(05 Nov 2020, 9:34 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote The West Road has a good mix of Arriva/GNE/Stagecoach really. Dominated by Stagecoach, yes, monopoly, no. Gosforth/Kingston Park are not that far away from the West End though, and Gosforth is dominated by Arriva, so there is a choice to avoid Stagecoach. Personally, I hate competition! As I travel into GNE monopolies, I need a GNE ticket, so no matter how many Stagecoach buses there are, they are no use to me (and they are quite unreliable, I've had many issued with them!). My temp job in Team Valley stupidly requires Stagecoach and GNE services, not competition, but rather a lack of it! Unfortunately it's going to be expensive working in Team Valley, supposedly I can get a multi-operator anytime ticket but no idea where from!
Riding the 42A is good in terms of the route, but it could do with newer and more comfortable buses!
Aren't the X85/685 limited stop along there, I always thought they just stopped at the General, one of them in the middle of where the shops were then Denton Burn after that.
Btw for a multi operator ticket, you'll need a Network One pass. It'll work out much cheaper than buying both a GNE and Stagecoach ticket every day or a Day Rover. I'm not too sure where you buy them now mind as you used to get them at the Nexus Travelshops, guessing at a Metro machine or online now. Good old Nexus...