Pricing
Pricing
I was going to write another breakdown of fares on the 20, but in the end couldn't be arsed (are they sighs of relief I hear?).
It is a gripe of mine and as my demand for the service is inelastic (I have no choice but to pay the fare charged) - it often feels that venting is a form of therapy.
I suppose it also let's insiders know that not all of their customers are happy with the service too. Whether anything happens, is another matter. It saves me paying for a therapist though!
Anyway, I was reading an old post from March 2015 where there was comment about the high fares on the 20, particularly between Houghton and Durham (who could have posted that comment I wonder?!). The single fare for that trip was £4.00. In less than two years, the fare has risen by almost 5%! Just a year previous, the fare was £3.95. A difference of a whopping 6% in 3 years!
Do salaries increase that much over the same timescale?
Conscious of my posts about the 20 and the need to strike a balance, is there another service (whatever the operator) that has seen such an increase in the same period?