(01 Apr 2014, 6:52 pm)Tom wrote Still ridiculous. For example, it's £1.40 from Battle Hill to North Shields on the 306, yet it'll be £2 tomorrow on the 310.

(01 Apr 2014, 6:23 pm)G-CPTN wrote Stagecoach fares (at least those from Carlisle) rise on 14th April.

(01 Apr 2014, 6:34 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Fares will be going up across the GNE Network no doubt as I seen a Notice on the Loop 93 and on the M2 Yesterday, I personally think £1.50 Single from Lambton to Washington Galleries is Disgusting, Would rather Walk or Bike it there.

(01 Apr 2014, 6:40 pm)Tom wrote Can't agree more, a single from Rosehill to Wallsend is disgusting too. Surely if the 5p fares was a issue they could reduce rather than increase?

(01 Apr 2014, 6:44 pm)aureolin wrote I can't see anything on their Facebook page or their website? I did notice a poster earlier, but wasn't close enough to read it properly.

(01 Apr 2014, 6:56 pm)Dan wrote I don't think the prices for the single ticket price increases have been noted on the website yet, but I do think they should be advertised on every branded vehicle at the very least.

If memory serves, the BuzzFare ticket price increases have been clearly noted on the BuzzFare price section. Positive gtom posted a link to it when we discussed this the other day.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:14 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote All of those complaining about price rises (and the younger ones about to feel the force of CAT passes expiring - have hopefully changed your vote in favour of the more balanced and cheaper pricing structure that QCS offers .

Have a neb in the QCS thread and get that vote changed, cos I am not too sure these extra 5p or 10p's GNE are charging won't be sent anywhere but the shareholders back pockets.
eezypeazy may be lurking in there in an effort to take you back to the dark side, but me and 21 other QCS supporters will support you and back you all the way.

Fuel hasn't increased nor have wages. The insurance deals in place are reputed to be saving a fortune and cost cutting measures are in place to increase profit margins - all available to read on the Go ahead shareholder website.

*makes sure bullet proof vest is fastened tightly and securely, whilst the anti-QCS people fire a stack of bullets and try to justify the price rises.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:15 pm)aureolin wrote Hopefully the info will appear on the website soon. There appeared to be a bit too much info to digest at a glance, and probably won't be on another GNE bus till next weekend now.

I did note the bit about the 5p increase being sold as a solution to the problem of drivers having no 5-pence pieces to give as change. As Tom quite rightly has said, the solution could have been to round downwards instead of upwards to the nearest 10p (although unlikely). Whether I agree with it or not; if you're going increase fares by 5p, then just do it. Trying to it as a benefit to customers is going to get their back up.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:21 pm)Dan wrote I can't remember actually reading on the poster I saw that the 5p increase in fares were to combat the change issues... I simply said that I'd imagine this would help (see post on link below):
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=475&pid=36621#pid36621

(01 Apr 2014, 7:14 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote All of those complaining about price rises (and the younger ones about to feel the force of CAT passes expiring - have hopefully changed your vote in favour of the more balanced and cheaper pricing structure that QCS offers .

Have a neb in the QCS thread and get that vote changed, cos I am not too sure these extra 5p or 10p's GNE are charging won't be sent anywhere but the shareholders back pockets.
eezypeazy may be lurking in there in an effort to take you back to the dark side, but me and 21 other QCS supporters will support you and back you all the way.

Fuel hasn't increased nor have wages. The insurance deals in place are reputed to be saving a fortune and cost cutting measures are in place to increase profit margins - all available to read on the Go ahead shareholder website.

*makes sure bullet proof vest is fastened tightly and securely, whilst the anti-QCS people fire a stack of bullets and try to justify the price rises.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:23 pm)aureolin wrote Sorry, I wasn't writing that in relation to what you wrote. The poster makes some reference to the 5p change issue. Unfortunately it's not available for me to read in my leisure (online), so I'm unable to link to a source.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:28 pm)Dan wrote Ah - I'm assuming that they've changed the posters then. I certainly can't remember reading anything other than prices and I was sat fairly close to the front of the bus.
I should be able to get a photo of one of the notice boards on a Laser, Drifter or SimpliCity tomorrow - will upload a shot as soon as I can.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:32 pm)aureolin wrote I'm pretty sure it was on one of the two red Solars I used on Monday. One on the 50 and one on the 2A. The poster referenced something about bringing Transfare prices in line too?

(30 Mar 2014, 9:24 am)Dan wrote Quite notably, the standard Teen Card fare from Arriva rose from 90p to £1.00 last Sunday. Go North East's 90p fare has been frozen at this price - and has done for over a year now.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:40 pm)northern156 wrote Whaa?! I've never seen anything about it; I have a Northumberland one (north and west of the Tyne) - I do believe there is a south-of-the-Tyne one too?

(01 Apr 2014, 7:40 pm)northern156 wrote Whaa?! I've never seen anything about it; I have a Northumberland one (north and west of the Tyne) - I do believe there is a south-of-the-Tyne one too?

(01 Apr 2014, 7:41 pm)Dan wrote I've been on the lookout for notices on board Arriva buses for it, but I've still not seen anything about it other than on the website...

http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/content.aspx?id=34359742825

(01 Apr 2014, 7:42 pm)Tom wrote Yeah, on both. There was posters on the 52/X10 on Saturday.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:46 pm)northern156 wrote Well that's a bit crap! Yeah it's only 10p but why the hell did they not put any sort of notice up on the 685 (or other routes which Dan has been looking out for)?!

Normally it is a case of me giving the driver a £1 coin but if I only have 90p in loose change, I'm snookered!

(01 Apr 2014, 7:48 pm)Dan wrote I've been on the lookout for it on my fave service.. the 23 (and occasionally the 24)!

Didn't spot anything when I was on the Quorum Express over the weekend either, but I was in a bit of a huff when it turned up about 20 minutes late...

(01 Apr 2014, 11:03 pm)speedwheels22 wrote Is southtyne side bus fares going up 2 are not

(02 Apr 2014, 5:57 am)aureolin wrote Poster on buses. Apologies for the bad quality.

(01 Apr 2014, 7:41 pm)Dan wrote I've been on the lookout for notices on board Arriva buses for it, but I've still not seen anything about it other than on the website...

http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/content.aspx?id=34359742825

(02 Apr 2014, 6:08 am)Dan wrote Completely changed to what I had seen on Saturday. Had a brand logo and then a list of the prices. Barely any other text.

(02 Apr 2014, 7:58 pm)Tom wrote From the 12th April, Go North East and Alba Travel will be operating the AD122. Go North East will be operating it from Hexham to Waltown, while Alba Travel will be operating it from Hexham to Carlisle/Penrith. Glad to see the AD122 in operation this year, wonder what GNE will use on it?

For the timetable, see here

(02 Apr 2014, 7:58 pm)Tom wrote From the 12th April, Go North East and Alba Travel will be operating the AD122. Go North East will be operating it from Hexham to Waltown, while Alba Travel will be operating it from Hexham to Carlisle/Penrith. Glad to see the AD122 in operation this year, wonder what GNE will use on it?

For the timetable, see here

(02 Apr 2014, 8:01 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote 3963 with a vinyl photo of eezypeazy dressed up in a Roman Gladiator outfit?

(02 Apr 2014, 7:58 pm)Tom wrote From the 12th April, Go North East and Alba Travel will be operating the AD122. Go North East will be operating it from Hexham to Waltown, while Alba Travel will be operating it from Hexham to Carlisle/Penrith. Glad to see the AD122 in operation this year, wonder what GNE will use on it?

For the timetable, see here