(17 May 2018, 6:13 am)Michael The Stagecoach prices are quite easy to follow though compared to GNE and Arriva.
It's a little bit easier for Stagecoach as their network barely overlaps. Their target market is clearly those making journeys from home into town, rather than those travelling onwards to another town/city.
Prior to the introduction of the X24 service, it'd have been quite difficult for someone making the journey between Sunderland and Newcastle on a Stagecoach-only ticket (E1/E2 service from Sunderland to Marsden then X34 from there to Newcastle). As nobody in their right mind would even attempt to undertake that journey (when the Go North East and Metro services are far quicker), they didn't really have to price their tickets for people making that kind of journey.
I think their pricing strategy has started to go a little bit haywire since the introduction of services like the X24.
