(17 Nov 2022, 10:02 pm)Ambassador wrote The whole zonal fare stage thing really should be scrapped particularly when you have saver tickets that make a mockery out of it.
Low Fell Cannon to Dryden Road is £2.30
Birtley Barley Mow to Dryden Road is…£2.30
If i wanted to continue to Gateshead international bus wonderland…it’s £2.30
If I wanted to do something adventurous like get my passport out and cross the Tyne whilst admiring Martin Gannons ongoing effort to ruin Gateshead it shoots up to £3.80. Now what does this extortionate £1.50 cover? The cost of border control checks on John Dobson street? The upcoming clean air my euro 342 bus doesn’t have to pay? A sightseeing fee to admire the peeling paint of the Tyne Bridge?
I was just having a look at the fares on Bus Times and seemingly West Auckland to Chester le Street (20 miles) is only £2.60, unless I've done something wrong.
Is that the cheapest journey per mile on the network?