I personally don't mind what company I use. I don't mind Arriva, but prefer Go North East!
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(02 Nov 2013, 9:20 pm)Tom wrote Thats a bloody disgrace that. But when I lost my bus pass (POP Card and Key Card, along with £10) I got charged £2.60 from Battle Hill to Newcastle on the 58. For the rest of the week I just used the 306/308 if going to Newcastle because it was only 80p!
(02 Nov 2013, 9:39 pm)Andreos1 wrote Wonder what the uptake compared to usage of Key cars in Tyne & Wear is.
If living and travelling in Tyne & Wear, it makes no sense having anything but the Pop card.
However, having it 'just incase', does make sense.
One journey into Co Durham a year, would be worth applying for one.
(02 Nov 2013, 9:43 pm)aureolin wrote It's great isn't it. Not having a pop card or key card is an excuse for lack of common sense. Thankfully the QCS proposal () would apply a common sense approach. If you don't have a card for whatever reason, or have left it at home, you don't need to worry. A multi-modal single ticket is available for 80p, with a day ticket being priced at £1.50. Only 20p and 40p more expensive than if you were to use a pass.
(02 Nov 2013, 9:48 pm)Tom wrote I cannot see the logic in charging Over 11's full fare.
(02 Nov 2013, 9:48 pm)Tom wrote I cannot see the logic in charging Over 11's full fare.
(02 Nov 2013, 10:00 pm)Dan wrote At what age would you start charging teens full fare, if they were not in possession of a POP or Key Card? I personally think 11 is too young, but 14 would be more suitable.
I know 14 year olds that look older than 16, so what's the proof that they are indeed under 16 and they deserve the concessionary travel rate? Simply put, there is none.
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(02 Nov 2013, 9:43 pm)Dan wrote Plenty of my mates who live in Tyne & Wear don't have Key Cards - they only have POP cards... I just don't understand why.
Let's say they make an off trip to Durham from Sunderland on the 20 once every two months. They're going to make a massive saving by using a Key Card! Christ, some of the posher ones could even afford a new shirt from Jack Wills or something with the savings if they had a Key Card!
Given that your first card is free, I really do not understand why people don't apply for one just in case.
(02 Nov 2013, 10:19 pm)Dan wrote Isn't it the 2014/15 academic year? I'm sure I have to stay in education now rather than going out to get a job immediately if that's what I wanted.
My mam keeps on mentioning the fact that surely 'the people who make the POP cards' must be going to bump the age up to 'Under 18' if everyone has to be in some form of education from next year, but I just don't see it happening. Haven't they already released something specific to the Metro for that purpose?
The government has increased the age to which all young people in England must continue in education or training, requiring them to continue until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17 from 2013 and until their 18th birthday from 2015.
This means that pupils who left year 11 in summer 2013 need to continue in education or training until at least the end of the academic year in which they turn 17. Pupils starting year 11 or below in September 2013 will need to continue until at least their 18th birthday.
(02 Nov 2013, 11:29 pm)Tom wrote These ones are a joke, and demonstrates how expensive Stagecoach in Cumbria fares (well, single fares anyway) are:
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(02 Nov 2013, 10:11 pm)Andreos1 wrote If making that odd journey into Co Durham, then it is worth it. I agree with you there.
If it never happens - then that is reason enough to not bother applying.
To order a card 'just incase', but not find it or forget where you left it a year earlier then defeats the object.
The one time me and my son needed a bus into Durham, was one Saturday over the summer and he was charged 90p each way.
It was only afterwards I realised the drivers had made a mistake...
Back in the day - the old T&W child pass was issued on reaching 14. Not 11 and not 16 or 18.
On a slightly different note, I agree with aureolin and the points he has made re the Key card.
