(17 Mar 2023, 10:16 pm)Malarkey wrote Absolute joke these fares, £4 for one county, £5 for another then £6 for the other.

There should just be one set multi-modal fare cost across all counties within the region at £5 so everyone is treated equally in my opinion which is a lot more attractive than what has been proposed, they should also scrap Network One as what is being proposed is exactly the same and would also avoid further confusion in what is already very complex ticketing options here in the North East, time to simplify things to make them easier to understand for a customer perspective as that is what will attract them to switch from cars to public transport.

I can understand Tyne and Wear being more expensive than the other two, but not sure why Northumberland is more expensive than County Durham? Tyne and Wear is multi-modal, so will include at least the Metro, presumably the Ferry and possibly heavy rail between Blaydon and Sunderland.

It's a shame that it looks like they're going to drip-feed ticketing in, rather than having the weekly/monthly/annual tickets available at the same time.