the nearest whole krone. Pensioner tickets are for travellers who meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Aged at least 67
- Disabled and receiving disability pension under the Norwegian National Insurance Act.
- Blind Identification from NAV together with another type of valid identification must be displayed. Other types of pension, such as early pension or survivor’s pension, do not grant entitlement to a pensioner ticket. Children and pensioners do not pay on-board supplementary fees.
Family Discount
On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, Brakar has a family discount. You can bring up to four children under 18 for free. To use the family discount, you must have a valid adult, senior or season ticket and be over 18. (Does not apply to student or youth tickets).
24-hour Ticket
The 24-hour ticket is sold at 3x single ticket price and gives unlimited travel within the paid zones for 24 hours. We do not sell 24-hour tickets on route 200.
Pay-as-you-go Credit (Reisepenger)
Pay-as-you-go credit is purchased with a minimum of 50 NOK. Payment for the journey is deducted from the balance each time. This counts as a pre-purchased ticket and is not charged with an on-board fee (20 NOK).
Season Tickets (Periodebilletter)
365-, 30- and 7-day Season Tickets
Season tickets are valid for 7, 30 or 365 days from the time of activation. It is non-personal and sold to adults, seniors, children and students. 365-day tickets are not sold on board.
Youth Ticket (Ungdomsbillett)
The youth ticket is a 365- or 30-day season ticket valid until the end of the month you turn 20. It counts from the time it is first validated. A 60 NOK card fee applies for a physical card (no fee in the app). Youth do not pay on-board fees for this ticket.
Validity:
Unlimited travel on Brakar's lines in Buskerud, route 71 to Asker, and 169 to Oslo. Also valid on local trains (Vy) within Buskerud.
Brakar Bus/Train
Customers with a Vy season ticket can buy a combination ticket that works as a season ticket on the bus within Buskerud at approx. 37% discount.
Brakar Student
Student tickets give a 40% discount on 30-day season tickets for full-time students under 30. Valid documentation and student ID must be presented.
Brakar 9/14
Children and staff in kindergartens and primary schools (grades 1-10) traveling together can travel for free between 09:00 and 14:00 on weekdays and school holidays. A travel permit from Brakar is required (max 25 people).
Free Arrival Zone
With a valid Brakar season or single ticket on routes 71, 169 or 200, you can travel further for free with Ruter in the arrival/boarding zone. This only applies to the first or last zone in your ticket. This does not apply to/from trains.
Joint Payment: Brakar, Ruter and Østfold
If traveling via route 71, 169 or 200, you can buy a continuous ticket in the Brakar app for travel past Oslo. The price is calculated automatically. This ticket allows the use of trains within Ruter's area (Akershus/Oslo), but not in Buskerud or Østfold.
Joint payment in Brakar, Ruter and Østfold kollektvitransport
Brakar, Ruter, and Østfold kollektivtrafikk have an agreement for a single ticket for the entire journey. If you travel on lines 71, 169, or 200, you can purchase a continuous ticket in the Brakar app if you are traveling further past Oslo. The price is automatically calculated based on the most cost-effective transfer point, and the ticket in the app will be marked as cross-county.
For a continuous journey past Oslo, you may use trains within Ruter's area (Akershus/Oslo), but not in Buskerud and Østfold. You can choose where you wish to switch to a train within Ruter's area. The ticket is only available in the Brakar app.
Ticket and customer categories
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Singel ticket
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Child, Adult, Senior
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City ticket BB/Nedre Glomma
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Child, Adult, Senior
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Season ticket 24 hours
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Child, Adult, Senior
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Season ticket 7 days
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Child, Adult, Senior
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Season ticket 30 days
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Child, Adult, Senior, Student
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Season ticket 365 days
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Child, Adult, Senior
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For the time being, the following ticket and customer categories will be included in the joint payment solution:
Travelling in Asker (Røyken and Hurum)
Brakar's tickets are valid on bus routes operated by Ruter in Røyken and Hurum. However, it is not possible to purchase an additional ticket for further travel in zones within the former Akershus/Oslo area, but you can travel onwards within the arrival zone using the same ticket.
Travelers with Ruter tickets can purchase additional tickets for other zones in Buskerud.
Brakar tickets on travel cards are not valid on routes 251 and 261, but it is possible to pay with a Brakar travel card on buses where you can purchase a ticket from the driver.
With the new joint payment agreement, passengers on routes 251 and 261 can purchase a seamless ticket from Røyken and Hurum to zones other than Drammen and Lier.
Ruter and Vy Tickets on Route 71
All tickets purchased within Ruter's fare and zone system (i.e., Ruter, Vy, and Entur) are valid on route 71. However, tickets on a travel card are only valid with a receipt confirming the purchase.
The ticket is valid in the app. Travelers with Ruter tickets can purchase additional tickets for zones in Buskerud.
