(17 Feb 2021, 6:28 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I did actually see quite a few people using Pop cards to pay on the bus, but they looked like they were carers and the like, so I'm guessing they were provided by work so they don't have to go through the faff of claiming expenses.

The difference with the Robin Hood cards is journeys are fixed price, so there's no need for them to tap off to calculate the price, which I think is the main 'issue' with the network round here.

Honestly never seen anyone use one me especially on the Metro. Possibly tho like.

Tbf tho there's pretty much already capped fares around anyway with the transfares. I know it causes some anomalies with Arriva over boundaries where you could buy a single to a boundary then a single from there to Newcastle cheaper than a single fare throughout. If you charged the capped fares above the actual singles can't see the operators complaining and if you do multiple journeys your going to be at the day rover price pretty much straight away anyway. Wouldn't be surprised if there's some with GNE around Durham area as there seems to be some steep fares from Houghton towards Durham.