Pricing
Pricing
Alex Fletcher > Go North East 2 hours ago
near Burnopfield ·
Have just got on the 43 durham from burnopfield to tanfield and got a return, and have been told than once past tantobie you can only purchase a return from durham bus station. Why is this? As durham
bus station is a hell of a lot further than tanfield. £4.40 from burnopfield to tanfield and back is disgusting its 5 minutes up the road! Like Daniel Kelly likes this.
Go North East > Hi Alex - as our fares are simplified the return price is the same from Durham. Apologies for the confusion
caused by this.
Like · 2 hours ago
Alex Fletcher > No confusion just disgusted cause durham is so much further than tanfield and i spend a lot with this company. Thanks for your help but i have made a complaint.
Like · 52 minutes ago
Can anyone justify a short return journey like this, costing the same amount as it would if you were continuing the journey to Durham?
Short blog about pricing www.passengerfocus.org.uk/blog/2013/07/12/bus-passengers-or-the-lack-of-them-the-nub-of-the-problem/
It is very true, especially closer to home in Middlesbrough - where the council has free town centre parking.
(10 Jul 2013, 3:06 pm)Andreos1 Alex Fletcher > Go North East 2 hours ago
near Burnopfield ·
Have just got on the 43 durham from burnopfield to tanfield and got a return, and have been told than once past tantobie you can only purchase a return from durham bus station. Why is this? As durham
bus station is a hell of a lot further than tanfield. £4.40 from burnopfield to tanfield and back is disgusting its 5 minutes up the road! Like Daniel Kelly likes this.
Go North East > Hi Alex - as our fares are simplified the return price is the same from Durham. Apologies for the confusion
caused by this.
Like · 2 hours ago
Alex Fletcher > No confusion just disgusted cause durham is so much further than tanfield and i spend a lot with this company. Thanks for your help but i have made a complaint.
Like · 52 minutes ago
Can anyone justify a short return journey like this, costing the same amount as it would if you were continuing the journey to Durham?
(12 Jul 2013, 12:32 pm)Andreos1 Short blog about pricing www.passengerfocus.org.uk/blog/2013/07/12/bus-passengers-or-the-lack-of-them-the-nub-of-the-problem/
It is very true, especially closer to home in Middlesbrough - where the council has free town centre parking.
(10 Jul 2013, 3:06 pm)Andreos1 Alex Fletcher > Go North East 2 hours ago
near Burnopfield ·
Have just got on the 43 durham from burnopfield to tanfield and got a return, and have been told than once past tantobie you can only purchase a return from durham bus station. Why is this? As durham
bus station is a hell of a lot further than tanfield. £4.40 from burnopfield to tanfield and back is disgusting its 5 minutes up the road! Like Daniel Kelly likes this.
Go North East > Hi Alex - as our fares are simplified the return price is the same from Durham. Apologies for the confusion
caused by this.
Like · 2 hours ago
Alex Fletcher > No confusion just disgusted cause durham is so much further than tanfield and i spend a lot with this company. Thanks for your help but i have made a complaint.
Like · 52 minutes ago
Can anyone justify a short return journey like this, costing the same amount as it would if you were continuing the journey to Durham?
(12 Jul 2013, 12:32 pm)Andreos1 Short blog about pricing www.passengerfocus.org.uk/blog/2013/07/12/bus-passengers-or-the-lack-of-them-the-nub-of-the-problem/
It is very true, especially closer to home in Middlesbrough - where the council has free town centre parking.
Hahaha, hope that isn't you questioning the integrity of a Passenger Focus survey - an impartial, independent Government Organisation (apparently).
I wasn't accusing them, but got hauled over the coals by someone accusing me, just the other day in the Press Cuttings thread
(12 Jul 2013, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 Hahaha, hope that isn't you questioning the integrity of a Passenger Focus survey - an impartial, independent Government Organisation (apparently).