Route 200 Hønefoss-Oslo
Route 200 has its own prices for journeys that cross the county border between Buskerud and Akershus. For internal journeys within Buskerud, Brakar's price regulations apply, and for internal journeys within Oslo/Akershus, Ruter's price regulations apply. It is not possible to use pay-as-you-go credit from Ruter on board route 200. Brakar Youth Tickets can be used in the Buskerud zones. If you have a Ruter ticket, you cannot purchase a Brakar supplementary ticket or vice versa.
The ticket categories are the same as for the rest of Buskerud. Tickets can be purchased in the Brakar app, on board the bus, and at Mix Sentrum Stopp in Hønefoss. Within Akershus, Ruter's app can also be used. For purchases on the bus, you must pay an on-board surcharge.
Purchase of Tickets on City Buses in Drammen
Brakar does not sell season tickets or top-ups to travel cards on the city buses in Drammen. Season tickets can be purchased through the mobile app or at Brakar's Customer Service Centre at Drammen bus station. Pay-as-you-go credit can be purchased the Customer Service Centre.
These regulations apply to route 1 through 24.
Travel with Others
Travels with Vestfold Kollektivtrafikk (VKT)
Brakar’s season ticket, youth ticket, school ticket, 24-hour ticket, single ticket, and mobile ticket are valid on Vestfold Kollektivtrafikk’s routes:
- 93 Svelvik-Sande
- 96 Selvik skole-Sande-Drammen bus station
Travelers with season tickets on a travel card must show the travel card/youth card together with the validation receipt. Ordinary transfer rules apply for travel outside the valid zone.
VKT’s season ticket, youth ticket, school ticket, and single ticket are valid on routes:
- 92 Svelvik-Mariås
- 98 Tangen-Berger
- 430 Kongsberg-Svarstad
Travelers with season tickets on a travel card must show the travel card/youth card together with the validation receipt. Travelers with tickets from VKT can use Brakar’s route 91 Svelvik-Drammen and continue their journey with a transfer in the Drammen zone. VKT's school cards are also valid for travel to upper secondary schools in Lier. For journeys outside the Drammen zone, the ticket needs to be extended.
Travel with Innlandstrafikk
Brakar's season ticket, youth ticket, school ticket, and single ticket are valid on route 113 Jevnaker – Hønefoss. Customers should present their travel card/youth card along with the validation receipt.
Innlandstrafikk's season ticket, youth ticket, school card, and single ticket are valid on route 221 Hønefoss – Jevnaker within the valid zone. Customers should present their travel card/youth card along with the validation receipt. For travels outside the valid zones, the ticket must be extended.
Other Regulations
Valid Ticket in the Event of Delays
If the bus is delayed and the period of validity of the ticket has expired, the ticket will remain valid up to the destination point. This also applies in the case of transfers.
National Service Conscripts
National service conscripts (corporals/privates) and civilian conscripts pay the child/pensioner price. Their identification is their uniform or ID card. For conscription journeys, the conscription order serves as valid identification.
Companions
Companions to persons with disabilities who cannot travel alone travel for free. A companion card must be presented during ticket inspection. Companion cards are issued by the municipality, and the person with disabilities receives the card.
Wheelchairs
If you use a wheelchair and are dependent on it, you can travel for free with Brakar. Remember to secure the wheelchair with the available fasteners on board.
On board the bus, space is reserved for the EU directive's reference wheelchair: length 120 cm, width 70 cm, and height 109 cm. The space set aside for the wheelchair is 130 cm and the width is 75 cm to allow for maneuvering the wheelchair into place. You are personally responsible for staying within these limits; the wheelchair must stay within the maximum measurements, and it must be possible to maneuver the wheelchair within the maximum measurements. We wish to point out that lifts and ramps on the buses have weight limits (wheelchair including user) for safety reasons: Bus with a lift maximum 350 kg and bus with a ramp maximum 300 kg.
Dogs
All dogs travel for free with Brakar.
Pre-orders
Customers with pre-ordered tickets are to hand the order to the driver when boarding the bus. The driver will then issue the ticket, which is also valid for transfers.
Pre-orders are valid for single tickets in all categories: adult, child and pensioner. They cannot be used for travel passes or 24-hour tickets.
Transfers
In this context “transfers” is taken to mean changing buses to continue a journey within the validity period of the ticket. The validity period depends on the route in question and is calculated as follows: 45 minutes + 30 minutes per zone paid for. All single tickets are valid for transfers. Return journeys are also defined as transfers.
Validity depends on the travel distance and is calculated as follows: 45 minutes + 30 minutes per zone paid for, i.e., 75 minutes within the first zone. All single tickets are valid for transfer. Transfers within the same zone are free, while for cross-zone travel, a new ticket must be purchased. This also applies to return journeys on a still-valid single ticket. The surcharge will be the price of the entire new journey minus the boarding zone.
Travellers on journeys that involve changing buses will normally pay all the way to the destination point when they board the first bus. When boarding the next bus, travellers should simply inform the driver they are making a transfer and present the ticket purchased. They should also do this when using electronic bus passes.
Supplementary Ticket
In this context, “supplementary ticket” is taken to refer to situations where a customer with a ticket wishes to make a journey that exceeds the validity of the ticket in question.
