(12 Feb 2017, 9:09 pm)Andreos1 wrote is there another service (whatever the operator) that has seen such an increase in the same period?....
Erm, yes. Back in 1982, ALL bus fares in Tyne and Wear were increased by THIRTY per cent by local politicians after a two year freeze. (see Route One magazine, 2 October 2013). That was when local buses were run by the politically-controlled PTE (as Nexus was then) through the erstwhile Tyne and Wear County Council.
It rather makes your six per cent in two years sound very reasonable, doesn't it?