I wasn't accusing them, but got hauled over the coals by someone accusing me, just the other day in the Press Cuttings thread
(12 Jul 2013, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 Hahaha, hope that isn't you questioning the integrity of a Passenger Focus survey - an impartial, independent Government Organisation (apparently).
I wasn't accusing them, but got hauled over the coals by someone accusing me, just the other day in the Press Cuttings thread
Has anyone seen this? Some interesting comparisons regarding pricing www.passengertransport.co.uk/2013/07/exploiting-the-power-of-pricing-strategies/ from a professionals point of view.
There has already been discussion on the X1 being dearer than local services between Wrekenton and Gateshead/Newcastle - but now there is the price mentioned above, which is two times as much.
If a single between those points are so different, it makes a mockery of the day, week and month buzzfare tickets.
Can anyone confirm the price of a single/return on the 56 between Concord and Tyneside?
Weren't these originally marketed as cheap day returns?
Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
(03 Aug 2013, 8:01 pm)aureolin Weren't these originally marketed as cheap day returns?
Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
(03 Aug 2013, 8:01 pm)aureolin Weren't these originally marketed as cheap day returns?
Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
(03 Aug 2013, 8:01 pm)aureolin Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
(03 Aug 2013, 8:01 pm)aureolin Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
(03 Aug 2013, 8:37 pm)AdamY(03 Aug 2013, 8:01 pm)aureolin Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
Newcastle to Chester is £2.70(single)/£4.80(return) on the X2; and either £3.15 or £3.95(single)/£5.50(return) on the 21/28/28a.
(03 Aug 2013, 8:37 pm)AdamY(03 Aug 2013, 8:01 pm)aureolin Out of interest, does anyone know the difference in price between say the Arriva X2 and GNE 21? Single & return between Chester and Newcastle? Or anything else like that running in direct competition?
Newcastle to Chester is £2.70(single)/£4.80(return) on the X2; and either £3.15 or £3.95(single)/£5.50(return) on the 21/28/28a.
(03 Aug 2013, 8:46 pm)aureolin . If anything, it goes in favor of what I was saying about people being forced out of the single/return market. People will generally have multi trip tickets anyway.
(03 Aug 2013, 8:46 pm)aureolin . If anything, it goes in favor of what I was saying about people being forced out of the single/return market. People will generally have multi trip tickets anyway.
Why is the 21 and 28 the same price when they go different routes and have very little in the way of a common path - whilst the X1 is double the price of the M1 or the X1 being more expensive than a 56 between Wrekenton and Gateshead?
I would love to sit down in front of the person/people to come up with these strategies and listen to them as they try and justify it.
(03 Aug 2013, 8:53 pm)Andreos1 Why is the 21 and 28 the same price when they go different routes and have very little in the way of a common path - whilst the X1 is double the price of the M1 or the X1 being more expensive than a 56 between Wrekenton and Gateshead?
I would love to sit down in front of the person/people to come up with these strategies and listen to them as they try and justify it.
(03 Aug 2013, 8:53 pm)Andreos1 Why is the 21 and 28 the same price when they go different routes and have very little in the way of a common path - whilst the X1 is double the price of the M1 or the X1 being more expensive than a 56 between Wrekenton and Gateshead?
I would love to sit down in front of the person/people to come up with these strategies and listen to them as they try and justify it.
@AdamY - Wonder if the GNE Facebook bod understands the 'simplified pricing structure', as another answer is copied and pasted to a puzzled punter?
@GTomlinson - Wonder if the X25 charge the same fares? Or if the 28, 34 and 8 charge the same amounts from Pelton to Chester. The GNE Facebook bod has actually started asking additional questions on the page, clarifying which service the passenger is referring to when they query a fare between two points.
Wonder if they could explain how a single from Houghton to Chester on the 71 (which goes through two buzzfare zones) is a similar price for a return on the M1 between Houghton and Washington (two buzzfare zones) or how it is half the price of an X1 between the two points (which is also the same fare for a return between Easington Lane and Newcastle - and is 3 zones).
