(05 Jul 2022, 7:17 pm)Storx wrote Newcastle to Hexham, £6.50 Day Ticket - No express services.


They're not that good value for money really.

It's only £6.20 for a day ticket from Morpeth to Newcastle or £4.70 for a whole Tyne and Wear ticket, admit they don't serve much South with Arriva and they're not cheap fares really and never have been or to compare it to the Metro is only £5.70 for all zones (or £4.85 with POP).

I genuinely don't see that as that expensive, you've stated the Newcastle to Morpeth day ticket is £6.20 - slightly cheaper but also distance wise it's that bit shorter. 

I also don't see those Arriva fares as too expensive. Newcastle to Whitley Bay return for £4.70 - it's cheaper than the Metro, and probably less than what you'd pay in fuel for the car. 

Another example would be ANEs X14: 

£7.60 for a Rothbury day ticket. The X14 takes pretty much the same route as you'd take in the car to Newcastle, which would cost at least a few £ more in fuel (and that's excluding parking). For the most part it is a very rural route, and granted it's subsidised, but I see good value in that £7.60.