(17 May 2018, 6:23 am)Dan 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.
A little but its not as bad it could be
Hopefully the new MD at Go North East makes an attempt to sort the ticketing out, maybe merge some zones?
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