(03 Nov 2013, 9:06 am)CatsFast101 wrote You've hit the nail on the head about key cards, my brother who is few years younger than me is now in his last year of school, he gets a lift to and from school each day and should he meet friends he'll walk or get a lift, so he never uses buses really. Last December, he had to use a bus hime as my mother was working late so I thought with him getting older he may want/need to use buses a bit more so I ordered him a KeyCard from the internet. However, as he was only getting it just in case he uses a bus on the off chance, he soon misplaced the card and it is currently sitting unactivated lost somewhere. As he's now 15, he used the bus to the Sunderland cup game the other day and has to pay £3.15 (I think) Seaham-Sunderland.
(03 Nov 2013, 9:06 am)CatsFast101 wrote I thought with him getting older he may want/need to use buses a bit more so I ordered him a KeyCard from the internet. However, as he was only getting it just in case he uses a bus on the off chance, he soon misplaced the card and it is currently sitting unactivated lost somewhere. As he's now 15, he used the bus to the Sunderland cup game the other day and has to pay £3.15 (I think) Seaham-Sunderland.
(03 Nov 2013, 9:54 am)citaro5284 wrote So, how is it the bus companies fault that he misplaced it and it is sitting somewhere unactivated. I do not complain to Barclays if I lose my debit card and it is my fault.
Also instead of just discussing GNE keycards on here.....what child fares do Arriva and Stagecoach operate to?
(03 Nov 2013, 9:54 am)citaro5284 wrote So, how is it the bus companies fault that he misplaced it and it is sitting somewhere unactivated. I do not complain to Barclays if I lose my debit card and it is my fault.
Also instead of just discussing GNE keycards on here.....what child fares do Arriva and Stagecoach operate to?
(03 Nov 2013, 10:03 am)Dan wrote I believe the VIP card is the Stagecoach equivalent of Go North East's Key Card. If I lose that, I am no longer entitled to the reduced fares it provides.
If I did lose it, it would be my fault. I'm the type of person to have a spare card too, so this is unlikely to happen - but my point still stands.
I'm sure it will be the same story for Arriva too, but we like to focus on Go North East... don't we?
(03 Nov 2013, 9:54 am)citaro5284 wrote So, how is it the bus companies fault that he misplaced it and it is sitting somewhere unactivated. I do not complain to Barclays if I lose my debit card and it is my fault.
Also instead of just discussing GNE keycards on here.....what child fares do Arriva and Stagecoach operate to?
(03 Nov 2013, 10:20 am)Tom wrote Arriva have a 80p flat fare in Tyne and Wear. They have a teencard which allows any Under18 (?) to travel for 90p anywhere in Northumberland/T&W.
(03 Nov 2013, 9:54 am)citaro5284 wrote So, how is it the bus companies fault that he misplaced it and it is sitting somewhere unactivated. I do not complain to Barclays if I lose my debit card and it is my fault.
Also instead of just discussing GNE keycards on here.....what child fares do Arriva and Stagecoach operate to?
(03 Nov 2013, 10:39 am)CatsFast101 wrote You have a bank card which you will use on a daily basis. A key card just in case you need a bus is like paying for a card to go through the Tyne tunnel which I haven't been through in about 10 months (living in County Durham I don't need to all that often). The point is what do GNE get out of this use of key cards, what is the logic? Explain it to me?
(03 Nov 2013, 10:20 am)Tom wrote Arriva have a 80p flat fare in Tyne and Wear. They have a teencard which allows any Under18 (?) to travel for 90p anywhere in Northumberland/T&W.
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(03 Nov 2013, 2:29 pm)tyresmoke wrote Teencard is valid across the Arriva North East network except the 93/X93 between Middlesbrough and Scarborough and the X24 between Durham and Metrocentre. Maximum fare is 90p if I remember right which is excellent value.
(03 Nov 2013, 2:29 pm)tyresmoke wrote Teencard is valid across the Arriva North East network except the 93/X93 between Middlesbrough and Scarborough and the X24 between Durham and Metrocentre. Maximum fare is 90p if I remember right which is excellent value.
(03 Nov 2013, 2:33 pm)aureolin wrote Is that 90p regardless of time of day? I.e. no peak/off peak fares?
(03 Nov 2013, 2:33 pm)aureolin wrote Is that 90p regardless of time of day? I.e. no peak/off peak fares?