When the journey is to continue into a new zone, the traveller has to purchase a supplementary ticket for the entire distance the original ticket does not cover, and the price for one zone (the “boarding zone”, from which the transfer takes place) is then deducted from the price of the new ticket.
Brakar City Ticket (Zone 1) in the Buskerud city area cannot be combined with a supplementary ticket.
Sending Letters/Parcels by Bus
It is possible to send letters/parcels by bus in Buskerud (does not apply if the route involves changing buses).
The sender/receiver of the goods is obliged to meet the bus promptly to drop off or collect letters/parcels sent by bus. Carrying letters/parcels does not constitute grounds for buses to wait at a stop past the stated departure time.
Luggage
Luggage is carried free of charge if there is space, and must be positioned such that it does not constitute an obstacle for other people, i.e. on luggage racks, on the passenger’s lap, under a seat or in the load compartment. Luggage must not be placed in the aisle, as this serves as an emergency exit route. The driver is responsible for safety on board the bus, and is free to decide whether luggage can be carried on board the bus or stowed in the load compartment.
Dogs, Skis, Strollers, Kick-scooters, Sleds, etc.
Can be brought free of charge as long as there is space. Drivers are responsible for safety on board the bus and determine whether luggage should be transported inside the bus or in the luggage compartment.
A foldable bicycle is considered a suitcase and is treated as luggage.
Scooters/electric scooters that can be folded can be brought along.
Bicycles
Can be carried on board if there is space and on payment of the price of a child ticket. Travellers who often travel with a bicycle can purchase a youth ticket on their smartphones or on a travel card.
Penalty Charges/Fees
Brakar operates ticket inspection on its buses. Travellers who cannot produce a valid ticket on request will be required to pay a fine. See our Transport Regulations for more information.
Reimbursements
- A fee of NOK 100 is charged for all refunds.
- The refund amount is calculated from the day we receive your request.
- Single tickets and 24-hour tickets are non-refundable.
Brakar offer refunds when:
- You are unable to travel with us anymore due to relocation, illness, or there's a change in your travel patterns.
- You have unused or unactivated tickets.
Tickets can be refunded up to one year from the purchase date. After this, the ticket is invalid and cannot be refunded or activated.
We do not refund more than two inactive period tickets or one unactivated annual ticket per customer within a year. In the event of a price change, pre-purchased tickets must be activated within three months from the effective date of the price change.
If you have an unactivated ticket in the app, you can cancel it yourself and receive a refund within 3–10 business days.
Please note that we cannot guarantee seating availability on our buses
Brakar operates regular scheduled services, and as a general rule, we are unable to provide extra buses if a bus is full.
Lost Card
Loss of a travel card or youth card must be reported immediately at brakar.no or by appearing in person at Brakar Customer Center in Drammen or one of our other ticket outlets. A fee of 100 NOK is charged for refunds.
Reimbursement of lost pay-as-you-go credit, season tickets and youth tickets
Reimbursement of season tickets and youth tickets is only paid to registered customers. Reimbursements are subject to an administration fee of 100 NOK.
- No reimbursements are paid for single tickets.
- No reimbursements are paid for 24-hour tickets.
- 7-day ticket: You will receive a refund for the remaining days.
- 30-day ticket: You will receive a refund for the remaining days.
- 365-day ticket: You will receive a refund for the number of days left out of the 300 days you have paid for, not the 365 days the ticket is valid for.
- We do not refund more than two period tickets/youth tickets per customer per year.
The refund amount is calculated from the day we receive the refund request from you. Please note that we do not refund the travel card itself, only the ticket you have on the card.
The travel card with the ticket will be blocked and cannot be used again after the refund.
Defective Travel Card
Contact Brakar’s Customer Service Centre. Travel cards that show signs of deliberate damage will not be replaced.
Reimbursement in the Event of Sick Leave
Season tickets can only be redeemed in the validity period in the event of sick leave. A receipt for the ticket purchase and a copy of the doctor’s note must be attached.
Time Bar on Pay-as-you-go Credit
Pay-as-you-go credit that has not been used over the course of three years will be deleted and the card will be blocked.
Methods of payment
On board the bus, payment is accepted via travel card, Brakar app, Entur app, Vy app, and cash. Ruter’s app and Vy’s train tickets can be used on line 71 Drammen – Asker within the Asker zone, and line 200 Hønefoss – Oslo within Akershus.
We do not have card readers on board the buses; to pay for the journey, an app (Brakar/Entur/Vy) or cash must be used.
Refunds for cancelled departures or major delays
If you have purchased a ticket and are unable to use it because we do not operate the departure, or if there is no room for you on board and you must travel by other means, we will refund your expenses for a single ticket. We do not provide corresponding refunds for season tickets.
Our Ticket Outlets
- Brakar Customer Service Centre, Drammen bus station (Jernbanegata 10)
- Sentrum Stopp Hønefoss, Stangsgate 10, Hønefoss