(17 Mar 2023, 10:16 pm)Malarkey wrote Absolute joke these fares, £4 for one county, £5 for another then £6 for the other.Durham, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear are separate Local Authorities for transport purposes - the price in Durham and Northumberland was dictated by those councils, whilst in Tyne & Wear they wanted to include Metro - hence different prices in each area.
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.
Whether this will change when there is an elected Mayor post 2024 we will have to wait and see.
(18 Mar 2023, 3:21 pm)Adrian wrote 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 not clear if there will be week/month/annual ticket versions of these new tickets.
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.